| SECTION J : INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION | |||
| Division 58 : Publishing activities | |||
| Group | Class | Sub-class | Description |
| 581 | Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities | ||
| 5811 | Book publishing | ||
| This class includes the activities of publishing books in print, electronic or audio form or on the internet | |||
| This class excludes: | |||
| - production of globes, see 3299 | |||
| - publishing of advertising material, see 5819 | |||
| - publishing of music and sheet books, see 5920 | |||
| - activities of independent authors, see 7490, 9000 | |||
| 58111 | Publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing encyclopedias (including on CD-ROM) | ||
| 58112 | Publishing of atlases, maps and charts | ||
| 58113 | Publishing of audio books | ||
| 5812 | Publishing of directories and mailing lists | ||
| 58121 | Publishing of mailing lists and telephone directories | ||
| 58122 | Publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc. | ||
| 5813 | Publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals | ||
| This class includes the activities in print or electronic form, including on the Internet. Publishing of radio and television schedules is included here. | |||
| 58131 | Publishing of newspapers | ||
| 58132 | Publishing of journals and periodicals | ||
| 5819 | Other publishing activities | ||
| This class excludes: | |||
| - retail sale of software, see 4741 | |||
| - publishing of advertising newspapers, see 5813 | |||
| - on-line provision of software (application hosting and application service provisioning), see 6311 | |||
| 58191 | On-line publishing of statistics and other information | ||
| 58199 | Other publishing activities (including on-line) n.e.c. | ||
| 582 | Software publishing | ||
| 5820 | Software publishing | ||
| This class excludes: | |||
| - reproduction of software, see 1820 | |||
| - retail sale of non-customized software, see 4741 | |||
| - production of software not associated with publishing, see 6201 | |||
| - on-line provision of software (application hosting and application service provisioning), see 6311 | |||
| 58201 | Publishing of operating systems and system software | ||
| 58202 | Publishing of operating business and other applications | ||
| 58203 | Publishing of computer games for all platforms | ||
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Division 58 : Publishing activities
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