| 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 |