GB/T 41208-2021Data matrix code (English PDF)
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Issued by
State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
December 31, 2021
Implementation date
July 1, 2022
Scope
GB/T 41208-2021 (Data matrix code) is available as an English-translated PDF.
GB/T 41208-2021 — This document specifies the symbol characteristics, symbol structure, data encoding, symbol size and printing quality requirements, error correction rules, Refer to technical content such as decoding algorithm, data transmission, and user-selectable application parameters: This document applies to the generation and reading of data matrix codes:
Document preview — GB/T 41208-2021
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- Classification
- L 71
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration
Contents
- foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms, Definitions, Symbols and Mathematical/Logical Symbols
foreword
This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1:1-2020 "Guidelines for Standardization Work Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents"
drafted:
This document refers to ISO /IEC 16022:2006 "Information Technology Automatic Identification and Data Acquisition Technology Data Matrix Code Barcode Specification"
Drafted, the degree of consistency is non-equivalent:
Please note that some content of this document may be patented: The issuing agency of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents:
1 Scope
This document specifies the symbol characteristics, symbol structure, data encoding, symbol size and printing quality requirements, error correction rules,
Refer to technical content such as decoding algorithm, data transmission, and user-selectable application parameters:
This document applies to the generation and reading of data matrix codes:
2 Normative references
The contents of the following documents constitute essential provisions of this document through normative references in the text: Among them, dated citations
documents, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) applies to
this document:
GB/T 12905-2019 Barcode Terminology
GB/T 15273:1 Information Processing Octet Single-Byte Coded Graphic Character Set Part 1: Latin Alphabet One
GB /Z 19257-2003 Supply Chain Data Transmission and Exchange
GB/T 23704-2017 Inspection of printing quality of two-dimensional barcode symbols
ISO /IEC 646 ISO 7-bit Coded Character Set for Information Technology Information Interchange (Informationprocessing-ISO 7-bit
codedcharactersetforinformationinterchange)
ISO /IEC 8859-5:1999 Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character set - Part 5: Latin alphabet/cyrillic characters
Mother (Informationtechnology-8-bitsingle-bytecodedgraphiccharactersets-Part 5:Latin/Cyrilic
alphabet)
ISO /IEC 19762 Information technology automatic identification and data acquisition technology unified vocabulary [Informationtechnology-
Automaticidentificationanddatacapture(AIDC)techniques-Harmonizedvocabulary]
3 Terms, Definitions, Symbols and Mathematical/Logical Symbols
3:1 Terms and Definitions
Terms and definitions defined in ISO /IEC 19762 and GB/T 12905-2019 and the following terms and definitions apply to this document:
3:1:1
codeword
The value of the 2D barcode character: Intermediate value converted from barcode logic to character set:
[Source: GB/T 12905-2019, 2:54]:
3:1:2
module module
The narrowest constituent unit of symbol characters in one-dimensional barcodes and layered two-dimensional barcodes, or the smallest information-carrying unit in matrix two-dimensional barcodes:
[Source: GB/T 12905-2019, 2:29]:
3:1:3
patternrandomising
In order to improve the decodability of the symbol, according to the pseudo-randomization algorithm given in this document, the specific acquisition of the original coded codeword sequence is carried out:
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Referenced standards
Normative references
GB/T 15273 · GB/T 23704-2017 · IEC 646 · ISO 7 · IEC 8859 · IEC 19762
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