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Re: bar-coding
From:
Charles Gruchy <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:31:36 -0500
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We are currently looking into using barcodes and the info I have is the
following:
There are standards that the barcodes use to ensure that the numbers the
bars represent are read by the readers.  The issue for the barcodes is how
they are linked to an institution's  database and to the specific fields
within the database.   The numbers in the various fields in an institution's
database are the ones that the barcodes represent.  Hence, unless there is
some form of standardization between various institutions' databases,
barcode numbers will not represent the same thing in different institutions.
Perhaps the more germane question is "Is there a standard database?"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Acord [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: February 25, 2000 11:38 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      bar-coding
>
> Is there a particular bar-coding standard that is being used by the museum
> community?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Gary Acord
> Acord Information Management
> [log in to unmask]
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