ONIX Code Lists Issue 30, July 2015
List 16: Work identifier type code

Value Description Notes

01 Proprietary
02 ISBN-10 10-character ISBN of manifestation of work, when this is the only work identifier available – now DEPRECATED in ONIX for Books, except where providing historical information for compatibility with legacy systems. It should only be used in relation to products published before 2007 – when ISBN-13 superseded it – and should never be used as the ONLY identifier (it should always be accompanied by the correct GTIN-13 / ISBN-13 of the manifestation of the work)
06 DOI Digital Object Identifier (variable length and character set)
11 ISTC International Standard Text Code (16 characters: numerals and letters A-F, unhyphenated)
15 ISBN-13 13-character ISBN of manifestation of work, when this is the only work identifier available
18 ISRC International Standard Recording Code