ONIXEDIT  allows you to export your metadata in one of the specialized ONIX 2.1 validation formats supported. Also, the ONIX standard support 2 different XML tags representation: Short and long reference. To do this, use the following procedure:


1. Open your ONIX data file.

2. Make sure that the files you plan to export are valid in the specialized format desired.

3. From the main menu, select the titles to export.

4. Use the Export function (F5) from the File menu or from the context menu and select to export the complete ONIX file or just the selected titles.

5. Then, in the dialogue that will follow, click on the Export to ONIX button.


If you are exporting from an ONIX 2.1 file, you will then get a dialog allowing you to choose the desired specialized format and the type of ONIX tag to use (long tag by default). If you check the ONIX 3.0 box, the exported file will be converted to ONIX version 3.0. 


If you are exporting from an ONIX 3.0 file, you will only have the option of exporting in long or short tags. 


Regardless of the ONIX version, you will also have the following options:


  • Define the File Encoding to use.
  • Apply an XSLT file to make the desired changes to the resulting XML file. 
  • Create a separate file for each of the titles and choose the identifier that will represent the file names.


Then click on the Export button and give your file a name.