CEN/TS 15844-1:2010
(Main)Postal services - ID-tagging of letter mail items - Part 1: ID-tag structure, message and binary
Postal services - ID-tagging of letter mail items - Part 1: ID-tag structure, message and binary
This Technical Specification ) defines the information content, structure and possible printed representations of the S18 ID-tag ). This is an identifier for individual mail items which:
is globally unique;
can be applied to any item which is not already ID-tagged by any postal administration (or other issuer) which previously processed the item;
NOTE 1 The S18 ID-tag provides a standard means of ID-tagging which can be applied on a world-wide basis, allowing inter-administration mail items to be encoded without risk of disruption of the automated system of the delivery post. It may be applied to any size of item.
can be read, with a high degree of reliability, by any postal handling organisation possessing appropriate equipment.
NOTE 2 ID-tags are encoded on items using a bar code symbology. As with any other form of bar code, poor quality printing, ink smudging, damage to the item, etc., can result in read errors. The S18 ID-tag encoding specifications incorporate an error protection mechanism to allow detection and correction of a large proportion of such errors.
The S18 ID-tag defined in this Technical Specification may be placed on items so that, in subsequent processing, individual items can be recognised and associated with computer-based information relating to the item concerned.
NOTE 3 Items need not be ID-tagged if this is not required for processing purposes, though it is anticipated that the use made of ID-tagging will increase. Examples of ID-tag applications are given in Clause 7.
Whilst being generally applicable to domestic mail, the specification has been designed to allow the encoding of cross-border mail and to support its application in the automated processing of such mail.
NOTE 4 UPU regulations prevent the encoding of information on the bottom 15 mm strip on the front of international letter mail. (...)
Postalische Dienstleistungen - ID-Kennzeichnung von Briefsendungen – Teil 1: Struktur, Nachricht und Binärdarstellung von ID-Kennzeichen
Traitement automatisé des envois postaux - Chronomarquage des envois postaux - Partie 1: Structure de la chronomarque, représentations sémantique et binaire
Poštne storitve - Označevanje poštnih pošiljk z identifikacijsko številko - 1. del: Struktura, sporočilo in binarni prikaz identifikacijskih številk
Ta tehnična specifikacija določa vsebino informacij, sestavo in mogoč natisnjen prikaz identifikacijske številke S18. To je identifikator za posamezne poštne pošiljke, ki:
– je edinstven na svetu;
– se lahko uporablja pri kateri koli pošiljki, ki ji poštna administracija (ali drugi izdajatelj), ki je pred tem usmerila pošiljko, ni določila identifikacijske številke. OPOMBA 1 Identifikacijska številka S18 zagotavlja standarden način označevanja z identifikacijsko številko, ki velja po vsem svetu in omogoča, da se poštnim pošiljkam, ki potujejo med administracijami, določi identifikacijska številka brez tveganja za nastanek motenj avtomatskega sistema dostave pošte. Uporablja se lahko za pošiljke vseh velikosti;
– jih lahko zanesljivo prebere katera koli organizacija za obravnavanje poštnih pošiljk, ki ima ustrezno opremo. OPOMBA 2 Identifikacijske številke so navedene na predmetih s simboli črtne kode. Kot pri kateri koli drugi obliki črtne kode lahko tisk slabe kakovosti, razmazano črnilo, poškodbe pošiljke itd. privedejo do napak pri odčitavanju. Specifikacije kodiranja identifikacijske številke S18 vsebujejo mehanizem za zaščito pred napakami, ki omogoča odkrivanje in popravljanje velike večine takih napak. Identifikacijska številka S18, ki jo določa ta tehnična specifikacija, je lahko navedena na pošiljkah, da je mogoče posamezne pošiljke prepoznati pri naslednjem usmerjanju in jih povezati z računalniškimi informacijami o zadevni pošiljki. OPOMBA 3 Poštne pošiljke ne potrebujejo identifikacijske številke, če ta ni potrebna pri usmerjanju, čeprav se pričakuje, da se bo uporaba identifikacijskih številk povečala. Primeri uporabe identifikacijskih številk so podani v točki 7. Čeprav se specifikacija splošno uporablja za pošiljke v notranjem poštnem prometu, je bila oblikovana za omogočanje kodiranja čezmejne pošte in za spodbujanje njene uporabe pri avtomatskem usmerjanju take pošte. OPOMBA 4: Predpisi Svetovne poštne zveze (UPU) preprečujejo kodiranje informacij v spodnjem 15-mm traku na sprednji strani mednarodne poštne pošiljke. Ta tehnična specifikacija je bila oblikovana za preprečevanje možnosti nezdružljivosti med implementacijo identifikacijskih številk ter izrecno omogoča in spodbuja uporabo identifikacijskih številk S18 na območju R1 na hrbtni strani pošiljk. To bo omogočilo izmenjavo podatkov o predmetih in uporabo teh podatkov pri avtomatskem usmerjanju. Na primer, izvorni poštni urad lahko dostavnemu poštnemu uradu pošlje kodirano elektronsko kopijo ali videoposnetek polja z naslovom za dostavo pošiljke, s čimer mu omogoči, da učinkovitejše usmerja sprejete pošiljke. Podobno lahko dostavni poštni urad posreduje podatke o času usmerjanja izvornemu poštnemu uradu, s čimer mu omogoči, da natančneje spremlja kakovost storitev dostave. Glavni namen specifikacije je omogočiti izmenjavo informacij o pošiljkah med organizacijami za obravnavanje poštnih pošiljk. Takšna izmenjava poteka prek elektronskih sporočil (npr. sporočil EDI) ali prek izmenjave računalniških datotek.
