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+ As of 2020-09 [the EAN-Search.org] database includes over 220,955,000 entries. Browse online, web tools, w:XML w:API (for-a-fee) and free EAN tools / widgets, but no download of the entire database.
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== Product registries == | |||
=== Independent non-profit product registries === | |||
* [[Open Food Facts]] ([[OFF]]) | |||
* [https://www.ean-search.org/ EAN-Search.org] by Relaxed Communications GmbH<ref group="1st seen in">[[w:GS1 Sweden]]</ref>. As of 2020-09 their database includes over 220,955,000 entries. Browse online, web tools, [[XML]] [[w:API]] [https://www.ean-search.org/ean-database-api.html here] (for-a-fee) and free [https://www.ean-search.org/ean-tools.html EAN tools / widgets], but no download of the entire database. | |||
=== Industry-associated product registries === | |||
* '''[[w:GS1]]''' is a [[nonprofit]] organization that develops and maintains global standards for business communication. The best known of these standards is the [[barcode]], a symbol printed on products that can be scanned electronically. GS1 barcodes are scanned more than six billion times every day. (Wikipedia as of 2020-09-22) | |||
** [https://www.gs1au.org/ GS1 Australia at gs1au.org] | ** [https://www.gs1au.org/ GS1 Australia at gs1au.org] | ||
** [[w:GS1 Canada]] | ** [[w:GS1 Canada]] | ||
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** [[w:GS1 Sweden]] | ** [[w:GS1 Sweden]] | ||
** [[w:GS1 US]] | ** [[w:GS1 US]] | ||
== 1st seen in == | |||
* AMECE was a Mexican product registry at <s>amece.org.mx</s> | <references group="1st seen in" /> | ||
* EANnet Australia | |||
* | == Product registries that used to exist == | ||
* | * <s>AMECE</s> was a Mexican product registry at <s>amece.org.mx</s> | ||
* | * <s>EANnet Australia</s> was an Australian product registry at <s>ean.com.au</s> run by a not-for-profit and the access they offered product information to for-profits and non-profits. Their service pricing scheme was very similar to ECCnet (Canada) which was also a non-profit product registry | ||
* | * <s>ECCnet</s> (Canada) - was a Canadian not-for-profit product registry at <s>eccc.org</s> ECCnet was operated by The Electronic Commerce Council of Canada (ECCC) a Canadian not-for-profit corporation and they offered access to for-profits and non-profits were clear and available. Their service pricing scheme is very similar to <s>EANnet Australia</s> which was also a non-profit product registry They had a really nice web page which works and their approach and communiques are well thought out. There used to be information for example on the '''Can-Trace Initiative''' for '''foodstuffs origin tracking''' for Canada as well as '''global traceability standards''' related documents. | ||
* <s>UCCnet</s> (US) - not-for-profit subsidiary of Uniform Code Council, Inc. was an American product registry at <s>uccnet.org</s> | |||
* <s>UDEX</s> (UK, France) - was a commercial product registry for France and UK at <s>udex.com</s> | |||
* <s>SINFOS</s> was a product registry in Germany, Austria, Netherland and other European coutries at <s>sinfosweb.de</s> ''SINFOS product information pool'' was a product registry by SINFOS GmbH and the [http://www.ccg.de Centrale für Coorganisation (CCG)], the German member of EAN International, was a [[product]] information pool. It was used by many Consumer Goods Manufacturers and Retailers in Europe to communicate '''comprehensive technical product information''' on a '''many-to-many''' basis which naturally provides improved efficiency and better service for [[consumer]]s compared to the old way of many isolated communications in the supply chains. In 2004 SINFOS will be operational in at least the following countries: Germany, Austria, Spain, Netherland, Finland. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||