North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 2.0

• 481 - Published products and recorded media (except software)
• 48123 - Other published products
• 481233 - Databases

4812331 - Databases, on physical media

Organized and searchable data sets, except directories and mailing lists, on physical media.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • databases and other data collections on physical media
  • published archives of newspapers, periodicals, and other publications, in physical form
  • published collections of facts compiled from public domain materials such as legal cases, annual reports of publicly traded companies, and other public documents, in physical form

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • databases saved on optical and other storage media

• Exclusion(s)

  • database software, on physical media (See 4821311 General application software (except game software and commercial use licences), on physical media)
  • licences for the use of intellectual property of printed databases to generate revenues (See 7221121 Licensing of rights for commercial use of databases, directories and mailing lists)
  • printed databases produced on own account for sale with all-attendant rights (See 6322111 Literary works originals (except software))
  • printed databases produced under contract to others (See 8311131 Contract production of copyrighted works (except live performances and audiovisual works))
  • printed directories (See 4812321 Directories, in physical form)
  • printed mailing lists (See 4812311 Mailing lists, in physical form)
  • provision of advertising space in printed databases (See 7111242 Advertising space in databases (except online))