Datatypes

NATO Stock Number (NSN)

ID nato_stock_number

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Thirteen-digit code of a standardized item of supply in the NATO Codification System, called National Stock Number in the United States. The first four digits are the NATO Supply Classification group and class. The remaining nine digits are the National Item Identification Number (NIIN): two digits for the National Codification Bureau of the country that first codified the item, then seven digits. The usual notation is NNNN-NN-NNN-NNNN; the hyphens are optional.

Categories
Industry, Government related
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Schema.org
nsn
Wikidata
P5581
Quality
85/100 · missing: translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
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Regular expression

^\d{4}(?:-\d{2}-\d{3}-|\d{5})\d{4}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
7110-01-482-1192Desk
2350-01-087-1095M1 Abrams tank
7110014821192Desk, without hyphens
7110-1-482-1192 invalidThe country code must have two digits

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