ONIX Code Lists Issue 3, August 2004
List 21: Edition type code

Value Description Notes

ABR Abridged Content has been shortened: use for abridged, shortened, concise, condensed.
ADP Adapted Content has been adapted to serve a different purpose or audience, or from one medium to another: use for dramatization, novelization etc. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the adaptation.
ALT Alternate Do not use. This code is now deprecated, but is retained in the list for reasons of upwards compatibility.
ANN Annotated Content is augmented by the addition of notes
BRL Braille Braille editions should also carry the corresponding Product Form code.
CRI Critical Content includes critical commentary on the text
CSP Coursepack Content was compiled for a specified educational course.
ENL Enlarged Content has been enlarged or expanded from that of a previous edition.
EXP Expurgated ‘Offensive' content has been removed
FAC Facsimile Exact reproduction of the content and format of a previous edition.
ILL Illustrated Content includes extensive illustrations which are not part of other editions
LTE Large type / large print Large print editions should also carry the corresponding Product Form code.
MCP Microprint A printed edition in a type size too small to be read without a magnifying glass. Microprint editions should also carry the corresponding Product Form code.
MDT Media tie-in An edition published to coincide with the release of a film, TV program, or electronic game based on the same work. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the tie-in.
NED New edition Where no other information is given, or no other coded type is applicable
REV Revised Content has been revised from that of a previous edition.
SCH School edition An edition intended specifically for use in schools.
SPE Special edition Use for anniversary, collectors’, de luxe, gift, limited, numbered, autographed edition. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the special edition.
STU Student edition Where a text is available in both student and teacher’s editions.
TCH Teacher’s edition Where a text is available in both student and teacher’s editions; use also for instructor’s or leader’s editions.
UBR Unabridged Where a title has also been published in an abridged edition; also for audiobooks, regardless of whether an abridged audio version also exists.
UXP Unexpurgated Content previously considered 'offensive' has been restored
VAR Variorum Content includes notes by various commentators, and/or includes and compares several variant texts of the same work.