Datatypes

Global Release Identifier (GRid)

ID grid_release

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Global Release Identifier, used to identify releases of digital sound recordings and other music products distributed electronically. It has 18 characters: the identifier scheme A1, a 5-character issuer code, a 10-character release number and an ISO 7064 mod 37,36 check character, usually printed with hyphens between the parts. Not to be confused with the GRID research organisation identifier.

Categories
Media and entertainment
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
python-stdnum
stdnum.grid
Quality
95/100 · missing: translation
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
DataPrep, python-stdnum

Regular expression

^(?:GRID: ?)?A1-?[0-9A-Z]{5}-?[0-9A-Z]{10}-?[0-9A-Z]$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
A1YMT8K96ZLZOEM4G9Synthetic number with a valid check digit
A17UZ928STGV287H57Synthetic number with a valid check digit
A1-YMT8K-96ZLZOEM4G-9The first example in its printed form
A1YMT8K96ZLZOEM4G97 invalidOne character too many

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