The Global Language of Business

GDTI

The GDTI or Global Document Type Identifier is the GS1 Identification Key for a document type combined with an optional, alpha-numeric serial number. GDTIs are used to access database information that is required for document control purposes. The GDTI is assigned for the life time of the document type and may be bar coded using Application Identifier (253).

The GDTI is constructed as:

GS1 Company Prefix Document Type												Check Digit	Serial Component (Optional)
N₁	N₂	N₃	N₄	N₅	N₆	N₇	N₈	N₉	N₁₀	N₁₁	N₁₂	N₁₃	X₁ variable X₁₇

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