For information on the basics of barcoding we would like to introduce you to two
highly informative sites ; The 'Barcode Advisory Service' and 'GS1'. Both of which
can be reached via the links below.
The Barcode
Advisory Service (BCAS) website is a
sponsored site created to offer information and advice on many common barcode related
subjects. Typically Structure, Numbering,Symbologies, Creation, Printing, Verifying
and Reading.
Under their heading of 'posters' there is a comprehensive list of printable A4
leaflets covering each individual topic.
This is an excellant site to gather basic barcode knowledge.
GS1 (until recently named e.Centre)
is the trading name of the Association
for Standards and Practices in Electronic Trade - EAN UK Ltd, founded on the merger
of the 'Article Number Association' and the 'Electronic Commerce Association'.
For those of you wishing to gain detailed specific and in depth information on
barcodes and barcode symbology this is the site to visit.
GS1 is also the agency that issues EAN Company Registration Numbers within
the UK.