ONIX Code Lists Issue 27, October 2014
List 44: Name code type

Value Description Notes

01 Proprietary
02 Proprietary DEPRECATED – use 01.
03 DNB publisher identifier Deutsche Nationalbibliothek publisher identifier.
04 Börsenverein Verkehrsnummer
05 German ISBN Agency publisher identifier
06 GLN GS1 global location number (formerly EAN location number).
07 SAN Book trade Standard Address Number – US, UK etc.
10 Centraal Boekhuis Relatie ID Trading party identifier used in the Netherlands.
13 Fondscode Boekenbank Flemish publisher code.
15 Y-tunnus Business Identity Code (Finland). See http://www.ytj.fi/ (in Finnish).
16 ISNI International Standard Name Identifier. See ‘http://www.isni.org/’.
17 PND Personennamendatei – person name authority file used by Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and in other German-speaking countries. See http://www.d-nb.de/standardisierung/normdateien/pnd.htm (German) or http://www.d-nb.de/eng/standardisierung/normdateien/pnd.htm (English). DEPRECATED in favour of the GND.
18 LCCN A control number assigned to a Library of Congress Name Authority record.
19 Japanese Publisher identifier Publisher identifier administered by Japanese ISBN Agency.
20 GKD Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei – Corporate Body Authority File in the German-speaking countries. See http://www.d-nb.de/standardisierung/normdateien/gkd.htm (German) or http://www.d-nb.de/eng/standardisierung/normdateien/gkd.htm (English). DEPRECATED in favour of the GND.
21 ORCID Open Researcher and Contributor ID. See ‘http://www.orcid.org/’.
22 GAPP Publisher Identifier Publisher identifier maintained by the Chinese ISBN Agency (GAPP).
23 VAT Identity Number Identifier for a business organization for VAT purposes, eg within the EU’s VIES system. See http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/faqvies.do for EU VAT ID formats, which vary from country to country. Generally these consist of a two-letter country code followed by the 8–12 digits of the national VAT ID. Some countries include one or two letters within their VAT ID. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_identification_number for non-EU countries that maintain similar identifiers. Spaces, dashes etc should be omitted.
24 JP Distribution Identifier 4-digit business organization identifier controlled by the Japanese Publication Wholesalers Association.
25 GND Gemeinsame Normdatei – Joint Authority File in the German-speaking countries. See http://www.dnb.de/EN/Standardisierung/Normdaten/GND/gnd_node.html (English). Combines the PND, SWD and GKD into a single authority file, and should be used in preference.
26 DUNS Dunn and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System, see ‘www.dnb.co.uk/dandb-duns-number’.
27 Ringgold ID Ringgold organizational identifier, see ‘http://www.ringgold.com/pages/identify.html’.
28 Identifiant Editeur Electre French Electre publisher identifier.
30 Identifiant Marque Electre French Electre imprint Identifier.
32 FundRef DOI DOI used in CrossRef’s Fundref list of academic research funding bodies, for example "10.13039/100004440“ (Wellcome Trust). See ‘http://www.crossref.org/fundref/fundref_registry.html’.