Module jonix.onix3

Class ProductForm

java.lang.Object
com.tectonica.jonix.onix3.ProductForm
All Implemented Interfaces:
OnixElement<ProductForms>, OnixTag, Serializable

public class ProductForm extends Object implements OnixElement<ProductForms>, Serializable

Product form code

An ONIX code which indicates the primary form of a product. Mandatory in an occurrence of <DescriptiveDetail>, and non-repeating.

Note that in ONIX 3.0 and later, the handling of multiple-item and multi-component products requires that the form of the contained items or components is specified only in the <ProductPart> composite (equivalent to <Contained Item> in earlier releases of ONIX). <ProductPart> forms Group P.4 and must be included for full description of any multiple-item or multi-component product.

Format Fixed length, two letters (or the digits 00)
Codelist List 150
Reference name <ProductForm>
Short tag <b012>
Cardinality 1
Example <ProductForm>BB</ProductForm> (Hardback book)

This tag may be included in the following composites:

Possible placements within ONIX message:

See Also: