BS ISO/IEC 15420:2009

This standard BS ISO/IEC 15420:2009 Information technology. Automatic identification and data capture techniques. EAN/UPC bar code symbology specification is classified in these ICS categories:

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

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).