Global location number

Technical key Defines a unique key by which e.g. data model concepts can be referenced in a technical integration context. These keys are unique in the CDL context.	GS1_GLN
Country scope Defines a address/country a given concept is used in (or valid in, or relevant for etc.), i.e. the country-specific scope of a concept.	WORLD
Monolingual name Language-specific name of a data model concept or concept value.	Global location number (en)
Monolingual short name Language-specific short name of a data model concept or concept value.	Global location number (en)
International name Defines the name of a concept in English with Latin characters, e.g. if the major name of a concept is defined in a local language.	Global location number
Alternative name Alternative (i.e. synonymous) name of a concept.	n/a
Abbreviation Language-specific abbreviation of a data model concept or concept value.	GLN (en)
Description Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept.	The Global Location Number (GLN) is part of the GS1 systems of standards. It is a simple tool used to identify a location and can identify locations uniquely where required. This identifier is compliant with norm ISO/IEC 6523. In detail a Global Location Number (GLN) is a unique number that is assigned to locations to enable them to be identified uniquely worldwide. These GLNs can be used to identify any legal, physical and functional locations. GLNs are reference keys to computer files where information about the company or location can be found. The GLNs replace the names and addresses of locations and are particularly useful when automating processes; they allow computers to route information to the correct destination with no manual involvement. GLNs must be used when identifying locations and trading partners within Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) business messages and data pools, and they can also be used in barcodes to identify a physical location or to provide relevant information for delivery or invoicing purposes. Benefits GLNs can be used to identify any locations that you need to be uniquely identified for administrative and trading purposes. These can be both internal locations, and locations that your trading partners will use. GLNs provide a single method for location identification for all companies in the supply chain, thereby removing the unnecessary costs and errors inevitable when many different schemes co-exist. See [1]
Applies to Describes what kind of entities are assigned the identifier at hand	n/a
Release status The release status in terms of development progress or maturity of a product feature or a business capability.<br/><code>EMPTY</code> (0): No feature considered yet, just rough idea for capability.<br/><code>IDEA</code> (1): Just an idea, not yet designed in detail.<br/><code>DESIGN</code> (2): Software design ready, development not yet started.<br/><code>DEVELOPMENT</code> (3): Software development in progress.<br/><code>ALPHA</code> (4): First functional release, in terms of a Minimal Viable Product (MVP).<br/><code>BETA</code> (5): Tested by selected users.<br/><code>RC</code> (6): Release candidate, fully tested, not yet used in production by many customers.<br/><code>LIVE</code> (7): Used in production by customers, fully monitored and supported.<br/><code>DEPRECATED</code> (-1): End of life planned, but still available.<br/><code>EOL</code> (-2): End of life, historic service, no longer available.<br/><code>BROKEN</code> (-3): Service was used in production but is currently not available. However, CDQ tries to repair or reactivate it.<br/><code>DISCONTINUED</code> (-4): The data source has ceased providing updates; nonetheless, we continue to offer the most recent available data.	LIVE
Issuing body The authority that publishes data or is responsible for its content	CDQ_GS1 (CDQ)
Identifier category Categories of identification numbers	Identification Number
Mappings

Formal definition

	Description	Regular expression	Type
Regular expression/GS1 GLN/format	Specifies the allowed formats for the Global location number	^\d{13}$	IDENTIFIER_FORMAT

Data quality rules

Business rule	Description	Status	Criticality
Identifier checkdigit invalid (Global location number)	This rule checks the checkdigit of Global location number.	RELEASED	ERROR
Identifier format invalid (Global location number)	This rule checks the format of the Global location number (GLN). The GLN is a 13 digit globally unique identifier for any location, physical, operational, or legal.	RELEASED	ERROR