TINP

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Overview

TIN (Tango Item Number) is a 14-digit numeric identifier used by tango.info and others.

The TIN scheme is designed 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 the GTIN authority having not 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. Special TINs are assigned by tango.info and tango.info-authorised parties. Special TINs are in the unused GTIN range 0200 - 0299 (defined by the GTIN standard GS1 as Restricted distribution (GS1 MO defined)), and hence the TIN scheme excludes the GTINs in this range.

tango.info uses TINs in URLs, e.g. 

http://eng.tango.info/00724383741328
http://eng.tango.info/02480002201526

For a list containing many tango.info-assigned special TINs, see http://eng.tango.info/search?q=0248 . This search matches the embedded term, so may contain some false positives. It is not known if this list contains all tango.info-assigned specials TINs. At time of writing it contains no special TINs assigned by other parties.

code agreement with tangocd.com

The following range of TINs has been reserved for assignment by tangocd.com to CD albums having no barcode: 

0248000291kl2n

"kl" are assigned by tangocd.com and "n" is the checkdigit. For example, the first 10 codes are: 

02480002910022
02480002910121
02480002910220
02480002910329
02480002910428
02480002910527
02480002910626
02480002910725
02480002910824
02480002910923

tangocd.com uses 13-digit identifiers which are TINs with the leading zero removed, e.g. 

2480002910022

This format is referred to as TIN-13, by contrast with which the standard format may be referred to as TIN-14.

examples of Special TINs

checkdigit

http://tools.tango.info/checkdigit.php

Extension for addressing a specific track, perhaps called TINT

  • to do
    • How to address a single CD of a multiple CD album e.g a double CD album having one UPC/EAN (barcode number)
    • How to address a track on a CD
    • Suggestion: <TIN13>-<d>-<t> where d and t are variable-length disc and track numbers e.g. 02480002300120-1-12
      or
      <TIN13>-
      -<ttt> WIKI CODE ERROR!! where d and t are successive digits of zero-padded disc and track numbers e.g. 02480002300120-01-012
reading

4.2.1 TPOS Part of a set 

 The 'Part of a set' frame is a numeric string that describes which
 part of a set the audio came from. This frame is used if the source
 described in the "TALB" frame is divided into several mediums, e.g. a
 double CD. The value MAY be extended with a "/" character and a
 numeric string containing the total number of parts in the set. E.g.
 "1/2".

This means that the latest version of the standard for ID3 tags (the type of tags used in MP3 files) has a tag for Disc number e.g. "1/2" meaning "first disc in a two-disc album".

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