BIC ONIX: Advanced Topics Training Course - April 2026 - Book Industry Communication

BIC ONIX: Advanced Topics Training Course - April 2026 - Book Industry Communication
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BIC ONIX: Advanced Topics Training Course – April 2026
April 28 @ 1:00 pm
-
April 30 @ 5:30 pm
BST
Aimed at experienced ONIX users, this online course provides guidance on optimising your metadata and the more complex aspects of ONIX.
BIC ONIX: Advanced Topics training course
#bictraining
Purpose of the Course
Recent research shows that good metadata leads to increased sales*. With that in mind, this advanced course mixes the theoretical discussion of metadata with practical examples and guidance, and links metadata very clearly with supply chain effectiveness and commercial success.
Please note:
Some training material on data elements relating to digital products, open access, audio material and chapter-level metadata that was previously part of this course has been transferred to the new ONIX Essentials Plus course. If a delegate completed the ONIX essentials course prior to 2022, some content may have been missed. This missed material may be covered again in this course provided that time allows.
*Nielsen White Paper:
The Link Between Metadata and Sales
.
Benefits of Attending
Experienced ONIX users will learn how to optimise their metadata and deal with the more complex aspects of ONIX by attending this course.
Course Level
This course is suitable for delegates with a good background knowledge of publishing and experience working with ONIX. Attendees do not require a technical background, the course is aimed at staff with management responsibility for product metadata or software developers seeking more in-depth domain knowledge. Delegates should previously have attended the BIC ONIX Essentials training course or have gained extensive knowledge and experience of metadata management and ONIX over several years.
Course Outline
The content of this course is modular and will be tailored to the particular interests of delegates; consequently, each course will be different. However, the overall content will most likely include many of the following topics:
1) Modules
The importance of core semantics;
Conceptual modelling, WMI entity stack in indecs and interoperability with library metadata models;
Identifiers; GTINs and ISBNs; ISNI and name identification; ISCCs, work IDs and the product lifecycle;
Linked data and schema.org optimization of web pages;
Discoverability, keywords and structured subject coding including
Thema
;
Sales rights and restrictions; advanced international pricing and multiple markets, tax, discounts, commodity codes and international trade
Collections, sets and series
Chapter-level metadata (for audio, scholarly
etc
)
Open access
Multi-item/multi-component products
Multilingual metadata
Promotional events
Practical XML validation
Block updating
ONIX Acknowledgement message
ONIX 3.0 migration; differences from 2.1, changes and benefits; migration strategy
ONIX 3.1 migration
New data elements in recent ONIX revisions (3.0, 3.0.1–3.0.8, 3.1, 3.1.1)
Underused features and opportunities; common errors
Summary and further resources
2)
Discuss your issues
Delegates may choose to submit real-world books and metadata of their own for discussion and pointers for improvement (you must contact
info@BIC.org.uk
at least one week in advance. It cannot be guaranteed that all issues will be looked at or ‘solved’)
3)
Practical Demos (spread throughout the day):
How to validate ONIX messages
Why character sets and encodings are important
Tag name conversion
The Trainer
EDItEUR membership
Graham Bell
Executive Director,
EDItEUR
Graham is Executive Director of EDItEUR, and is responsible for the overall development of EDItEUR’s standards and the management services it provides on behalf of other standards organisations (ISNI International Agency and the International DOI Foundation). He joined EDItEUR as its Chief Data Architect in 2010, focusing on the continuing development and application of ONIX for Books,
Thema
, EDItX and on other EDItEUR standards for the global books and serials sectors.
Graham is an experienced trainer and speaker. He previously worked for HarperCollins Publishers in the UK, where most recently he was Head of Publishing Systems.
Feedback for this Course
“Graham Bell is an excellent teacher making the courses interesting even when the subject matter is not that ‘light’. He provides explanations in a clear and concise way.” –
Angela Kendall, Nielsen
“I can think of many people in my company who would benefit from attending this course.” –
Anon.
Dates and Frequency of this Course
Tue 28th, Wed 29th and Thu 30th April 2026 (over 3 half days).
Bespoke and In-House Training
BIC is committed to providing high quality, accessible training for the book industry. We are able to provide both bespoke courses and in-house training to suit your requirements. This course is suitable for in-house training so please do contact us to request further information or to make a booking:
info@bic.org.uk
Course Location
Online/Virtual Training.
Course Length
This is a 1.5 day course which will be delivered in three, half-day training sessions, 1.00pm-5.30pm (UK)on the dates specified, above.
Prices
BIC & EDItEUR Members £485 + VAT
Friends of BIC £575 + VAT
Non-Members £660 + VAT
Note: Ticket price excludes the Eventbrite processing fee.
Additional discount available:
Please note that any individual who registers, at the same time, to attend both this ONIX: Advanced Topics and either of the ONIX Essentials Plus courses will be eligible to receive a £100 discount on the combined cost of their tickets.
This offer is open to BIC & EDItEUR Members, Friends of BIC and Non-Members. Contact BIC (
info@bic.org.uk
) for further information and to receive your discount code (prior to booking your place); tickets purchased using this discount code will not be transferrable within your organisation. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other or discount code.
The fully discounted rates apply to BIC and EDItEUR members only.
Check BIC membership
and /or
EDItEUR membership
.
Alternative Payment Option:
If you would prefer BIC to invoice your organisation directly, please contact us:
info@bic.org.uk
. Please note that this process will incur a £25.00 administration fee.
BIC Training Courses
Created by the book industry, for the book industry
For an empowered, informed supply chain
Established in 1991, BIC is an independent, not-for-profit organisation at the heart of the book industry. We pride ourselves on working collaboratively with key stakeholders in the UK book industry to produce quality training courses that are created and delivered by expert, highly respected trainers on a wide range of supply chain topics. Being a not-for-profit organisation, BIC is able to offer all of its training at highly competitive rates. If there is a topic that you would like us to provide training on, that we do not provide at present, get in touch; we also welcome enquires about the provision of bespoke in-house courses.
Course Cancellations
Please note
: as we price our training courses so competitively, the running of them is dependent on there being a set minimum number of delegates registered by the time the booking period ceases. For this reason, please be aware that unfortunately some courses may be cancelled if this requirement is not met. Should this happen, BIC will arrange for full refunds for all training courses booked. We will liaise with registered delegates at least 2 weeks prior to each course date regarding this. BIC apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Refund Policy
Please take a few moments to familiarise yourself with our refund policy.
Should you need to cancel your ticket, refunds may be given as follows:
Up to 6 calendar weeks (i.e. 42 calendar days) before the event:
full refund minus Eventbrite fee
Less than 6 calendar weeks, but more than 2 calendar weeks (i.e. 14 days) before the event:
50% refund
Less than 2 calendar weeks before the event:
no refund
If you (or a colleague in your place) do not attend the training course you have booked, no refund will be given.
Please note: Tickets
are transferable
within your organisation.
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Start:
April 28 @ 1:00 pm
BST
End:
April 30 @ 5:30 pm
BST
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bic-onix-advanced-topics-training-course-april-2026-tickets-1974982894001
Organiser
Book Industry Communication Ltd
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