AIDC Healthcare Implementation Guideline Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 3.0.1 Access Open Status Active Created Jul-15 This implementation guide is intended to guide healthcare stakeholders through the process of implementing the GS1 System for Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) in healthcare.
Bar Coding Plasma Derivatives Implementation Guide v1.0 Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1 Access Open Status Active Updated Aug-25 This document provides guidance for the implementation of a global standard for the automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) marking/labelling of plasma derivatives and recombinant products.
Consignment Stock Status Report Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This collection of resources supports the GS1 EDI Healthcare Guidelines by providing business document and mapping specifications for consignment stock reports.
Core Business Vocabulary (CBV) Standard Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2 Access Open Status Active Created Jun-22 This GS1 standard defines the Core Business Vocabulary (CBV). It specifies the structure of vocabularies and specific values for the vocabulary elements to be used in conjunction with the GS1 EPCIS standard.
Despatch Advice Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This collection of resources supports the GS1 EDI Healthcare Guidelines by providing business document and mapping specifications for despatch advice.
Discovery, Configuration, and Initialization (DCI) for Reader Operations Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1 Access Open Status Active Created Jun-09 This document specifies a new function, called an Access Controller, which performs several discovery, configuration, and initialisation (DCI) functions related to radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers and clients.
Distribution and Shipping of Biologicals Guideline v1.0 Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1 Access Open Status Active Created Feb-25 This implementation guide describes the distribution of International Society of Blood Transfusion standard ISBT 128 labelled products through a supply chain using GS1 logistics standards.
EAN-13 barcode Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document explains the specifications and use of the EAN-13 barcode.
EAN-8 barcode Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document explains the specifications and use of the EAN-8 barcode.
EPC Tag Data Standard TDS Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2.1 Access Open Status Active Created Feb-24 This standard defines the Electronic Product Code, and also specifies the memory contents of Gen 2 RFID tags.
EPCIS and CBV Implementation Guideline v2.0 Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2 Access Open Status Active Updated Mar-25 The implementation guide describes the use of EPC Information Services (EPCIS) and Core Business Vocabulary (CBV) to implement a visibility system to increase supply chain visibility. This document provides guidance at a foundational level.
EPCIS Standard v2.0 Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2 Access Open Status Active Updated Jun-25 This document is the GS1 standard for EPC Information Services (EPCIS). It defines a data model for visibility event data and open, standard capture and query interfaces.
EPC® Radio-Frequency Identity Generation-2 UHF RFID Standard Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 3 Access Open Status Active Created Jan-24 This standard defines the physical and logical requirements for a passive-backscatter, Interrogator-talks-first (ITF), radio-frequency identification (RFID) system operating in the 860 MHz – 930 MHz frequency range.
EPC™ Radio-Frequency Identity Protocols EPC Class-1 HF RFID Air Interface Protocol for Communications at 13.56 MHz Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2.0.3 Access Open Status Active Created Sep-11 This document relates to radio-frequency identification, which is used to identify and track tags that are attached to particular objects.
General Specifications Standard v24 Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 24 Access Open Status Active Updated Jan-25 This standard is the foundational GS1 standard that defines how identification keys, data attributes and barcodes must be used in business applications.
GLN Allocation Rules Standard v3.0.2 Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 3.0.2 Access Open Status Active Updated Aug-25 This standard provides the Global Location Number (GLN) allocation and management rules.
Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI) Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This standard defines the Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI), which is the GS1 identification key used to identify important paper and electronic documents by type.
Global Individual Asset Identifier (GIAI) Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This standard defines the Global Individual Asset Identifier (GIAI), which is one of the 2 GS1 keys for asset identification.
Global Location Number (GLN) Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document explains the Global Location Number (GLN), which a GS1 Identification Key used to identify parties (legal entity and functions) and locations (physical and digital).
Global Location Numbers (GLN) Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active Created 2013 This document provides information about the Global Location Number (GLN). The GLN is the GS1 Identification Key used for any location (physical, operational or legal) that needs to be identified for use in the supply chain.
Global Model Number (GMN) Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This supplementary resource describes the Global Model Number (GMN), which is the GS1 key used within databases (not on products) to identify a grouped family of products or a model.
