EN 62507-1:2011

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Requirements for identification systems enabling unambiguous information interchange -
Part 1: Principles and methods (IEC 62507-1:2010)
Identifikationssysteme zur Unterstützung eines eindeutigen Informationsaustauschs -
Anforderungen - Teil 1: Grundsätze und Methodik (IEC 62507-1:2010)
Conditions pour des systèmes d'identification permettant l'échange non ambigu de
l'information - Partie 1: Principes et méthodes (CEI 62507-1:2010)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62507-1:2011
ICS:
35.240.01 Uporabniške rešitve Application of information
informacijske tehnike in technology in general
tehnologije na splošno
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62507-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
February 2011
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 01.140; 35.240
English version
Identification systems enabling unambiguous information interchange -
Requirements -
Part 1: Principles and methods
(IEC 62507-1:2010)
Systèmes d'identification permettant Anforderungen an Identifikationssysteme
l'échange non ambigu de l'information - zur Unterstützung eines eindeutigen
Exigences - Informationsaustauschs -
Partie 1: Principes et méthodes Teil 1: Grundsätze und Methodik
(CEI 62507-1:2010) (IEC 62507-1:2010)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2011-01-02. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
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Ref. No. EN 62507-1:2011 E
Foreword
The text of document 3/1007/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62507-1, prepared by IEC TC 3, Information
structures, documentation and graphical symbols, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
was approved by CENELEC as EN 62507-1 on 2011-01-02.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN and CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
(dop) 2011-10-02
national standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
(dow) 2014-01-02
with the EN have to be withdrawn
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62507-1:2010 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 81346-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 81346-1.
ISO 9000:2005 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 9000:2005 (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 61360-1 - Standard data elements types with EN 61360-1 -
associated classification scheme
for electric items -
Part 1: Definitions - Principles and methods

IEC 81346-2 - Industrial systems, installations and EN 81346-2 -
equipment and industrial products -
Structuring principles and reference
designations -
Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for
classes
IEC 82045-1 - Document management - EN 82045-1 -
Part 1: Principles and methods

IEC 82045-2 - Document management - EN 82045-2 -
Part 2: Metadata elements and information
reference model
ISO/IEC 646 1991 Information technology - ISO 7-bit coded - -
character set for information interchange

ISO/IEC 6523-1 - Information technology - Structure for the - -
identification of organizations and organization
parts -
Part 1: Identification of organization
identification schemes
ISO/IEC 15418 - Information technology - Automatic - -
identification and data capture techniques -
GS1 Application Identifiers and ASC MH10
Data Identifiers and maintenance

ISO/IEC 15434 - Information technology - Syntax for high-- -
capacity automatic data capture (ADC) media

ISO/IEC 15459-1 - Information technology - Unique identification - -
of transport units -
Part 1: General
ISO/IEC 15459-2 - Information technology - Unique identifiers - - -
Part 2: Registration procedures

ISO/IEC 15459-4 - Information technology - Unique identifiers - - -
Part 4: Individual items
ISO/IEC 7064 - Information technology - Security techniques -- -
Check character systems
ISO 3166-1 - Codes for the representation of names of EN ISO 3166-1 -
countries and their subdivisions -
Part 1: Country codes
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

ISO 10303-11 - Industrial automation systems and - -
integration - Product data representation and
exchange -
Part 11: Description methods: The EXPRESS
language reference manual
IEC 62507-1 ®
Edition 1.0 2010-11
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Identification systems enabling unambiguous information interchange –
Requirements –
Part 1: Principles and methods

Systèmes d’identification permettant l’échange non ambigu de l’information –
Exigences –
Partie 1: Principes et méthodes

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CONTENTS
FOREW ORD . 4
1 Sc o pe . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 General . 10
4.1 Purpose of identification . 10
4.2 Referencing and traceability . 11
4.3 Permanence . 12
4.4 Kinds of objects . 13
4.5 Changes to an identified object. 14
4.6 Identification schemes . 14
4.7 Identifying attributes of an object . 15
4.8 Identification of an issuing domain . 15
4.9 Multiple identification of the same object . 17
4.10 Storage and use of identification numbers . 18
5 Documentation of an identification system . 18
6 Generation of identification numbers. 19
6.1 Principle methods . 19
6.1.1 General . 19
6.1.2 Method 1 . 19
6.1.3 Method 2 . 19
6.2 Construction of identification numbers . 20
6.2.1 General . 20
6.2.2 Issue (Registration) . 21
6.2.3 Identification number generators . 21
6.2.4 Validation . 22
7 Identification within a global context . 22
8 Representation and presentation of identification numbers. 22
8.1 Representation for use in computer systems . 22
8.2 Presentation for human readers . 23
8.2.1 General . 23
8.2.2 Presentation of concatenated identifiers for human readers . 23
8.2.3 Presentation of multiple identifiers for human readers . 24
8.3 Indication of sub domains . 24
8.4 Application of the domain identifier . 24
9 Recommendations with regard to organization changes . 25
10 Conformance . 25
Annex A (informative) Types of identification systems . 26
Annex B (normative) Reference information model . 30
Annex C (informative) Example of documentation of an identification system . 52
Annex D (informative) Invariant characters of ISO/IEC 646 . 54
Bibliography . 55

Figure 1 – Illustration of the referencing mechanism . 12

62507-1 Ó IEC:2010 – 3 –
Figure 2 – Relations among occurrences (identified by concatenated letter codes) of
types (identified by numbers) in a tree-like structure . 13
Figure 3 – Information model principle . 15
Figure 4 – Examples of identifying attributes for an object within a given domain . 15
Figure 5 – Illustration of domains . 16
Figure 6 – Organization-defined domain identification . 17
Figure 7 – Illustration of identification in multiple domains . 18
Figure 8 – Illustration of domain identification . 22

Table 1 – Use of identifiers in a product context . 13
Table 2 – Relations among domains, identifiers and identification numbers . 17
Table 3 – Number of possible identification numbers . 20

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IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
ENABLING UNAMBIGUOUS INFORMATION INTERCHANGE –
REQUIREMENTS –
Part 1: Principles and methods

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in additio
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