Global Trade Item Number
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A Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is a standardized numeric identifier used worldwide to uniquely distinguish trade items and products in supply chains and retail systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Global Trade Item Number canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2007426 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Global Trade Item Number Context triple: [EAN-13 barcode system, canEncode, Global Trade Item Number]
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A.
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers used to classify traded products for customs and trade statistics worldwide.
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B.
global trade systems
Global trade systems are the interconnected economic, legal, and logistical frameworks that govern the exchange of goods, services, and capital across international borders.
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C.
Council for Trade in Goods
The Council for Trade in Goods is a key World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and functioning of multilateral agreements governing international trade in goods.
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D.
EPCglobal
EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
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E.
GATT
GATT (Generic Attribute Profile) is a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol framework that defines how data is organized, discovered, and exchanged between connected devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Global Trade Item Number Target entity description: A Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is a standardized numeric identifier used worldwide to uniquely distinguish trade items and products in supply chains and retail systems.
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A.
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers used to classify traded products for customs and trade statistics worldwide.
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B.
global trade systems
Global trade systems are the interconnected economic, legal, and logistical frameworks that govern the exchange of goods, services, and capital across international borders.
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C.
Council for Trade in Goods
The Council for Trade in Goods is a key World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and functioning of multilateral agreements governing international trade in goods.
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D.
EPCglobal
EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
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E.
GATT
GATT (Generic Attribute Profile) is a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol framework that defines how data is organized, discovered, and exchanged between connected devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
product identification standard
ⓘ
supply chain identifier ⓘ |
| abbreviation | GTIN ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
books and media
ⓘ
consumer units ⓘ logistic units ⓘ medical devices ⓘ services ⓘ trade units ⓘ |
| assignedBy | GS1 member organizations ⓘ |
| characteristic |
globally unique
ⓘ
numeric identifier ⓘ standardized format ⓘ |
| component |
GS1
ⓘ
surface form:
GS1 company prefix
check digit ⓘ item reference ⓘ |
| definedBy | GS1 ⓘ |
| enables |
automatic data capture
ⓘ
global data synchronization ⓘ product authentication ⓘ traceability ⓘ |
| encodedIn |
EAN-13 barcode system
ⓘ
surface form:
EAN-13 barcode
EAN-8 barcode ⓘ GS1 DataMatrix ⓘ GS1-128 barcode ⓘ ITF-14 barcode ⓘ UPC-A barcode ⓘ |
| governingBody |
GS1
ⓘ
surface form:
GS1 Global Office
|
| hasCheckDigitCalculation | modulo-10 algorithm ⓘ |
| hasLengthVariant |
GTIN-12
ⓘ
EAN-13 barcode system ⓘ
surface form:
GTIN-13
GTIN-14 ⓘ GTIN-8 ⓘ |
| introducedBy | GS1 ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
EAN-13 barcode system
ⓘ
surface form:
European Article Number
GS1 ⓘ
surface form:
GS1 System
UPC ⓘ
surface form:
Universal Product Code
|
| replaces | multiple incompatible national product codes ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| typicalLength |
12 digits
ⓘ
13 digits ⓘ 14 digits ⓘ 8 digits ⓘ |
| usedFor |
e-commerce product listing
ⓘ
identifying trade items ⓘ inventory control ⓘ product identification ⓘ retail point-of-sale scanning ⓘ supply chain management ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Global Trade Item Number Description of subject: A Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is a standardized numeric identifier used worldwide to uniquely distinguish trade items and products in supply chains and retail systems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.