BS ISO/IEC 15438:2015
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Information technology. Automatic identification and data capture techniques. PDF417 bar code symbology specification
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31-10-2015
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols, operations and abbreviated terms
5 Requirements
Annex A (normative) - Encoding/decoding table of
PDF417 symbol character barspace sequences
Annex B (normative) - The default character set for
Byte Compaction mode
Annex C (normative) - Byte Compaction mode
encoding algorithm
Annex D (normative) - Numeric Compaction mode
encoding algorithm
Annex E (normative) - User selection of error
correction level
Annex F (normative) - Tables of coefficients for
calculating PDF417 error correction codewords
Annex G (normative) - Compact PDF417
Annex H (normative) - Macro PDF417
Annex I (normative) - Testing PDF417 symbol quality
Annex J (normative) - Reference decode algorithm
for PDF417
Annex K (normative) - Error correction procedures
Annex L (normative) - Symbology identifier
Annex M (normative) - Transmission protocol for
decoders conforming with original PDF417
standards
Annex N (informative) - Algorithm to minimise the
number of codewords
Annex O (informative) - Guidelines to determine the
symbol matrix
Annex P (informative) - Calculating the coefficients for
generating the error correction
codewords - worked example
Annex Q (informative) - Generating the error correction
codewords - worked example
Annex R (informative) - Division circuit procedure for
generating error correction codewords
Annex S (informative) - Additional guidelines for the
use of PDF417
Bibliography
Defines the requirements for the bar code symbology known as PDF417. Describes PDF417 symbology characteristics, data character encodation, symbol formats, dimensions, error correction rules, reference decoding algorithm, and a number of application parameters.
| Committee |
IST/34
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS EN ISO 15438. (06/2006) Supersedes BS EN ISO/IEC 15438 and 14/30295076 DC. (10/2015)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
120
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This International Standard specifies the requirements for the bar code symbology known as PDF417. It specifies PDF417 symbology characteristics, data character encodation, symbol formats, dimensions, error correction rules, reference decoding algorithm, and a number of application parameters.
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO/IEC 15438:2015 | Identical |
| ISO/IEC 8859-1:1998 | Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1 |
| ISO/IEC 24723:2010 | Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — GS1 Composite bar code symbology specification |
| ISO/IEC 15424:2008 | Information technology Automatic identification and data capture techniques Data Carrier Identifiers (including Symbology Identifiers) |
| ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008 | Information technology Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) techniques Harmonized vocabulary Part 1: General terms relating to AIDC |
| ISO/IEC 646:1991 | Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange |
| ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008 | Information technology Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) techniques Harmonized vocabulary Part 2: Optically readable media (ORM) |
| ISO/IEC 15415:2011 | Information technology Automatic identification and data capture techniques Bar code symbol print quality test specification Two-dimensional symbols |
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