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Jun 18, 2025
- Add a note about avoiding guessing the TEI
- Add a note about "shared EAN codes" - those are not useful for creating unique TEIs for products that share EAN code. Each product needs a unique TEI.
Signed-off-by: Olle E. Johansson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Olle E. Johansson <[email protected]>
## The TEI URN: An extensible identifier | ||
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The TEI, Transparency Exchange Identifier, is a URN schema that is extensible based on existing | ||
identifiers like EAN codes, PURL and other identifiers. It is based on a DNS name, which leads | ||
to global uniqueness without new registries. | ||
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The TEI can be shown in the software itself, in shipping documentation, in web pages and app stores. | ||
TEI is unique for a product, not a version of a software. The TEI consist of three core parts | ||
TEI is unique for a product, not a version of a product. |
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We also need to update the definition of Product in the beginning of this document as it does not cover physical (hardware) in my reading.
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Added text in f18cd38
Signed-off-by: Olle E. Johansson <[email protected]>
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A TEI belongs to a single product. A product can have multiple TEIs - like one with a EAN/UPC | ||
barcode and one with the vendor's product number. | ||
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### TEI syntax | ||
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The TEI consist of three core parts |
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consist -> consists (spelling)
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Fixed in 963ebde
Signed-off-by: Olle E. Johansson <[email protected]>