| 01 | Publisher | | 0 | |
| 02 | Co-publisher | Use where two or more publishers co-publish the exact same product, either under a single ISBN (in which case both publishers are co-publishers), or under different ISBNs (in which case the publisher of THIS ISBN is the publisher and the publishers of OTHER ISBNs are co-publishers. Note this is different from publication of ‘co-editions’ | 0 | 19 |
| 03 | Sponsor | | 0 | |
| 04 | Publisher of original-language version | Of a translated work | 0 | |
| 05 | Host/distributor of electronic content | | 0 | |
| 06 | Published for/on behalf of | | 1 | |
| 07 | Published in association with | Use also for ‘Published in cooperation with’ | 2 | |
| 09 | New or acquiring publisher | When ownership of a product or title is transferred from one publisher to another | 2 | |
| 10 | Publishing group | The group to which a publisher (publishing role 01) belongs: use only if a publisher has been identified with role code 01 | 8 | |
| 11 | Publisher of facsimile original | The publisher of the edition of which a product is a facsimile | 9 | |
| 12 | Repackager of prebound edition | The repackager of a prebound edition that has been assigned its own identifier. (In the US, a ‘prebound edition’ is a book that was previously bound, normally as a paperback, and has been rebound with a library-quality hardcover binding by a supplier other than the original publisher.) Required when the <EditionType> is coded PRB. The original publisher should be named as the ‘publisher’ | 9 | |
| 13 | Former publisher | When ownership of a product or title is transferred from one publisher to another (complement of code 09) | 12 | |
| 14 | Publication funder | Body funding publication fees, if different from the body funding the underlying research. Intended primarily for use with open access publications | 22 | 37 |
| 15 | Research funder | Body funding the research on which publication is based, if different from the body funding the publication. Intended primarily for use with open access publications | 22 | 37 |
| 16 | Funding body | Body funding research and publication. Intended primarily for use with open access publications | 22 | 37 |
| 17 | Printer | Organization responsible for printing a printed product. Supplied primarily to meet legal deposit requirements, and may apply only to the first impression. The organization may also be responsible for binding, when a separate binder is not specified | 24 | |
| 18 | Binder | Organization responsible for binding a printed product (where distinct from the printer). Supplied primarily to meet legal deposit requirements, and may apply only to the first impression | 24 | |
| 19 | Manufacturer | Organization primarily responsible for physical manufacture of a product, when neither Printer nor Binder is directly appropriate (for example, with disc or tape products, or digital products on a physical carrier) | 29 | |