EN IEC 61406-2:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2024
Identifikacijska povezava - 2. del: Tipi/modeli, loti/serije, artikli in značilnosti (IEC
61406-2:2024)
Identification link - Part 2: Types/models, lots/batches, items and characteristics (IEC
61406-2:2024)
Identifizierungslink - Teil 2: Typen/Modelle, Lose/Chargen, Artikel und Merkmale (IEC
61406-2:2024)
Lien d'identification - Partie 2: Types/modèles, lots/lots unitaires, éléments et
caractéristiques (IEC 61406-2:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61406-2:2024
ICS:
35.040.50 Tehnike za samodejno Automatic identification and
razpoznavanje in zajem data capture techniques
podatkov
35.240.15 Identifikacijske kartice. Čipne Identification cards. Chip
kartice. Biometrija cards. Biometrics
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61406-2

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM June 2024
ICS 35.040.50; 35.240.15
English Version
Identification link - Part 2: Types/models, lots/batches, items and
characteristics
(IEC 61406-2:2024)
Lien d'identification - Partie 2: Types/modèles, lots/lots Identifizierungslink - Teil 2: Typen/Modelle, Lose/Chargen,
unitaires, éléments et caractéristiques Artikel und Merkmale
(IEC 61406-2:2024) (IEC 61406-2:2024)
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Ref. No. EN IEC 61406-2:2024 E

European foreword
The text of document 65E/1075/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 61406-2, prepared by SC 65E "Devices
and integration in enterprise systems" of IEC/TC 65 "Industrial-process measurement, control and
automation" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61406-2:2024 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 standard indicated:
IEC 62507-1:2010 NOTE Approved as EN 62507-1:2011 (not modified)
IEC 62569-1:2017 NOTE Approved as EN 62569-1:2017 (not modified)
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cencenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60050-351 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - - -
Part 351: Control technology
IEC 61406-1 2022 Identification Link – Part 1: General EN IEC 61406-1 2022
requirements
ISO/IEC 15418 - Information technology_- Automatic - -
identification and data capture
techniques_- GS1 Application Identifiers
and ASC_MH10 Data Identifiers and
maintenance
ISO/IEC 19762 2016 Information technology - Automatic - -
identification and data capture (AIDC)
techniques - Harmonized vocabulary
ANSI MH 10.8.2 - Data Identifier and Application Identifier - -
Standard
IETF RFC 3986 2005 Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic - -
Syntax
IEC 61406-2 ®
Edition 1.0 2024-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Identification link –
Part 2: Types/models, lots/batches, items and characteristics
Lien d’identification –
Partie 2: Types/modèles, lots/lots unitaires, éléments et caractéristiques
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 35.040.50, 35.240.15 ISBN 978-2-8322-8886-3
– 2 – IEC 61406-2:2024 © IEC 2024
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 General . 10
5 URL parameter . 11
5.1 Data elements encoded in URL parameters . 11
5.1.1 Requirements . 11
5.1.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 11
5.2 Parameter name and value tuples for data elements . 11
5.2.1 Requirement . 11
5.2.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 11
5.3 SIDIs as parameter names . 11
5.3.1 Requirement . 11
5.3.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 11
5.4 One data element per parameter . 12
5.4.1 Requirement . 12
5.4.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 12
5.5 Order of parameters is irrelevant. 12
5.5.1 Requirement . 12
5.5.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 12
5.6 Parameter values conform to Data Identifier specifications . 12
5.6.1 Requirement . 12
5.6.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 12
5.7 Consistency rule for the Identification Link . 13
5.7.1 Requirement . 13
5.7.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 13
6 Data Identifier categories and related object types . 13
6.1 Generic support of Data Identifiers . 13
6.1.1 Requirement . 13
6.1.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 13
6.2 Designated object type defined by Data Identifier category . 13
6.2.1 Requirement . 13
6.2.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 14
6.3 Specific rules for traceability numbers and license plates . 15
6.3.1 Requirement . 15
6.3.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 16
7 Uniqueness within the domain . 16
7.1 Requirement . 16
7.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance . 16
8 Identification Link frame. 17
8.1 Modified Identification Link frame for product type level, product model level,
lot level or batch level . 17
8.1.1 Requirement . 17
8.1.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 17

IEC 61406-2:2024 © IEC 2024 – 3 –
8.2 Identification Link frames only for physical objects . 18
8.2.1 Requirement . 18
8.2.2 Rationale and supplemental guidance. 18
Annex A (informative) Example of process flow for parsing . 19
Annex B (informative) Examples of Structured Identification Link strings . 20
B.1 Serialized item . 20
B.1.1 General . 20
B.1.2 Example of a serialized item without product code . 20
B.1.3 Example of a serialized item without product code and scheme . 20
B.1.4 Example of a serialized item without product code, scheme and www . 21
B.1.5 Example of a serialized item with special top-level domain . 21
B.1.6 Example of a serialized item with product code in own data element. 22
B.1.7 Example of a serialized item with DUNS number as company code,

product code and serial number . 23
B.1.8 Example of a serialized item with product code, serial number,
production date, weight and capacity . 23
B.2 Non-serialized item . 24
B.2.1 General . 24
B.2.2 Example of a non-serialized item with product code and lot code . 25
B.2.3 Example of a non-serialized item with product code only . 25
B.2.4 Example of a non-serialized item with GTIN only . 26
B.2.5 Example of a product code and company code . 26
B.3 Cases other than items .
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