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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">  <head> <title>gtin - Schema.org Property</title> <meta charset="utf-8" > <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="description" content="Schema.org Property: gtin - A Global Trade Item Number (<a href="https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/gtin">GTIN</a>). GTINs identify trade items, including products and services, using numeric identification codes.<br/><br/> A correct <a class="localLink" href="/gtin">gtin</a> value should be a valid GTIN, which means that it should be an all-numeric string of either 8, 12, 13 or 14 digits, or a "GS1 Digital Link" URL based on such a string. The numeric component should also have a <a href="https://www.gs1.org/services/check-digit-calculator">valid GS1 check digit</a> and meet the other rules for valid GTINs. See also <a href="http://www.gs1.org/barcodes/technical/idkeys/gtin">GS1's GTIN Summary</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Trade_Item_Number">Wikipedia</a> for more details. Left-padding of the gtin values is not required or encouraged. The <a class="localLink" href="/gtin">gtin</a> property generalizes the earlier <a class="localLink" href="/gtin8">gtin8</a>, <a class="localLink" href="/gtin12">gtin12</a>, <a class="localLink" href="/gtin13">gtin13</a>, and <a class="localLink" href="/gtin14">gtin14</a> properties.<br/><br/> The GS1 <a href="https://www.gs1.org/standards/Digital-Link/">digital link specifications</a> expresses GTINs as URLs (URIs, IRIs, etc.). Digital Links should be populated into the <a class="localLink" href="/hasGS1DigitalLink">hasGS1DigitalLink</a> attribute.<br/><br/> Note also that this is a definition for how to include GTINs in Schema.org data, and not a definition of GTINs in general - see the GS1 documentation for authoritative details." /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="/docs/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/schemaorg.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/devnote.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/prettify.css" /> <script src="/docs/prettify.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/schemaorg.js"></script>  <script src="/docs/sdotermpage.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/sdotermpage.css" /> <script src="/docs/pretty-markup/schemarama-parsing.bundle.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/pretty-markup/layout.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/pretty-markup/style.css" /> <script src="/docs/clipboard/clipboard.min.js"></script> <link rel="canonical" href="https://schema.org/gtin" /> </head> <body>   <div class="devnote"><b>Note</b>: You are viewing the development version of <a href="https://schema.org">Schema.org</a>. 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GTINs identify trade items, including products and services, using numeric identification codes.<br/><br/> A correct <a class="localLink" href="/gtin">gtin</a> value should be a valid GTIN, which means that it should be an all-numeric string of either 8, 12, 13 or 14 digits, or a "GS1 Digital Link" URL based on such a string. The numeric component should also have a <a href="https://www.gs1.org/services/check-digit-calculator">valid GS1 check digit</a> and meet the other rules for valid GTINs. See also <a href="http://www.gs1.org/barcodes/technical/idkeys/gtin">GS1's GTIN Summary</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Trade_Item_Number">Wikipedia</a> for more details. Left-padding of the gtin values is not required or encouraged. The <a class="localLink" href="/gtin">gtin</a> property generalizes the earlier <a class="localLink" href="/gtin8">gtin8</a>, <a class="localLink" href="/gtin12">gtin12</a>, <a class="localLink" href="/gtin13">gtin13</a>, and <a class="localLink" href="/gtin14">gtin14</a> properties.<br/><br/> The GS1 <a href="https://www.gs1.org/standards/Digital-Link/">digital link specifications</a> expresses GTINs as URLs (URIs, IRIs, etc.). Digital Links should be populated into the <a class="localLink" href="/hasGS1DigitalLink">hasGS1DigitalLink</a> attribute.<br/><br/> Note also that this is a definition for how to include GTINs in Schema.org data, and not a definition of GTINs in general - see the GS1 documentation for authoritative details.