GS1
E224383
GS1 is a global, non-profit standards organization best known for developing and maintaining international supply chain identification systems such as barcodes used in retail and logistics.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GS1 canonical | 10 |
| European Article Numbering Association | 1 |
| GS1 General Specifications | 1 |
| GS1 Global Office | 1 |
| GS1 System | 1 |
| GS1 System of Standards | 1 |
| GS1 company prefix | 1 |
| GS1 system of standards | 1 |
| Global Returnable Asset Identifier | 1 |
| Global Shipment Identification Number | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2007414 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GS1 Context triple: [EAN-13 barcode system, standardizedBy, GS1]
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A.
EPCglobal
EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
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B.
EAN-13 barcode system
The EAN-13 barcode system is a 13-digit global product identification standard used in retail and logistics to encode numeric data in machine-readable barcodes.
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C.
GSP
GSP is a regional vehicle registration code used on license plates issued in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
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D.
GSP
GSP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Garden State Parkway, a major toll highway running the length of New Jersey.
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E.
ISO 6166
ISO 6166 is an international standard that defines the structure and assignment of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) used to uniquely identify financial securities worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GS1 Target entity description: GS1 is a global, non-profit standards organization best known for developing and maintaining international supply chain identification systems such as barcodes used in retail and logistics.
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A.
EPCglobal
EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
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B.
EAN-13 barcode system
The EAN-13 barcode system is a 13-digit global product identification standard used in retail and logistics to encode numeric data in machine-readable barcodes.
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C.
GSP
GSP is a regional vehicle registration code used on license plates issued in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
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D.
GSP
GSP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Garden State Parkway, a major toll highway running the length of New Jersey.
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E.
ISO 6166
ISO 6166 is an international standard that defines the structure and assignment of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) used to uniquely identify financial securities worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international organization
ⓘ
non-profit organization ⓘ standards organization ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor |
developing barcode standards
ⓘ
maintaining global trade item number (GTIN) standards ⓘ maintaining international supply chain identification systems ⓘ |
| developsStandard |
EAN/UPC barcode
ⓘ
EPCglobal ⓘ
surface form:
Electronic Product Code
GS1 DataBar ⓘ GS1 DataMatrix ⓘ GS1 Digital Link ⓘ GS1 EDI standards ⓘ GS1 EPCglobal RFID standards ⓘ GS1 QR Code ⓘ Global Individual Asset Identifier ⓘ Global Location Number ⓘ GS1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Global Returnable Asset Identifier
GS1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Global Shipment Identification Number
Global Trade Item Number ⓘ Serial Shipping Container Code ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
consumer packaged goods
ⓘ
food supply chains ⓘ healthcare supply chains ⓘ logistics ⓘ retail ⓘ transport and logistics ⓘ |
| formerName |
EAN International
ⓘ
GS1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
European Article Numbering Association
|
| hasMemberOrganizationsIn | more than 100 countries ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMember | national GS1 member organizations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Brussels, Belgium
ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
standards development
ⓘ
supply chain management ⓘ |
| legalForm | non-profit ⓘ |
| mission | to design and implement global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains ⓘ |
| name | GS1 self-link ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | not-for-profit ⓘ |
| operatesStandardSystem |
GS1
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
GS1 System of Standards
|
| primaryAreaOfWork |
automatic identification and data capture
ⓘ
supply chain standards ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| supportsTechnology |
RFID
ⓘ
barcodes ⓘ data synchronization ⓘ electronic data interchange ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gs1.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GS1 Description of subject: GS1 is a global, non-profit standards organization best known for developing and maintaining international supply chain identification systems such as barcodes used in retail and logistics.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GS1 system of standards
this entity surface form:
European Article Numbering Association
this entity surface form:
Global Shipment Identification Number
this entity surface form:
Global Returnable Asset Identifier
this entity surface form:
GS1 System of Standards
this entity surface form:
GS1 General Specifications
this entity surface form:
GS1 company prefix
this entity surface form:
GS1 Global Office
this entity surface form:
GS1 System