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The ''European Article Number'' (EAN) is a universal identifier for products, commonly printed in form of [[Barcode|BarCode]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s on them. The numbers represented by those codes can either be 8 or 13 digits long, with the 13-digit-version being most common. EANs form a superset of the North American ''Universal Product Code'' ([[UPC]]) as every UPC can be made an EAN by adding a leading zero to it. Additionally every EAN is also a ''Japanese Article Number'' (JAN). |
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The identifiers were formerly assigned by ''EAN International'' which merged with ''Uniform Code Council'' (UCC, the guys behind the UPCs) and ''Electronic Commerce Council of Canada'' (ECCC) to become ''GS1''. |
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A generalised term for EANs, UPCs and JANs is ''Global Trade Item Number'' ([[GTIN]]). MusicBrainz now allows the storage of GTINs with [[Release Event|ReleaseEvent]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s, in the 'barcode' field of each release event. Before this was possible, this information was commonly stored in [[Release Annotation|ReleaseAnnotation]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s, using the unofficial [[Release Annotation Style|ReleaseAnnotationStyle]]. |
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==See also== |
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* [[WikiPedia:European_Article_Number|Wikipedia article about EANs]] |
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* [http://www.upcdatabase.com/item.asp?upc=638592505421 An example] at the ''UPC Database'' showing both the UPC and EAN variations of a product code |
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[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:Identifier]] |
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