ISO/IEC 15420:2009

Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — EAN/UPC bar code symbology specification ISO/IEC 15420:2009

Publication date:   Dec 15, 2009

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90.92 Standard to be revised   Mar 30, 2022

ISO/IEC

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 Automatic identification and data capture techniques

International Standard

35.040.50   Automatic identification and data capture techniques | 01.080.50   Graphical symbols for use on information technology and telecommunications technical drawings and in relevant technical product documentation

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Scope

Manufacturers of bar code equipment and users of bar code technology require publicly available standard symbology specifications to which they can refer when developing equipment and software.
ISO/IEC 15420:2009 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 ISO/IEC 15420:2009; they are defined in the GS1 General Specifications.

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ISO/IEC 15420:2000

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ISO/IEC 15420:2009
90.92 Standard to be revised
Mar 30, 2022

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ISO/IEC 15420:2009/CD Cor 1

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ISO/IEC PWI 15420

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ISO/IEC DIS 15420