Example supplying an ISNI and the publisher’s internal contributor ID using Reference names
<NameIdentifier>
<NameIDType>01</NameIDType>
<IDTypeName>XYZ Author ID</IDTypeName>
<IDValue>580</IDValue>
</NameIdentifier>
<NameIdentifier>
<NameIDType>16</NameIDType>
<IDValue>0000000068287141</IDValue>
</NameIdentifier>
using Short tags
<nameidentifier>
<x415>01</x415> Proprietary list
<b233>XYZ Author ID</b233> Name of list <b244>580</b244>
</nameidentifier>
<nameidentifier>
<x415>16</x415> ISNI
<b244>0000000068287141</b244>
</nameidentifier>
P.7.9 Person name
The name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product, unstructured, and presented in normal order. Optional and non-repeating: see Group P.7 introductory text for valid options.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <PersonName>
Short tag <b036>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript
Example <PersonName>James J. Johnson III</PersonName>
P.7.10 Person name, inverted
The name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product, presented with the element used for alphabetical sorting placed first (‘inverted order’). Optional and non-repeating: see Group P.7 introductory text for valid options.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <PersonNameInverted>
Short tag <b037>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript Example <b037>Johnson, James J., III</b037>
P.7.11 Person name part 1: titles before names
The first part of a structured name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product: qualifications and/or titles preceding a person’s names, eg ‘Professor’ or ‘HRH Prince’ or ‘Saint’. Optional and non-repeating: see Group P.7 introductory text for valid options.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <TitlesBeforeNames>
Short tag <b038>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript
Example <TitlesBeforeNames>HRH Prince</TitlesBeforeNames>
P.7.12 Person name part 2: names before key names
The second part of a structured name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product: name(s) and/or initial(s) preceding a person’s key name(s), eg James J. Optional and non-repeating.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <NamesBeforeKey>
Short tag <b039>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript Example <b039>James J.</b039>
P.7.13 Person name part 3: prefix to key names
The third part of a structured name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product: a prefix which precedes the key name(s) but which is not to be treated as part of the key name, eg ‘van’ in Ludwig van Beethoven. This element may also be used for titles that appear after given names and before key names, eg ‘Lord’ in Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Optional and non-repeating.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <PrefixToKey>
Short tag <b247>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript Example <PrefixToKey>van</PrefixToKey>
P.7.14 Person name part 4: key name(s)
The fourth part of a structured name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product: key name(s), ie the name elements normally used to open an entry in an alphabetical list, eg ‘Smith’ or ‘Garcia Marquez’ or ‘Madonna’ or ‘Francis de Sales’ (in Saint Francis de Sales). Non-repeating. Required if name part elements P.7.11 to P.7.18 are used.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <KeyNames>
Short tag <b040>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript Example <b040>Beethoven</b040>
P.7.15 Person name part 5: names after key names
The fifth part of a structured name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product: name suffix, or name(s) following a person’s key name(s), eg ‘Ibrahim’ (in Anwar Ibrahim). Optional and non-repeating.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <NamesAfterKey>
Short tag <b041>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript Example <b041>Ibrahim</b041>
P.7.16 Person name part 6: suffix after key names
The sixth part of a structured name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product: a suffix following a person’s key name(s), eg ‘Jr’ or ‘III’. Optional and non-repeating.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <SuffixToKey>
Short tag <b248>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript Example <SuffixToKey>Jr.</SuffixToKey>
P.7.17 Person name part 7: qualifications and honors after names
The seventh part of a structured name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product:
qualifications and honors following a person’s names, eg ‘CBE FRS’. Optional and non-repeating.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <LettersAfterNames>
Short tag <b042>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript Example <b042>MB FRCS</b042>
P.7.18 Person name part 8: titles after names
The eighth part of a structured name of a person who contributed to the creation of the product: titles following a person’s names, eg ‘Duke of Edinburgh’. Optional and non-repeating.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 100 characters Reference name <TitlesAfterNames>
Short tag <b043>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript
Example <TitlesAfterNames>Duke of Edinburgh</TitlesAfterNames>
P.7.18a Contributor gender (new in 3.0.3)
An optional ONIX code specifying the gender of a personal contributor. Not repeatable. Note that this indicates the gender of the contributor’s public identity (which may be pseudonymous) based on designations used in ISO 5218, rather than the gender identity, biological sex or sexuality of a natural person.
Format Fixed length, single character Code list List 229
Reference name <Gender>
Short tag <x524>
Cardinality 0…1
Example <x524>f</x524> (public identity is female)
P.7.19 Corporate contributor name
The name of a corporate body which contributed to the creation of the product, unstructured. Optional and non-repeating: see Group P.7 introductory text for valid options.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 200 characters Reference name <CorporateName>
Short tag <b047>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript
Example <CorporateName>Good Housekeeping Institute</CorporateName>
P.7.20 Corporate contributor name, inverted
The name of a corporate body which contributed to the creation of the product, presented in inverted order, with the element used for alphabetical sorting placed first. Optional and non-repeating: see Group P.7 introductory text for valid options.
Format Variable length text, suggested maximum length 200 characters Reference name <CorporateNameInverted>
Short tag <x443>
Cardinality 0…1
Attributes collationkey, language, textscript
Example <x443>Countryside Commission, The</x443>
P.7.20a Unnamed person(s) (new in 3.0.3)
An ONIX code allowing a positive indication to be given when authorship is unknown or anonymous, or when as a matter of editorial policy only a limited number of contributors are named. Optional and non-repeating: see Group P.7 introductory text for valid options. Use here in preference to P.7.47, where it is deprecated.
Format Fixed length, two digits Code list List 19
Reference name <UnnamedPersons>
Short tag <b249>
Cardinality 0…1
Example <b249>02</x524> (Anonymous)