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2013
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6WUXNWXUDVSRURþLORLQELQDUQLSULND]LGHQWLILNDFLMVNLKãWHYLON
Postal services - ID-tagging of letter mail items - Part 1: ID-tag structure, message and
binary
Postalische Dienstleistungen - ID-Kennzeichnung von Briefsendungen - Teil 1: Struktur,
Nachrichten und Binärdarstellung von ID-Kennzeichen
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 15844-1:2010
ICS:
03.240 Poštne storitve Postal services
35.040 Nabori znakov in kodiranje Character sets and
informacij information coding
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CEN/TS 15844-1
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
December 2010
ICS 03.240
English Version
Postal services - ID-tagging of letter mail items - Part 1: ID-tag
structure, message and binary
Traitement automatisé des envois postaux - Postalische Dienstleistungen - ID-Kennzeichnung von
Chronomarquage des envois postaux - Partie 1: Structure Briefsendungen - Teil 1: Struktur, Nachricht und
de la chronomarque, représentations sémantique et binaire Binärdarstellung von ID-Kennzeichen
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 1 December 2008 for provisional application.
The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to submit their
comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.
CEN members are required to announce the existence of this CEN/TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the CEN/TS available
promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in parallel to the CEN/TS)
until the final decision about the possible conversion of the CEN/TS into an EN is reached.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Symbols and abbreviations . 10
5 Definition of an S18 ID-tag . 10
6 Data construct type . 11
7 Usage of ID-tags. 11
8 Logical structure . 12
9 Value Range . 14
10 Representation of S18 ID-tags in messages . 16
11 Binary representation of S18 ID-tags. 16
12 Representation of S18 ID-tags on items . 18
13 Usage constraints . 19
13.1 Allocation of domain codes . 19
13.2 Publication of issuer and domain codes . 19
13.3 Accuracy of time and date information in the ID-tag . 20
13.4 Allocation and application of ID-tags to items . 20
13.5 Read before allocation check . 21
13.6 Re-used envelopes . 21
13.7 Read after write check . 22
13.8 Referencing of ID-tagged items . 22
14 Reading and validation of ID-tags on items . 23
Bibliography . 24
Foreword
This document (CEN/TS 15844-1:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 331 “Postal
services”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
NOTE This document has been prepared by experts coming from CEN/TC 331 and UPU, under the framework of the
Memorandum of Understanding between the UPU and CEN.
1)
This document (CEN/TS 15844-1), is the CEN equivalent of UPU standard S18a-8. It may be amended only
after prior consultation, between CEN/TC 331 and the UPU Standards Board, in accordance with the
Memorandum of Understanding between CEN and the UPU.
2)
The UPU’s contribution to the document was made, by the UPU Standards Board and its sub-groups, in
accordance with the rules given in Part V of the "General information on UPU standards".
This document forms Part 1 of a multi-part CEN/TS 15844, Postal services — ID-tagging of letter mail items. It
provides the definition of ID-tags and specifies their general construction and representation for electronic
data interchange purposes. Their representation on items is covered by Parts 2 to 5, which define a number of
alternative printed representations.