Global Model Number Helper Libraries Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active Created Jan-21 Updated Oct-23 The GS1 GMN Helper Libraries were written by GS1 for check character pair generation and verification of a GS1 Global Model Number (GMN).
Global Model Number management guidance regarding mergers and acquisitions – Position paper Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This position paper provides guidance on the relationship between the GS1 Company Prefix (GCP) in the Global Model Number (GMN) and the GCP in the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN).
Global Product Classification Standard Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This standard is an 8-digit code system that gives buyers and sellers a common language for grouping products in the same way, everywhere in the world.
Global Service Relation Number Category Standard Organisation GS1 ID GSRN Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document provides an overview of the Global Service Relation Number (GSRN) and describes some of its applications and benefits.
Global Traceability Standard v2.0 Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2 Access Open Status Active Created Sep-25 Updated Aug-25 This standard is GS1's framework for the design and implementation of interoperable traceability systems across end-to-end supply chains.
GS1 Architectural Principles Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 4 Access Open Status Active Created Jun-20 This document sets out the architectural principles that underpin the GS1 system.
GS1 Conformant Resolver — resolving GS1 identification keys to resources Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2025 Status Active This standard defines GS1-Conformant Resolver (Release 1.1.0, Feb 2025), a protocol for translating GS1 Digital Link URIs into one or more linked resources (information or services) in a standardized and machine-discoverable way.
GS1 DataBar at Point-of-Sale Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document describes the specifications and use of 4 different GS1 DataBar barcodes that can be scanned at point-of-sale.
GS1 DataMatrix Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document describes specifications and use of the GS1 DataMatrix, which is a compact, 2-dimensional barcode holding a large amount of data in a small space.
GS1 Digital Link Standard Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.1.3 Access Open Status Active Created Mar-24 This standard provides a way to represent GS1 identification keys consistently within web addresses and barcodes containing web addresses.
GS1 Digital Link URI Syntax Fact Sheet Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document describes the GS1 Digital Link, which provides a standard way of expressing GS1 keys and attribute data in a format that can be used on the web.
GS1 Digital Link — URI Syntax Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2025 Status Active This standard specifies the GS1 Digital Link URI Syntax (Release 1.6.0, ratified March 2025), defining how GS1 identification keys can be expressed and resolved in web URLs.
GS1 EDI Healthcare Guidelines Category Guideline Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active The GS1 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Healthcare Guidelines provide global standards for electronic business messaging in the healthcare sector. This resource includes a model for healthcare supply chain processes, detailed descriptions of these processes and a set of specifications describing the information that should be included in electronic documents sent between business systems.
GS1 EPCglobal RFID-based Electronic Articles Surveillance (EAS) – Technical Implementation Guide Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1 Access Open Status Active Created Sep-09 This document explains how to implement a radio-frequency identification-based electronic article surveillance solution using existing GS1 and EPCglobal standards.
GS1 EPCglobal Tag Data Translation (TDT) Standard Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2 Access Open Status Active Created May-23 This standard provides machine-readable versions of EPC formats and rules for encoding and decoding (this information is provided in human-readable form in the related GS1 EPC Tag Data Standard).
GS1 EPCglobal's RFID-based Electronic Articles Surveillance (EAS) Strategic Overview Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1 Access Open Status Active Created Sep-09 This document provides a strategic overview of Electronic Product Code (EPC) RFID-based electronic article surveillance for disposable and/or reusable tags in retail environments.
GS1 Global Data Model Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This standard defines a globally consistent set of foundational product attributes needed to list, order, store, move and sell products.
GS1 Global Data Model Attribute Implementation Guideline Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.13 Access Open Status Active Created Nov-24 This guideline provides clarity and practical business advice regarding the use of the GS1 Global Data Model (GDM) attributes.
GS1 Healthcare Position Statement on GS1 DataMatrix Implementation Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active Created Dec-11 This position statement outlines GS1 Healthcare’s position on the implementation of the GS1 DataMatrix, a 2-dimensional barcode symbology.
GS1 Identification Keys in Transport & Logistics – GS1 Guideline Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1 Access Open Status Active Created Jun-13 This implementation guideline focuses on the identification of locations, assets, logistic units and transport groupings. The guideline contains brief process descriptions, examples and overviews of the recommended GS1 Identification Keys for each scenario.
