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There are about 120 different barcode standards in use today, about 20 of them are widely accepted and supported, and the rest are adopted by companies for internal tracking use.
There are about 120 different barcode standards in use today, about 20 of them are widely accepted and supported, and the rest are adopted by companies for internal tracking use.


There are also committees that regulate barcode structure and label format, the first 5 ? 6 digits signify the registered manufacturer, shipper, or regulatory organization that associated to the product.
===Most important for [[Consumerium]] are:===
 
*[[EAN-13]]
*[[EAN-8]]
*[[UPC]]
*[[JAN]] (?)
 
[[EAN]] and [[UPC]] are compatible in [[GTIN]] namespace
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===Other===


the Code 128 barcode system
the [[Code 128]] barcode system


*Widely accepted as a standard in barcodes (used by UPS, Wal-Mart and many others)
*Widely accepted as a standard in barcodes (used by UPS, Wal-Mart and many others)
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*Barcodes can be generated by a third party application, or via Active X plug ins
*Barcodes can be generated by a third party application, or via Active X plug ins
*Standard code 128 bar codes are not as long as those in standard code 39.
*Standard code 128 bar codes are not as long as those in standard code 39.
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===See also:===
* [[GEPIR]]
* [[Interesting projects|GNU Barcode]] generates many formats. Available under [[GPL]]. Available as [[Debian]] package.
* [[Baracoda Pencil]] - [[Bluetooth]] [[Scanner]] pen
There are also committees that regulate barcode structure and label format, the first 5 ? 6 digits signify the registered manufacturer, shipper, or regulatory organization that associated to the product.
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