ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16022 Second edition 2006-09-15 Information technology Automatic identification and data capture techniques Data Matrix bar code symbology specification Technologies de I'information - Techniques d'identification automatique et de capture des données - Spécification de symbologie decodeabarresDataMatrix Reference number ISO/IEC 16022:2006(E) ISo IEC @ISO/IEC2006 No r y IHS under itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 16022:2006(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF fle can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. ?ISO/IEC2006 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO/IEC 2006 - All rights reserved ermittedwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 16022:2006(E) Contents Page Foreword. vii Introduction . vili 1 Scope 2 Normative references ... 3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms, and mathematical/logical notations . 3.1 Terms and definitions.. 3.2 Symbols andabbreviations. 3.3 Mathematical/logical notations .... 4 Symbol description...... 4.1 Basiccharacteristics. 4.2 Summary of additional features .. 4.3 4.3.1 Finder pattern..... 4.3.2 Symbolsizesandcapacities. 5 Ecc 200 requirements.. 5.1 Encode procedure overview.... 5.2 Data encodation ...... 5.2.1 Overview... 5.2.2 Default character interpretation .. 5.2.3 .Asc.l encodation............ 5.2.4 5.2.5 C40 encodation ... 5.2.6 Text encodation 5.2.7 ANSIX12encodation.... 11 5.2.8 EDIFAcT encodation . 12 5.2.9 Base 256 encodation .. 12 5.3 User considerations . 13 5.3.1 13 5.3.2 User selection of symbol size and shape .... 13 5.4 Extended Channel Interpretation ... 13 5.4.1 14 5.4.2 ECls and Structured Append.. 15 5.4.3 Post-decode protocol.. 15 5.5 Ecc 200 symbol attributes 15 5.5.1 Symbol sizes and capacity ... 15 5.5.2 Insertion of Alignment Patterns into larger symbols 17 5.6 Structured Append .... 17 5.6.1 Basic principies. 17 5.6.2 Symbol sequence indicator ... 17 5.6.3 File identification.. 18 5.6.4 FNC1 and Structured Append 18 5.6.5 Buffered and unbuffered operation 18 5.7 Error detection and correction ... 18 5.7.1 Reed-Solomon error correction . 18 5.7.2 Generatingtheerrorcorrectioncodewords 18 5.7.3 Error correction capacity . 19 5.8 Symbolconstruction... 20 5.8.1 Symbol character placement. 20 5.8.2 Alignment Pattern module placement .... 20 CopyrightIinternatinal Oorganizain far standardization All rights reserved ii ted withoutlicensefromIHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 16022:2006(E) 5.8.3 6 Ecc 000 - 140 requirements. 21 6.1 Use recommendations.. 21 6.2 Encode procedure overview ... 6.3 21 6.3.1 Base 11 - Numeric encodation..... 23 6.3.2 Base 27 - Upper-case Alphabetic encodation. 23 6.3.3 Base 37 - Upper-case Alphanumeric encodation 6.3.4 Base 41 - Upper-case Alphanumeric plus Punctuation encodation. 24 6.3.5 Ascllencodation 24 6.3.6 8-bit byte encodation ... 24 6.4 User selection of error correction level. 24 6.4.1 Selection of error correction level..... 24 6.4.2 Other error correction levels based on convolutional code algor