GS1 Logistic Label and Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) – Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active Created Aug-22 This document describes the specifications and use of the GS1 Logistic Label and the Serial Shipping Container Code.
GS1 Logistic Label Guideline Category Guideline Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.3 Access Open Status Active Created Jul-19 This guideline provides guidance on how to physically identify logistic units using the GS1 Logistic Label.
GS1 Logistic Label – Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active Created Oct-23 This document describes the specifications and use of the GS1 Logistic Label.
GS1 Mobile Ready Hero Images Guideline Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2.1.1 Access Open Status Active Created Jan-24 This guideline addresses issues concerning the presentation of products in online retail environments on small screens, typically alongside ‘add to basket’ functions.
GS1 Pharmaceutical Clinical Trial Electronic Messaging Standard Implementation Guideline Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.2 Access Open Status Active Created Jun-23 This guideline details the best-practice approach to implementing GS1 standards for electronic messaging in the pharmaceutical clinical trial supply chain.
GS1 Pharmaceutical Image Implementation Guideline Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1 Access Open Status Active Created Jun-17 This document provides a method of image naming for pharmaceutical products to increase efficiencies and minimise costs.
GS1 Product Image Specification Standard Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 4.4 Access Open Status Active Created Apr-24 This standard establishes rules for the storage of digital images associated with products. It covers images such as barcodes and labels as well as photographic and rendered product images.
GS1 RFID Identification of Pulp Products Guideline Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1 Access Open Status Active Created Jun-20 This guideline focuses on the main implementation requirements to enable use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags in the pulp and paper industry and cooperation between parties in the industry.
GS1 System Architecture Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 11.1 Access Open Status Active Created Mar-23 The GS1 system is the collection of standards, guidelines, solutions, and services created by the GS1 community. This document defines and describes the architecture of the GS1 system of standards.
GS1 Third-Party Data Exchange in Healthcare – Implementation guide Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2 Access Open Status Active Created Feb-15 This document provides guidance for serialised data exchange between contract manufacturing organisations, third-party manufactures, contract packagers, and the manufacturers who use these partners.
GS1-128 barcode Fact Sheet Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document describes the specifications and use of the GS1-128 barcode.
GS1-Conformant Resolver Standard Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.0.0 Access Open Status Active Created Feb-24 This standard describes the use of a GS1-Conformant Resolver to link barcode to multiple sources of related information in a way that is machine-discoverable and machine-actionable.
GTIN Allocation Rules Category User guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This fact sheet is a quick guide on when to change or retain a GTIN (barcode number).
GTIN Management Standard v1.1 Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.1 Access Open Status Active Updated Sep-25 The Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) Management Standard is designed to help industry make consistent decisions about the unique identification of trade items in open supply chains.
Healthcare GLN Implementation Guideline v2.1 Category User guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2.1 Access Open Status Active Updated Oct-25 This document provides implementation guidance for those considering the use of the GS1 Global Location Number (GLN) in health care.
Healthcare GTIN Allocation Rules Standard v10 Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 10 Access Open Status Active Created Jun-20 The Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) identifies regulated healthcare products (pharmaceuticals and medical devices) that may be priced, ordered or invoiced at any point in the supply chain, and about which there is a need to retrieve predefined information.
Identification of assets – Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active Created Aug-23 This document describes the method provided by the GS1 System for identifying assets. The objective of asset identification is to identify a physical entity as an inventory item.
Identification of Investigational Products in Clinical Trials Application Standard v1.1 Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.1 Access Open Status Active Created Feb-19 Updated Jun-21 This standard presents general principles and rules about the use of the GS1 keys and attributes for the identification of investigational products in healthcare clinical trial processes.
Invoice Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This collection of resources supports the GS1 EDI Healthcare Guidelines by providing business document and mapping specifications for invoicing delivered trade items, and crediting previously sent invoices.
ITF-14 barcode – Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active Created Aug-23 This document describes the specifications and use of the ITF-14 barcode.
Lightweight Messaging Standard for Verification of Product Identifiers v1.0.2 Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.0.2 Access Open Status Active Created Dec-25 Updated Jan-25 This document specifies requests and responses for Verification of Product Identifiers, especially for pharmaceuticals.
