ONIX Code Lists Issue 7, March 2007
List 27: Subject scheme identifier code
Value Description Notes
01 Dewey Code
02 Abridged Dewey Code
03 LC class number Code
04 LC subject heading Text
09 UDC Universal Decimal Classification. Code
10 BISAC category code For information on BISAC subject categories, see http://www.bisg.org. Code
11 BISAC region code A geographical qualifier used with a BISAC subject category. Code
12 BIC subject category For all BIC subject codes and qualifiers, see http://www.bic.org.uk/subcats.html. Code
13 BIC geographical qualifier Code
14 BIC language qualifier (language as subject) Code
15 BIC time period qualifier Code
16 BIC educational purpose qualifier Code
17 BIC reading level & special interest qualifier Code
19 LC fiction genre heading Text
20 Keywords Text
21 BIC children’s book marketing category See http://www.bic.org.uk/cbmc.html. Code
22 BISAC book merchandising code For information on BISAC subject categories, see http://www.bisg.org. Code
23 Publisher’s own category code Code
24 Proprietary subject scheme Code
25 Tabla de materias ISBN Latin America. Code
26 Warengruppen-Systematik des deutschen Buchhandels Code
27 Schlagwort-Normdatei der Deutschen Bibliothek Text
28 Thèmes Electre Subject classification used by Electre (France). Code
29 CLIL France. Code
30 DNB-Sachgruppen Deutsche Bibliothek subject groups. Code
31 NUGI Nederlandse Uniforme Genre-Indeling (former Dutch book trade classification). Code
32 NUR Nederlandstalige Uniforme Rubrieksindeling (Dutch book trade classification, from 2002). Code
33 ECPA Christian Book Category ECPA Christian Product Category Book Codes, consisting of up to three x 3-letter blocks, for Super Category, Primary Category and Sub-Category. See http://www.ecpa.org/ECPA/cbacategories.xls. Code
34 SISO Schema Indeling Systematische Catalogus Openbare Bibliotheken (Dutch library classification). Code
35 Korean Decimal Classification (KDC) A modified Dewey Decimal Classification used in the Republic of Korea. Code
36 DDC Deutsch Code
37 Bokgrupper Norwegian book trade product categories (4701)
38 Varegrupper Norwegian bookselling subject categories (4702)
39 Læreplaner Norwegian school curriculum version (4703)
40 Nippon Decimal Classification Japanese subject classification scheme. Code
41 BSQ BookSelling Qualifier: Russian book trade classification. Code
42 ANELE Materias Spain: subject coding scheme of the Asociación Nacional de Editores de Libros y Material de Enseñanza. Code
43 Skolefag Norwegian primary and secondary school subject categories (4705)
44 Videregående Norwegian list of categories used in higher secondary education and vocational training (4706)
45 Undervisningsmateriell Norwegian list of categories for books and other material used in education (4707)
46 Norsk DDK Norwegian version of Dewey Decimal Classification
47 Varugrupper Swedish bookselling subject categories. Code
48 SAB Swedish classification scheme. Text
49 Läromedel Swedish bookselling educational subject. Code
50 Förhandsbeskrivning Swedish publishers preliminary subject classification. Code
51 Spanish ISBN UDC subset Controlled subset of UDC codes used by the Spanish ISBN Agency. Code
52 ECI subject categories Subject categories defined by El Corte Inglés and used widely in the Spanish book trade. Code
53 Soggetto CCE Classificazione commerciale editoriale (Italian book trade subject category based on BIC). Code
54 Qualificatore geografico CCE Code
55 Qualificatore di lingua CCE Code
56 Qualificatore di periodo storico CCE Code
57 Qualificatore di livello scolastico CCE Code
58 Qualificatore di età di lettura CCE Code
59 VdS Bildungsmedien Fächer Subject code list of the German association of educational media publishers
60 Fagkoder Undervisningsdirektoratets fagkoder for kunnskapsløftet I videregående (Norwegian educational curriculum for secondary schools) (4708)
61 JEL classification Journal of Economic Literature classification scheme