ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 15459-4 Third edition 2014-11-15 Information technology Automatic identification and data capture techniques Unique identification - Part 4: Individual products and product packages Technologies de I'information Identification automatique et techniques de capture de données - -Identificationunique Partie 4: Articles individuels et paquetages d'article Reference number IS0/IEC 15459-4:2014(E) E( International Organization for Standardization dardization5956617 @IS0/IEC2014 ed without license from IHS IS0/IEC 15459-4:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS0/IEC2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISOcopyrightoffice Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax +4122 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland prganizationfor Standardization icene-zZhejang nsite f StandareRalS S6JEC 2014 - All rights reserved Not for Resale, 2015/5/13 08:55:09 networking permitted without license from IHS IS0/IEC 15459-4:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions 4 Identities for individual products and product packages .1 4.1 Qualifiers for individual products and product packages ..2 5 Identity for individual products and product packages .3 5.1 General. .3 5.2 Maximum number of characters permissible in an identity 3 5.3 Permissible character sets in an identity .3 6 Implementation of coding using AIDC media ..3 Annex A (normative) What is a product and/or product package? .4 Annex B (informative) Unique identification for product and product package management Bibliography 9 iii dardization5956617 thout license from IHS