Model for Supply Chain Processes in Healthcare, Part I - Framework Guideline v1.1 Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.1 Access Open Status Active Updated Dec-25 This document describes the framework of the GS1 business process model for supply chain in health care.
Model for Supply Chain Processes in Healthcare, Part II - EDI Guideline v1.2 Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.2 Access Open Status Active Updated Sep-25 This document describes the electronic data interchange (EDI) processes of the GS1 business process model for supply chain in health care.
Oder Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This collection of resources supports the GS1 EDI Healthcare Guidelines by providing business document and mapping specifications to be used when a buyer sends an order to a supplier.
Order Confirmation/Order Reception Acknowledgement Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This collection of resources supports the GS1 EDI Healthcare Guidelines by providing business document and mapping specifications to be used to confirm an order and acknowledge receipt of an order.
Receiving Advice Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This collection of resources supports the GS1 EDI Healthcare Guidelines by providing business document and mapping specifications to be used to advise on the receipt of a consignment.
RTI (Pallet Tagging) Guideline Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 2 Access Open Status Active Created Sep-10 This guideline defines the appropriate GS1 Identification Key for identifying a pallet; the specifications needed to use Electronic Product Code (EPC) and radio-frequency identification (RFID) tagged pallets in different use cases; and the data structure of the tag.
Service Relation Instance Number (SRIN) Category Standard Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document describes the role of the Service Relation Instance Number (SRIN), which allows for the assignment of a particular healthcare process (for example, laboratory sample) to a specific patient.
Tagged-Item Grading: Grade Definitions Guideline Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.2 Access Open Status Active Created May-24 This guideline is part of the Tagged-Item Performance Protocol (TIPP). The guideline introduces the TIPP grades, explains the TIPP grade naming system, and defines the specifications for tagged-item sensitivity and backscatter for each grade.
Tagged-Item Grading: Test Configuration Guideline Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.2 Access Open Status Active Created May-24 This guideline is part of the Tagged-Item Performance Protocol (TIPP). The guideline specifies the orientation and placement of tagged items when validating their grade.
Tagged-Item Grading: Testing Methodology Guideline Category Guidance Document Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.2 Access Open Status Active Created May-24 This guideline is part of the Tagged-Item Performance Protocol (TIPP). The guideline defines the test procedures used for TIPP tagged-item grading. It defines the method and criteria to establish that a tagged item meets a specified grade performance level.
The Application Level Events (ALE) Specification, Part I: Core Specification v1.1.1 Category Standard Organisation GS1 ID ALE1.1Part1 Type Standard Version 1.1.1 Access Open Status Active Updated Mar-25 This document is part 1 of the specification of the Application Level Events (ALE) interface, through which clients may interact with filtered, consolidated electronic product code (EPC) data and related data from a variety of sources.
The Application Level Events (ALE) Specification, Part II: XML and SOAP Bindings v1.1.1 Category Standard Organisation GS1 ID ALE1.1Part2 Type Standard Version 1.1.1 Access Open Status Active Updated Mar-25 This document is part 2 of the specification of the Application Level Events (ALE) interface, through which clients may interact with filtered, consolidated electronic product code (EPC) data and related data from a variety of sources.
Transfer of Ownership Report Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This collection of resources supports the GS1 EDI Healthcare Guidelines by providing business document and mapping specifications to be used for reporting the used trade items (transfer of ownership) in one or more storerooms.
UPC-A barcode Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document explains the specifications and use of the UPC-A barcode.
UPC-E barcode Fact Sheet Category Specification Organisation GS1 Type Standard Access Open Status Active This document explains the specifications and use of the UPC-E barcode.
Web Vocabulary v1.10 Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 1.1 Access Open Status Active Updated Mar-25 The GS1 Web Vocabulary collects terms defined in various GS1 standards and data systems and made available for general use following linked data principles.
XML Clinical trials standard v3.6 Category Implementation Guide Organisation GS1 Type Standard Version 3.6 Access Open Status Active Updated Jun-23 This standard is the clinical trials component of the GS1 XML standards, designed to enable the exchange of information between different organisations, including the sponsor, distribution management entity, depot and clinical trial site.