Acronym
GS1
Type
Standards Development Organisation
GS1 is a global, not-for-profit standards development organisation that develops and maintains standards providing a common language to identify, capture and share supply chain data that ensures important information is accessible, accurate and easy to understand. Mostly commonly known for identifying products such as medicines or medical devices, their standards help to tell the story behind products; where they originated, what they contain and where they have been during their supply-chain journey.
Their wide range of standards enable the identification and data capture of key elements within the care process. This includes supporting the validation of identification of patients and staff, products, places, organisations, assets, documents and more. Their sharing standards support the digitisation of the supply chain and access to product information. The semantic use of GS1 standards and data capture technologies ensures accuracy of identity enabling the linkage of the physical and digital processes with greater levels of accuracy. GS1 standards are often included within regulations related to products to enable identification and traceability.
Find out more about GS1 standards in healthcare.
Find out more about the GS1 standards development process (GSMP).
Resources
AIDC Healthcare Implementation Guideline
Category
Implementation Guide
Organisation
GS1
Type
Standard
Version
3.0.1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Jul 2015
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 2010
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
Technical 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 2022
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
Technical 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 2009
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 2021
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
Technical 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
Technical 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 2024
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 2023
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 2022
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 2024
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 2011
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 2024
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 2022
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
Technical 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
Fact sheet
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 2021
Updated
Oct 2023
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 2007
Updated
Aug 2017
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 2020
This document sets out the architectural principles that underpin the GS1 system.
GS1 DataBar at Point-of-Sale Fact Sheet
Category
Technical 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
Technical 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 2024
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
Fact sheet
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 EDI Healthcare Guidelines
Category
Guidelines
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 2009
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 2023
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 2009
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 2024
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 2011
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 2013
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
Technical Specification
Organisation
GS1
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Aug 2022
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 2019
This guideline provides guidance on how to physically identify logistic units using the GS1 Logistic Label.
GS1 Logistic Label – Fact Sheet
Category
Technical Specification
Organisation
GS1
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Oct 2023
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 2024
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 2023
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 2017
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 2024
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 2020
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 2023
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 2015
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
Fact sheet
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 2024
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 2023
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 2020
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 2020
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
Technical Specification
Organisation
GS1
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Aug 2023
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 2019
Updated
Jun 2021
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
Technical 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
Technical Specification
Organisation
GS1
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Aug 2023
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 2018
Updated
Jan 2019
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 2015
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 2017
This document describes the electronic data interchange (EDI) processes of the GS1 business process model for supply chain in health care.
Oder
Category
Technical 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
Technical 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
Technical 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 2010
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 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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 2009
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 2009
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
Technical 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
Technical 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
Technical 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 2024
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 2023
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.