ONIX Code Lists Issue 27, October 2014
List 29: Audience code type

Value Description Notes

01 ONIX audience codes Using a code from List 28.
02 Proprietary
03 MPAA rating Motion Picture Association of America rating applied to movies.
04 BBFC rating British Board of Film Classification rating applied to movies.
05 FSK rating German FSK (Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft) rating applied to movies.
06 BTLF audience code French Canadian audience code list, used by BTLF for Memento.
07 Electre audience code Audience code used by Electre (France).
08 ANELE Tipo Spain: educational audience and material type code of the Asociación Nacional de Editores de Libros y Material de Enseñanza.
09 AVI Code list used to specify reading levels for children’s books, used in Flanders, and formerly in the Netherlands – see also code 18.
10 USK rating German USK (Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle) rating applied to video or computer games.
11 AWS Audience code used in Flanders.
12 Schulform Type of school: codelist maintained by VdS Bildungsmedien eV, the German association of educational media publishers.
13 Bundesland School region: codelist maintained by VdS Bildungsmedien eV, the German association of educational media publishers, indicating where products are licensed to be used in schools.
14 Ausbildungsberuf Occupation: codelist for vocational training materials, maintained by VdS Bildungsmedien eV, the German association of educational media publishers.
15 Suomalainen kouluasteluokitus Finnish school or college level.
16 CBG age guidance UK Publishers Association, Children’s Book Group, coded indication of intended reader age, carried on book covers.
17 Nielsen Book audience code Audience code used in Nielsen Book Services.
18 AVI (revised) Code list used to specify reading levels for children’s books, used in the Netherlands – see also code 09.
19 Lexile measure Lexile measure (the Lexile measure in <AudienceCodeValue> may optionally be prefixed by the Lexile code). Examples might be ‘880L’, ‘AD0L’ or ‘HL600L’. Deprecated – use <Complexity> instead.
20 Fry Readability score Fry readability metric based on number of sentences and syllables per 100 words. Expressed as a number from 1 to 15 in <AudienceCodeValue>. Deprecated – use <Complexity> instead.
21 Japanese Children’s audience code Children’s audience code (対象読者), two-digit encoding of intended target readership from 0–2 years up to High School level.
22 ONIX Adult audience rating Publisher’s rating indicating suitability for an particular adult audience, using a code from List 203.
23 Common European Framework for Language Learning Codes A1 to C2 indicating standardised level of language learning or teaching material, from beginner to advanced, used in EU.
24 Korean Publication Ethics Commission rating Rating used in Korea to control selling of books and e-books to minors. Current values are 0 (suitable for all) and 19 (only for sale to ages 19+). See ‘http://www.kpec.or.kr/english/’.
25 IoE Book Band UK Institute of Education Book Bands for Guided Reading scheme (see http://www.ioe.ac.uk/research/4664.html). <AudienceCodeValue> is a colour, eg ‘Pink A’ or ‘Copper’. Deprecated – use <Complexity> instead.
26 FSK Lehr-/Infoprogramm Used for German videos/DVDs with educational or informative content; value for <AudienceCodeValue> must be either ‘Infoprogramm gemäß § 14 JuSchG’ or ‘Lehrprogramm gemäß § 14 JuSchG’.
27 Intended audience language Where this is different from the language of the text of the book recorded in <Language>. <AudienceCodeValue> should be a value from List 74.
28 PEGI rating Pan European Game Information rating used primarily for video games.