TINP
All pages starting with TIN: Special:PrefixIndex/TIN.
Overview
TINP (Tango Info Number for a Product) is a 14-digit numeric tango.info code used by tango.info and others.
The TINP scheme was designed by tango.info to be used instead of the GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) scheme where tango-related items need to be covered. It covers all items that GTIN does, plus tango items that GTIN does not cover due to producer not having assigned them numbers.
The TIN set is a superset of the used GTIN set. Specifically, it contains all used numbers in the GTIN set, and it also contains special TINs (TINLs), including Code Agreement TINs (TINCs).
TINP-based descriptors
There exist several TINP-based descriptors.
Usage
Usage by tango.info
tango.info displays TINPs
- In references to and information about albums e.g. http://www.tango.info/08427328020459
tango.info accepts TINPs:
- in URLs to refer to a specific album page, e.g.
http://www.tango.info/00724383741328 http://www.tango.info/02480002201526
- in searches to find a specific album e.g. http://www.tango.info/?q=08427328020459
- in the tango.info music tagger interface(s).
Usage by music collectors
For those who store albums on computer in particular, TINP is an excellent way to identify each album. It may be recorded:
- in the Album title tag, as a suffix e.g. 15 Grandes exitos [08427328020459]. [...] indicates in a way easily understood by programs that it is not part of the title.
- in the folderpath e.g. C:/My Music/Francisco Canaro/15 Grandes exitos [08427328020459]/1 Sentimiento gaucho.FLAC. This keeps it with the album but avoids consuming librarian display space in the tag.
- as the entire album folder name e.g. C:/My Music/08427328020459/1/1.FLAC. This likewise keeps it with the album whilst saving display space, plus has the advantages of TINT-based filing, such as facilitating library comparison and merge.
Checkdigit
The TINP includes a check digit calculated by the same method as for GTIN.
Errors and fixes
tango.info may make errors in its use of TINPs. Fixes are published at the page "TINP fix".
Invalid TINPs will be kept and point to the replacement TINP if any.
Permanence
- TINs will never be deleted.
- If a TIN is found to be invalid (check digit calculation fails) it is kept and points to the corrected TIN. A record on TIN fix will be created.
- If a TIN is found to have been linked to an album that instead has another TIN, it will point there as long as no TIN that is a GTIN refers to another tango.info object. GTIN compliance comes first. A record on TIN fix will be created.