I believe I stand corrected, thanks Vijay. That said, beware of the caveat:
"/In some countries a national GLN database is administered by the local GS1 Member Organisation." /If your client's trading partner wants the GLNs registered... Mike ----------------------------------------- Michael C. Rawlins, Senior Software Engineer, GXS Sent from personal account On 4/25/2012 11:44 AM, Vijay Thomas wrote: > > Hi Mike, Earl, > > Please check this official document from GS1 . Please check page 3 - > > http://www.gs1.org/sites/default/files/docs/idkeys/GS1_GLN_Executive_Summary.pdf > > > > the text from page 3 reads something like this - /Each company can > assign GLNs to their own locations. It is the assigning company’s > responsibility to keep their trading partners informed of numbers > allocated and the/ > > /corresponding data such as address and contact information that is > associated with the location. In some countries a national GLN > database is administered by the local GS1 Member Organisation. > *However, if you have a GS1 Company Prefix then you can allocate your > GLN location reference numbers*. Within the GS1 System the GLN and the > GTIN (GlobalTrade Item Number) are two distinct data identifiers. > There is no conflict when a GTIN and a GLN have the same digits, the > data carrier (electronic data interchange, machine readable symbol, or > radio frequency) will distinguish between the two identifiers. For > example, when GLNs are used in Automatic Identification and Data > Capture (AIDC) and electronic communications, the context (Application > Identifiers and qualifiers) will prevent any misinterpretation/ > > The right parallel is probably not an IP address but rather a domain > name - you come up with your own domain name ( this is akin to the > GLN) and then you register it with a registrar and then all works > smoothly. Obviously you follow the naming conventions that are in the > link above. > > Food for thought/--------- for $8 per year - a ICANN registrar will > take care of your domain name and things run fairly smoothly on the > internet but we seem to have made it much more complicated ( and > expensive) in the GTIN/ GLN/UPC world. / > > // > > My 2 cents---------some day in my Utopian future, you should be able > to get this done at Google, Yahoo, Go-Daddy or whoever wants to become > a Registrar/ GDSN or whatever we want to call it. > > Have a nice day! > > Sincerely, > * > Vijay Thomas*B.Eng, M.B.A > Partner * > ** > Tangentia Inc & Banyan Commerce Corp* > 211,Consumers Road > Suite 306 > Toronto, ON, M2J4G8 > Tel- 416-238-7515 ext 111 > Cell- 416-899-7194 > email- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>_ > _www.tangentia.com <http://www.tangentia.com/> > > www.banyancommerce.com <http://www.banyancommerce.com> > > > Join us in "*Helping Children Worldwide*":- www.unicef.ca/tangentia > <http://www.unicef.ca/tangentia> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Mike Rawlins > Sent: April-25-12 12:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] GLN Number required > > Hi Earl, > > I'm sure someone with GS1 US (or Canada, or wherever) will correct me > if I'm wrong, but I believe GLNs are issued by GS1 entities. Both you > and your client will probably run into problems if you try to make one > up - maybe not as bad as hooking up a box with a fixed IP address to > the Internet and not coordinating with anyone, but you get the idea. > You can't register products in a GS1 data pool without one. > > That said, unless I'm missing something I'm not sure why your client > thinks it's your problem. They are the ones who need to get a GLN. > > Mike > > ----------------------------------------- > > Michael C. Rawlins, Senior Software Engineer, GXS Sent from personal > account > > On 4/25/2012 10:29 AM, Earl Wertheimer wrote: > > > > > > One of my clients called and said that they needed a GLN. > > > (Global LOCATION Number) > > > > > > My experience until now, is that only Walmart has been using GLNs for > > > their various Store and DC locations. > > > > > > This request is related to using a UPC Product Data Pool (ie. GS1, ad > > > nauseum). > > > > > > They already have a manufacturer UPC prefix. > > > > > > The GLN is a 13 digit number composed of the GS1 prefix (7 digits), > > > Location Reference (5 digits) and checksum. > > > > > > I am ready to tell them to 'Make one up', by using their existing GS1 > > > prefix, some 5 digit number for their location and calculating the > > > checksum. > > > > > > Here in Canada, I have had a lot of problems when trying to get > > > information about existing UPC prefixes. (Bottom line: They would not > > > release the information unless I joined. The whole point of confirming > > > the ownership of the prefix was to prevent having to join. ) > > > > > > Comments? > > > > > > Earl Wertheimer > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:earlw%40spe-edi.com> http://www.spe-edi.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > ... > > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: > <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: > <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ > > Individual Email | Traditional > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join > > (Yahoo! ID required) > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > ------------------------------------ ... 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