---
id: "gs1_ai_253"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["gs1", "objectids"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/gs1_ai_253"
---

# Global Document Type Identifier (GS1 AI 253) (`gs1_ai_253`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

GS1 element string of Application Identifier (253): '253' followed by a GDTI: 13 digits and an optional serial component. GS1 format N3+N13[+X..17]. In the human-readable text under a barcode it is written as (253) and the value.

- Pattern of: `gdti`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: GS1 standards (gs1), Objects identifiers (objectids)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^253\d{13}[!%-?A-Z_a-z\x22]{0,17}$
```

## Examples

- `2539528765000420CERT2026-15` — Synthetic value with the GS1 demonstration prefix 952
- `2539528765000420` — Synthetic value with the GS1 demonstration prefix 952; no serial component
- `253952876500042` (invalid example) — GDTI too short

## Mappings

- gs1_ai: `253`

## Sources

- doc: <https://ref.gs1.org/ai/253>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/gs1_ai_253.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/gs1/gs1_ai_253.yaml>