ONIX for Books was the first, and is the most widely-adopted, member of EDItEUR’s ONIX family of standards. It was initially developed by EDItEUR jointly with Book Industry Communication (UK) and the Book Industry Study Group (US), and is now maintained under the guidance of an International Steering Committee including not only BIC and BISG but also national user groups in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, and Sweden. The ONIX for Books Product Information Message is the international standard for representing and communicating book industry product information in electronic form.