Pat Naughtin >Can you elaborate a little on the letters, EAN UCC? ******************************** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Article_Numbering-Uniform_Code_Council
European Article Numbering-Uniform Code Council (EAN-UCC) is the international organisation of product barcodes that are printed on almost everything that is sold in stores worldwide. The Uniform Code Council (UCC) is the Numbering Organisation in the USA to administer and manage the EAN.UCC system standards in the USA and Canada. In 2005 the organization changed its name to GS1. ******************************** >In their area of operation, do you know if they are they well known >and efficiently used? Note that the code does require weight or length to be encoded. It merely standardises the mechanism around the world so that codes are universal. I don't know about efficiently, but they are well known and used. I see them on everything I buy. I often notice the leftmost digits are '50' on British products because they mean the code was issued in the UK. Google is your friend.
