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A barcode number identifies many commercial products including music albums. | <table><tr><td>A barcode number identifies many commercial products including music albums. | ||
It appears on the product packaging both encoded as a barcode and below it as text e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UPC-A-036000291452.png here]. When transcribing the barcode number text, omit any spaces and dashes, e.g. write 036000291452 not 0 36000 29145 2. | It appears on the product packaging both encoded as a barcode and below it as text e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UPC-A-036000291452.png here]. When transcribing the barcode number text, omit any spaces and dashes, e.g. write 036000291452 not 0 36000 29145 2.<td> | ||
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Barcode numbers consist of 12, 13 or 14 digits. All can be represented as a 14-digit [[GTIN]]/[[TIN]] by adding sufficient zeros to the left. | Barcode numbers consist of 12, 13 or 14 digits. All can be represented as a 14-digit [[GTIN]]/[[TIN]] by adding sufficient zeros to the left. |
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A barcode number identifies many commercial products including music albums. It appears on the product packaging both encoded as a barcode and below it as text e.g. here. When transcribing the barcode number text, omit any spaces and dashes, e.g. write 036000291452 not 0 36000 29145 2. |
htpp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:UPC_A.svg Barcode numbers consist of 12, 13 or 14 digits. All can be represented as a 14-digit GTIN/TIN by adding sufficient zeros to the left. On a music album, the barcode can be found
Barcodes for many albums can also be obtained from tango.info and other sources as described in GTIN (see finding EAN). |