Just a quick note:

The correct URL for ONIX for Serials is http://www.editeur.org/17/ONIX-for-Serials/ - note that this is a family of standards, so it covers a very wide range of data types and content. The code lists Tom mentioned are available there in human-readable form.

Also: it sounded to me that Ken was after an actual database of the journal product type information - something like a "serials in print" database?

-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Pasley
Sent: 16 April 2012 22:15
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] free source for issn->periodical-type data?

Hi Ken,

Actually, I'm not sure this will answer all of your needs - although it does cover peer-review:

Metadata fields for an ISSN

A number of metadata fields can be associated with an ISSN number:

   - form: Each ISSN has a production form, indicated by an ONIX production
   form code <http://www.editeur.org/onixserials.html>. Current supported
   values include: JB ( Printed serial ), JC ( Serial distributed
   electronically by carrier ) ,JD ( Electronic serial distributed online ),
   MA ( Microform )
   - oclcnum: Oclcnum
   - peerreview: Peerreview, 'Y' if the ISSN is peer-reviewed, 'N' if the
   ISSN is not peer-reviewed.
   - publisher: Publisher
   - rawcoverage: Human-readable Coverage
   - title: Title
   - issnl: Linking ISSN, as defined
here<http://www.issn.org/2-22637-What-is-an-ISSN-L.php>
   - rssurl: Journal feed URL, data obtained from ticTOCS<http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/>

T.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:33 AM, Ken Irwin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Does anyone know of a free data source that correlates ISSNs with data 
> that includes "what kind of publication is this?" e.g.
>
> *        Academic journal (+/- peer review?)
>
> *        Popular magazine
>
> *        Newspaper
>
> *        Trade journal
>
> *        Etc
>
> Obviously, there's some wiggle room in these designations, and I don't 
> need a super-solid answer.
>
> I've been asked to supply information about our academic journal 
> collection, and I don't have a particularly good way of 
> differentiating between our e-journals and e-magazines, for instance. 
> Individual suppliers might make these distinctions, but I'm really 
> hoping that a query-able (or,
> better: downloadable) file exists.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Ken
>