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BS ISO/IEC 15438:2015

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Information technology. Automatic identification and data capture techniques. PDF417 bar code symbology specification
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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

10-31-2015

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols, operations and abbreviated terms
5 Requirements
Annex A (normative) - Encoding/decoding table of
        PDF417 symbol character barspace sequences
Annex B (normative) - The default character set for
        Byte Compaction mode
Annex C (normative) - Byte Compaction mode
        encoding algorithm
Annex D (normative) - Numeric Compaction mode
        encoding algorithm
Annex E (normative) - User selection of error
        correction level
Annex F (normative) - Tables of coefficients for
        calculating PDF417 error correction codewords
Annex G (normative) - Compact PDF417
Annex H (normative) - Macro PDF417
Annex I (normative) - Testing PDF417 symbol quality
Annex J (normative) - Reference decode algorithm
        for PDF417
Annex K (normative) - Error correction procedures
Annex L (normative) - Symbology identifier
Annex M (normative) - Transmission protocol for
        decoders conforming with original PDF417
        standards
Annex N (informative) - Algorithm to minimise the
        number of codewords
Annex O (informative) - Guidelines to determine the
        symbol matrix
Annex P (informative) - Calculating the coefficients for
        generating the error correction
        codewords - worked example
Annex Q (informative) - Generating the error correction
        codewords - worked example
Annex R (informative) - Division circuit procedure for
        generating error correction codewords
Annex S (informative) - Additional guidelines for the
        use of PDF417
Bibliography

Defines the requirements for the bar code symbology known as PDF417. Describes PDF417 symbology characteristics, data character encodation, symbol formats, dimensions, error correction rules, reference decoding algorithm, and a number of application parameters.

This International Standard specifies the requirements for the bar code symbology known as PDF417. It specifies PDF417 symbology characteristics, data character encodation, symbol formats, dimensions, error correction rules, reference decoding algorithm, and a number of application parameters.

Committee
IST/34
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS EN ISO 15438. (06/2006) Supersedes BS EN ISO/IEC 15438 and 14/30295076 DC. (10/2015)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
120
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO/IEC 15438:2015 Identical

ISO/IEC 8859-1:1998 Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1
ISO/IEC 24723:2010 Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — GS1 Composite bar code symbology specification
ISO/IEC 15424:2008 Information technology Automatic identification and data capture techniques Data Carrier Identifiers (including Symbology Identifiers)
ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008 Information technology Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) techniques Harmonized vocabulary Part 1: General terms relating to AIDC
ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008 Information technology Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) techniques Harmonized vocabulary Part 2: Optically readable media (ORM)
ISO/IEC 15415:2011 Information technology Automatic identification and data capture techniques Bar code symbol print quality test specification Two-dimensional symbols

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