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Industry Standards for Barcodes and Labels

• Bookland EAN encodes ISBN numbers, used internationally to mark books
• ISSN and the SISAC Barcode:   International Standard Serial Numbering
• OPC:  Optical Industry Associationbarcode for marking retail optical products
• UCC/EAN-128:  Widely used data formatting model for Code 128
• UPC Shipping Container Symbol:  ITF-14
• Co-Operative labels:  Located under software

Numeric-only barcodes

• EAN-13:  European Article Numbering international retail product code
• EAN-8:  Compressed version of EAN code for use on small products
• UPC-A:  Universal product code seen on almost all retail products in the USA and Canada
• UPC-E:  Compressed version of UPC code for use on small products
• Code 11:  Used primarily for labeling telecommunications equipment
• Interleaved 2 of 5:  Compact numeric code, widely used in industry, air cargo, other applications
• Industrial 2 of 5:  Older code not in common use
• Standard 2 of 5:  Older code not in common use
• Codabar:  Older code often used in library systems, sometimes in blood banks
• Plessey:  Older code commonly used for retail shelf marking
• MSI:  Variation of the Plessey code commonly used in USA
• PostNet:  Used by U.S. Postal Service for automated mail sorting

Alphanumeric barcodes

• Code 39:  General-purpose code in very wide use world-wide
• Code 93:  Compact code similar to Code 39
• Code 128:  Very capable code, excellent density, high reliability; in very wide use world-wide
• LOGMARS:  Same as Code 39, this is the U.S. Government specification

2-Dimensional barcodes

• PDF417:  Excellent for encoding large amounts of data
• DataMatrix:  Can hold large amounts of data, especially suited for making very small codes
• Maxicode:  Fixed length, used by United Parcel Service for automated package sorting
• QR Code:  Used for material control and order confirmation
• Data Code
• Code 49
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