GTIN
Overview
GTIN = Global Trade Item Number
Format
| Name | Former name | Position of digits | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTIN-14 | - | D01 | D02 | D03 | D04 | D05 | D06 | D07 | D08 | D09 | D10 | D11 | D12 | D13 | D14 |
| GTIN-13 | EAN | 0 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | N6 | N7 | N8 | N9 | N10 | N11 | N12 | N13 |
| GTIN-12 | UPC | 0 | 0 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | N6 | N7 | N8 | N9 | N10 | N11 | N12 |
| GTIN-8 | EAN-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | N6 | N7 | N8 |
In the tango.info database GTINs are stored as GTIN-14.
Prefixes
GS1 prefix
For position D02,D03,D04 except if equal to 248 see http://www.gs1.org/barcodes/support/prefix_list
Tango.info uses 248 for items for which no valid GTIN could be identified.
GS1 company prefix
http://www.gs1.org/barcodes/technical/company_prefix
In Germany the minimum length of a company prefix in GTIN-13 is 7 digits and as of 2013-02-27 costs 530 EUR [1]. In GTIN-14 that means a 8 digit prefix, i.e. position D01 to D08.
As of 2014-09-28 tango.info uses 02480002 for items for which no valid GTIN could be identified.
Album-specific usage
It is common among some companies e.g. EMI, SONY to use the "2" as CD identifier and the "4" as tape identifier in the last position before the check digit. Other companies, e.g. Fresh Sound Records with their El Bandoneon series do not use that scheme.
DBN TARG 00837413 Al compás del corazón
| Type | D13 | EAN-13 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD | 2 | 724383741328 | http://www.dbndiscos.com/detallealbum.aspx?id=4031 |
| TAPE | 4 | 724383741342 | http://www.dbndiscos.com/detallealbum.aspx?id=4772 |
"5" could be digital see http://www.emicmgdistribution.com/products/detail.aspx?iid=1796111
- Digital UPC - 5099962967952
- Multi Disc UPC - 5099962967921
Last digit before check digit
- 1 Vinyl [2]
- 2 CD
- 3 ?
- 4 TAPE
- 5 digital?
http://www.meiea.org/Journal/html_ver/Vol08_No01/Elton-2008-MEIEA-Journal-Vol-8-No-1-p49.htm
1 Vinyl, 12” single or full length 2 CDs, all lengths 3 Video (VHS) 4 Cassettes – all lengths 5 Digital Releases (MP3, etc.) – all lengths 6 Super Audio CDs 7 Vinyl, 7” single 8 MiniDiscs 9 DVDs 0 Enhanced CDs
Allocation rules
From http://www.gs1.org/docs/idkeys/GS1_GTIN_Allocation_Rules.pdf (Feb 2007):
A separate unique GTIN is required whenever any of the pre-defined characteristics of an item are different in any way that is relevant to the trading process. The guiding principle is if the customer is expected to distinguish a new trade item from an old trade item and purchase accordingly, a new GTIN should be assigned.
Relation with derivable codes
For this example https://tango.info/00724383741328 derivable codes are
TINP-14 00724383741328 GTIN-14 00724383741328 EAN-13 0724383741328 UPC-12 724383741328
- http://www.upcdatabase.com/barcode.pl?ean13=0724383741328
- http://www.upcdatabase.com/barcode.pl?upc=724383741328
Finding GTIN
- http://www.imusic.dk/
- Search API giving EAN on one click, e.g. http://www.imusic.dk/page/search?combined=&search=S%F8g+i+kataloget&_form=searchForm&artist=Canaro&title=Desde+El+Alma
- http://www.allcd.us
- Search UI works on single words e.g. http://allcd.us/search.php?word=Canaro&node=Music
- ... but fails on multiple words e.g. http://allcd.us/search.php?word=Canaro+%22Nobleza+de+Arrabal%22&node=Music
- Search API giving EAN direct e.g http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aallcd.us+intitle%3AMusic+EAN+Canaro+%22Nobleza+de+Arrabal%22
- for amazon CA items
- amazon.com
Look up via GTIN
GTIN non-compliance
- 07796095005367 is printed on covers of two different albums
See also