The specification has been extensively tested and is in operational use: the BNB-62 encoding described in
CEN/TS 15844-3 has been used for many years by An Post (Ireland), Canada Post and USPS, whilst the
more recently specified BNB-78 encoding described in Part 2 has been operationally implemented by
Australia Post, Correios de Portugal, Correos y Telégrafos (Spain), Guernsey Post, Isle of Man Post,
Singapore Post and Swiss Post. The 4-state encoding specification, defined in Parts 4 for flats and 5 for small
letters, has been implemented by Belgian Post, Correos (Spain), Swiss Post and USPS for flats and by
Belgian Post for small letters.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
1)
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is the specialized institution of the United Nations that regulates the universal postal service. The
postal services of its 189 member countries form the largest physical distribution network in the world. Some 5 million postal employees
working in over 660 000 post offices all over the world handle an annual total of 425 billion letters-post items in the domestic service and
almost 6,7 billion in the international service. Some 4,5 billion parcels are sent by post annually. Keeping pace with the changing
communications market, posts are increasingly using new communication and information technologies to move beyond what is
traditionally regarded as their core postal business. They are meeting higher customer expectations with an expanded range of products
and value-added services.
2)
The UPU's Standards Board develops and maintains a growing number of standards to improve the exchange of postal-related
information between posts, and promotes the compatibility of UPU and international postal initiatives. It works closely with posts,
customers, suppliers and other partners, including various international organizations. The Standards Board ensures that coherent
standards are developed in areas such as electronic data interchange (EDI), mail encoding, postal forms and meters. UPU standards are
published in accordance with the rules given in Part VII of the General information on UPU standards, which may be freely downloaded
from the UPU world-wide web site (www.upu.int).
Introduction
Many individual postal administrations have used some form of domestic ID-tagging for the support of video-
coding applications for a number of years. Typically, however, domestic ID-tags:
are unique only within the system of an individual issuer (or even only within a single postal processing
facility);
are applied to only a relatively small subset of items with specific characteristics, e.g. items with
addresses which cannot be interpreted by OCR means;
are encoded on items using a non-standardised symbology and in a non-standardised location.
These characteristics limit the utility of domestic ID-tags, preventing their use for a wide range of potential
applications and, in particular, preventing their use as an effective support for the exchange of information
between organisations about mail items.
The application of a domestic ID-tag by one organisation could also interfere with the processing of the item
concerned by another, resulting either in the need for over-labelling or for manual processing of the item. For
example, if the origin post prints its domestic ID-tag in the location used by the delivery post, the latter will be
unable to apply its (different) domestic ID-tag or, if it does, will almost certainly not be able to read the result.
The impact of this issue has historically been limited both by the limited number of items to which a domestic
ID-tag is applied and by an agreement between An Post, Canada Post and USPS (three postal
administrations which make heavy use of domestic ID-tags) to base their domestic ID-tags on a common
3)
specification . It has also been limited by the fact that some postal administrations have not yet automated
cross-border mail processing. However, increasing levels of automation and the use of ID-tagging by more
and more Posts, for a wider range of applications and on an increasing proportion of items, would, in the
absence of standardisation, lead to a marked increase in its impact and in a probable longer term deterioration
in the quality of service offered to inter-administration mail.
CEN/TS 15844-1 is intended to address these limitations. It comprises a main Part 1 (this document), together
with four subsidiary parts (Part 2, 3, 4 and 5), each of which defines a specific encoding for the printing of ID-
tags on items. This part, Part 1 of CEN/TS 15844, is arranged under ten main headings:
Definition of an S18 ID-tag: provides a precise definition of an S18 ID-tag;
Data construct type: specifies the relationship of this standard to UPU standard S25 [4], together with the
ID-tag data construct type;
Usage of ID-tags: provides examples of the use of ID-tags;
Logical structure: describes the logical structure and information content of an S18 ID-tag. These are
defined separately from the physical and electronic representations so that alternative physical
representations can be defined in the future;
Value Range: defines limitations on the values of data elements used in the logical structure definition
and describes the procedure for allocation and publication of domain codes;
3) Note that the common An Post, Canada Post and USPS specification corresponds with one of the two BNB bar code
representations of ID-tags which are defined in this standard.
NOTE Value limitations fall into two classes – general limitations, which apply to all ID-tags, and limitations which are
specific to individual representations of ID-tags in the form of bar codes. Only the former are treated here; the latter are
treated in the relevant encoding specification.
Representation of S18 ID-tags in messages: defines the format and structure of the ID-tag when
incorporated into EDI me
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