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The EAN-5 is a 5-digit European Article Number code, and is a supplement to the EAN-13 barcode used on books. It is used to give a suggestion for the price of the book.
First Digit | Description |
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5 | $ US |
6 | $ Canada |
4 | $ New Zealand |
3 | $ Australia |
0 & 1 | British pounds |
ISBN Encoding – Country and Currency Values Description
Value | Definition |
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50000 | NACS Trade |
59999 | Price for $100 and more |
90000 | NACS New |
90000-98999 | For internal purposes (BISG recommend 90000 if no price is given) |
99000-99989 | Reserved for the industry market |
99990-99999 | Reserved for National Association of College Stores (NACS) |
99990 | NACS used |
99991 | NACS copies |
Encoding
The Encoding of EAN-5 characters is very similar to that of the other European Article Numbers. The only difference is that the digits are separated by 01. The EAN-5 always begins with '01011.' Also, the R-Code is not used.
Digit | L-code | G-code |
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0 | 0001101 | 0100111 |
1 | 0011001 | 0110011 |
2 | 0010011 | 0011011 |
3 | 0111101 | 0100001 |
4 | 0100011 | 0011101 |
5 | 0110001 | 0111001 |
6 | 0101111 | 0000101 |
7 | 0111011 | 0010001 |
8 | 0110111 | 0001001 |
9 | 0001011 | 0010111 |
The structure of the barcode is based on the checksum. In order to compute the checksum, multiply each of the digits by either 3 or 9, alternating each time. Then add them and then do a mod 10. So the checksum for 05415 MN is 1 based on the following calculations:
0*3=0 5*9=45 4*3=12 1*9=9 5*3=15 ---------- 81 % 10 = 1
Once you have the checksum digit, you can look up the structure in the following table. Note that the checksum digit is not in the final 5 digits, and is not intended to validate the 5 digit data, but rather to validate the reading of the EAN-5 overall.
Checksum | Structure |
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0 | GGLLL |
1 | GLGLL |
2 | GLLGL |
3 | GLLLG |
4 | LGGLL |
5 | LLGGL |
6 | LLLGG |
7 | LGLGL |
8 | LGLLG |
9 | LLGLG |
Start | 5 (G) | Separator | 2 (L) | Separator | 4 (G) | Separator | 9 (L) | Separator | 5 (L) |
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01011 | 0111001 | 01 | 0010011 | 01 | 0011101 | 01 | 0001011 | 01 | 0110001 |
References
- NACS Codes
- Barcode Reference - Section 6.1.46.2
- Barcode Writer - The basis for the barcode structure
- U.P.C. Symbol Specification Manual - Appendix D - Two-Character and Five-Character to UPC symbol.