ISO/IEC 15420
Information technology - Automatic identification and data capture techniques - EAN/UPC bar code symbology specification
Organization: | ISO |
Publication Date: | 15 December 2009 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 46 |
ICS Code (Graphical symbols for use on information technology and telecommunications technical drawings and in relevant technical product documentation): | 01.080.50 |
ICS Code (Information coding): | 35.040 |
scope:
This International Standard specifies the requirements for the bar code symbology known as EAN/UPC. It specifies EAN/UPC symbology characteristics, data character encodation, dimensions, tolerances, decoding algorithms and parameters to be defined by applications. It specifies the Symbology Identifier prefix strings for EAN/UPC symbols.
Data content and the rules governing the use of this symbology are outside the scope of this International Standard; they are defined in the GS1 General Specifications (see bibliography).