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Datatypes

Global Shipment Identification Number (GSIN)

ID gsin

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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GS1 identification key that a seller (shipper) gives to a shipment: the logistic units that it sends together to one buyer. Seventeen digits: a GS1 Company Prefix, a shipper reference and a GS1 check digit. In barcodes it is carried by Application Identifier (402); the element string is the pattern gs1_ai_402.

Categories
GS1 standards, Shipping and delivery, Transportation
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Check digit
gs1_mod10
Quality
75/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage
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Regular expression

^\d{17}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
95287650000042178Synthetic value with the GS1 demonstration prefix 952 and a valid check digit
95287651000275160Synthetic value with the GS1 demonstration prefix 952 and a valid check digit
95287650000042179 invalidLast digit changed: fails the GS1 check digit

Patterns

Specific representations of this datatype.

IDNameCategoriesCountriesDescription
gs1_ai_402 Global Shipment Identification Number (GS1 AI 402) pattern draft gs1, shipping, transport global GS1 element string of Application Identifier (402): '402' followed by a 17-digit GSIN. GS1 format N3+N17. In the human-readable text...

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