BS ISO/IEC 15459-6:2014

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Identities for individual entities
5 Identities for grouping of entities
6 Identity for grouping of products, units
  and items
7 Implementation of coding using AIDC media
Annex A (informative) - Groupings
Annex B (informative) - Identities for groupings
Annex C (informative) - Use case for identities
        for groupings
Bibliography

Defines a unique string of characters for the identification of groupings of products, product packages, transport units and items.

This part of ISO/IEC15459 specifies a unique string of characters for the identification of groupings of products, product packages, transport units and items. The character string is intended to be represented in a linear bar code symbol and two-dimensional symbol or other AIDC media attached to the entity to meet management needs and/or regulatory needs (e.g. customs clearance). To address these needs different types of identifiers are recognized in the various parts of ISO/IEC15459, which allows different requirements to be met by the unique identifiers associated within the context of the specific parts of ISO/IEC15459 .

The unique identifiers for grouping or products, product packages, transport units and items enables grouping by e.g. type, characteristics, order, manufacturing, quality, location, movement, etc. to be uniquely identified. It is possible to use with other unique individual identifiers defined in other parts of ISO/IEC15459 . Encoding these unique identifiers in a data carrier enables information about the item processing to be clearly identified.

The identity for groupings is intended for “look-up” purposes, and cannot be directly used as an entity identity in the strictest sense of the definition as used, for example, in ISO/IEC15459‑1 , ISO/IEC15459‑4 , and ISO/IEC15459‑5 .