</div> </div>  <div class="jumptarget" id="values" title="Values"> <h3>Values expected to be one of these types</h3> <code><ul> <li> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a></li> <li> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></li> </code></ul> </div> <div class="jumptarget" id="types" title="Used on"> <h3>Used on these types</h3> <code><ul> <li> <a href="/Demand" class="core" title="Demand">Demand</a></li> <li> <a href="/Offer" class="core" title="Offer">Offer</a></li> <li> <a href="/Product" class="core" title="Product">Product</a></li> </code></ul> </div>   <br/> <div id="subtypes" title="Sub-properties" class="jumptarget" title="Value for"><h4>Sub-properties</h4></div> <ul> <li> <a href="/gtin12" class="core" title="gtin12">gtin12</a></li> <li> <a href="/gtin13" class="core" title="gtin13">gtin13</a></li> <li> <a href="/gtin14" class="core" title="gtin14">gtin14</a></li> <li> <a href="/gtin8" class="core" title="gtin8">gtin8</a></li> </ul>   <h4 id="source" class="jumptarget" title="Source">Source</h4> <p><a href="https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2288">https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2288</a></p> <br/>   </div>   <div id="footer"> <p><a href="/docs/terms.html">Terms and conditions</a></p> <div id="versioninfo"> <span class="sep">•</span> Schema.org <span class="sep">•</span> V29.0 <span class="sep">|</span> 2025-03-24 </div> </div> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-52672119-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script>  <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": { "brick": "https://brickschema.org/schema/Brick#", "csvw": "http://www.w3.org/ns/csvw#", "dc": "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/", "dcam": "http://purl.org/dc/dcam/", "dcat": "http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#", "dcmitype": "http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/", "dcterms": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/", "doap": "http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#", "foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/", "odrl": "http://www.w3.org/ns/odrl/2/", "org": "http://www.w3.org/ns/org#", "owl": "http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#", "prof": "http://www.w3.org/ns/dx/prof/", "prov": "http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#", "qb": "http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#", "rdf": "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#", "rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#", "schema": "https://schema.org/", "sh": "http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#", "skos": "http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#", "sosa": "http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/", "ssn": "http://www.w3.org/ns/ssn/", "time": "http://www.w3.org/2006/time#", "vann": "http://purl.org/vocab/vann/", "void": "http://rdfs.org/ns/void#", "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" }, "@graph": [ { "@id": "schema:identifier", "@type": "rdf:Property", "owl:equivalentProperty": { "@id": "dcterms:identifier" }, "rdfs:comment": "The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See [background notes](/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details.\n ", "rdfs:label": "identifier", "schema:domainIncludes": { "@id": "schema:Thing" }, "schema:rangeIncludes": [ { "@id": "schema:Text" }, { "@id": "schema:URL" }, { "@id": "schema:PropertyValue" } ] }, { "@id": "schema:gtin", "@type": "rdf:Property", "rdfs:comment": "A Global Trade Item Number ([GTIN](https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/gtin)). GTINs identify trade items, including products and services, using numeric identification codes.\n\nA correct [[gtin]] value should be a valid GTIN, which means that it should be an all-numeric string of either 8, 12, 13 or 14 digits, or a \"GS1 Digital Link\" URL based on such a string. The numeric component should also have a [valid GS1 check digit](https://www.gs1.org/services/check-digit-calculator) and meet the other rules for valid GTINs. See also [GS1's GTIN Summary](http://www.gs1.org/barcodes/technical/idkeys/gtin) and [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Trade_Item_Number) for more details. Left-padding of the gtin values is not required or encouraged. The [[gtin]] property generalizes the earlier [[gtin8]], [[gtin12]], [[gtin13]], and [[gtin14]] properties.\n\nThe GS1 [digital link specifications](https://www.gs1.org/standards/Digital-Link/) expresses GTINs as URLs (URIs, IRIs, etc.).\nDigital Links should be populated into the [[hasGS1DigitalLink]] attribute.\n\nNote also that this is a definition for how to include GTINs in Schema.org data, and not a definition of GTINs in general - see the GS1 documentation for authoritative details.", "rdfs:label": "gtin", "rdfs:subPropertyOf": { "@id": "schema:identifier" }, "schema:domainIncludes": [ { "@id": "schema:Product" }, { "@id": "schema:Demand" }, { "@id": "schema:Offer" } ], "schema:isPartOf": { "@id": "https://pending.schema.org" }, "schema:rangeIncludes": [ { "@id": "schema:Text" }, { "@id": "schema:URL" } ], "schema:source": { "@id": "https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2288" } } ] } </script> </body> </html>

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