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Product checks

Approved cover is present

• passed: There is an approved cover
• failed: There is no approved cover

Contributor is present

• one: There is one contributor
• other: There are %{count} contributors
• failed: There is no contributor

Price is present

• passed: At least one price is present
• failed: There are no prices

Publication date is present

• passed: The publication date is %{pub_date}
• failed: There is no publication date

Publishing status is present

• passed: The publishing status is %{publishing_status}
• failed: There is no publishing status

Sales rights are present:

• passed: Sales rights are present
• failed: There are no sales rights

Series present:

• passed: Belongs to series %{series}
• failed: There is no series

Approved cover resolution is adequate

• passed: The cover resolution is %{quality} (%{resolution} pixels)
• failed: The cover resolution is %{quality} (%{resolution} pixels)

Formats:

Product form is present

• passed: The product form is “%{product_form}”
• failed: Product form is set to “Unknown”

Product form code is not deprecated

• passed: “%{product_form}” is not deprecated in ONIX
• failed: The “%{product_form}” product form is deprecated in ONIX

Extents:

Word count is present

• passed: The word count is %{word_count}
• failed: There is no word count

Page count is present

• passed: The page count is %{page_count}
• failed: There is no page count

Marketing texts:

Only one short description is present

• passed: There is only one short description
• failed: There is more than one short description

Biographical note is present

• passed: There is a biographical note
• failed: There is no biographical note

Main description is present

• passed: There is a main description
• failed: There is no main description

Short description is present

• passed: There is a short description
• failed: There is no short description

Short description has enough characters

• passed: The short description’s character count is %{count} which is enough to be useful
• failed: The short description’s character count is %{count} which is too short, even for a short description

Short description is within the 350 character limit

• passed: The short description’s character count is %{count}
• failed: The short description’s character count is %{count} which is over the limit

Identifiers

ISBN is present

• passed: The ISBN-13 is %{isbn}
• failed: There is no valid ISBN-13

Measurements:

Product height is present

• Not applicable: This type of product does not have a height
• passed: The product height is %{measurement} mm
• failed: There is no product height

Product width is present

• not_applicable: This type of product does not have a width
• passed: The product width is %{measurement} mm
• failed: There is no product width

Product thickness is present

• not_applicable: This type of product does not have a thickness
• passed: The product thickness is %{measurement} mm
• failed: There is no product thickness

Page trim height is present

• not_applicable: This type of product does not have a page trim height
• passed: The page trim height is %{measurement} mm
• failed: There is no page trim height

Page trim width is present

• not_applicable: This type of product does not have a page trim width
• passed: The page trim width is %{measurement} mm
• failed: There is no page trim width

Unit weight is present

• not_applicable: This type of product does not have a weight
• passed: The weight is %{measurement} grams
• failed: There is no weight

Product height exceeds page trim height

• not_applicable: This only applies to hardback books
• passed: The product height of %{product_height} mm exceeds the page trim height of %{page_trim_height} mm
• failed: The product height of %{product_height} mm does not exceed the page trim height of %{page_trim_height} mm

Product width exceeds page trim width

• not_applicable: This only applies to hardback books
• passed: The product width of %{product_width} mm exceeds the page trim width of %{page_trim_width} mm
• failed: The product width of %{product_width} mm does not exceed the page trim width of %{page_trim_width} mm

Product height is credible

• not_applicable: This type of product does not have a height
• passed: The product height of %{measurement} mm is within the normal range
• failed: The product height of %{measurement} mm is outside of the normal range

Product width is credible

• not_applicable: This type of product does not have a width
• passed: The product width of %{measurement} mm is within the normal range
• failed: The product width of %{measurement} mm is outside of the normal range

Unit weight is credible

• not_applicable: This type of product does not have a weight
• passed: The unit weight of %{measurement} grams is within the normal range
• failed: The unit weight of %{measurement} grams is outside of the normal range

Work:

Imprint is present

• passed: An imprint is present
• failed: Imprint is missing

Audiences:

ONIX audience is present

• passed: An ONIX audience is present
• failed: ONIX audience is missing

ONIX child audience is present

• passed: ONIX child audience is expected and present
• failed: ONIX child audience is expected but missing
• not_applicable: No ONIX child audience is expected

ONIX professional/scholarly audience is present

• passed: ONIX professional/scholarly audience is expected and present
• failed: ONIX professional/scholarly audience is expected but missing
• Not applicable: No ONIX professional/scholarly audience is expected

Subjects:

BIC main subject is present

• passed: The BIC main subject is “%{main_bic_code}”
• failed: There is no BIC main subject

BIC additional subjects are present

• one: There is one BIC additional subject
• other: There are %{count} BIC additional subjects
• failed: There are no BIC additional subjects

BIC geography qualifier is present

• passed: BIC geography is present
• failed: BIC subject codes suggest a geography qualifier is required
• not_applicable: No BIC codes requiring a geography qualifier are present

BIC no generic codes are present

• passed: No BIC generic codes are present
• failed: Generic BIC subject code(s) are present

BIC one-character codes are not present

• passed: There are no one-character BIC codes present
• failed: A one-character BIC code is present

No two BIC subjects are in the same hierarchy

• passed: BIC subjects are not hierarchical
• failed: Hierachies are present …%{hierarchies_text}
• not_applicable: Only one BIC subject code is present

BIC time qualifier is present

• passed: BIC time is present
• failed: BIC subject codes suggest a time qualifier is required
• not_applicable: No BIC codes requiring a time qualifier are present

BISAC main subject is present

• passed: The BISAC main subject is “%{main_bisac_code}”
• failed: There is no BISAC main subject

BISAC additional subjects are present

• one: There is one BISAC additional subject
• other: There are %{count} BISAC additional subjects
• failed: There are no BISAC additional subjects

Sufficient keywords are present

• passed: Sufficient keywords are present
• failed: Include at least three keywords

Thema main subject is present

• passed: The Thema main subject is “%{main_thema_code}”
• failed: There is no Thema main subject

Thema additional subjects are present

• one: There is one Thema additional subject
• other: There are %{count} Thema additional subjects
• failed: There are no Thema additional subjects

Thema educational qualifier is present

• passed: Thema educational qualifier is present
• failed: Thema subject codes suggest a educational qualifier code is required
• not_applicable: No Thema codes requiring educational qualifiers are present

Thema geography qualifier is present

• passed: Thema geography qualifier is present
• failed: Thema subject codes suggest a geography qualifier code is required
• not_applicable: No Thema codes requiring geography qualifiers are present

Thema interest qualifier is present

• passed: Thema interest qualifier is present
• failed: Thema subject codes suggest a interest qualifier code is required
• not_applicable: No Thema codes requiring interest qualifiers are present

Thema language qualifier is present

• passed: Thema language qualifier is present
• failed: Thema subject codes suggest a language qualifier code is required
• not_applicable: No Thema codes requiring language qualifiers are present

Thema one-character codes are not present

• passed: There are no one-character Thema codes present
• failed:
• one: A one-character Thema code is present
• other: There are %{count} one-character Thema codes present

Thema style qualifier is present

• passed: Thema style qualifier is present
• failed: Thema subject codes suggest a style qualifier code is required
• not_applicable: No Thema codes requiring style qualifiers are present

Thema time qualifier is present

• passed: Thema time qualifier is present
• failed: Thema subject codes suggest a time qualifier code is required
• not_applicable: No Thema codes requiring time qualifiers are present

No two Thema subjects are in the same hierarchy

• passed: Thema subjects are not hierarchical
• failed: Hierachies present …%{hierarchies_text}
• not_applicable: Only one Thema subject code is present