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GS1, Open Mobile Alliance team up for barcode scanning features on mobile devices

Tuesday 21 May 2013 11:35 CET | News

Supply chain standards organisation GS1 and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), a mobile standards organization, are collaborating to enable barcode scanning features built directly into mobile devices. This will make it easier for application developers to allow their apps to scan and link to trusted content.

GS1 and OMA will develop a new specification leveraging existing GS1 and OMA standards. It will allow mobile device manufacturers and operators to build mobile devices with the following key barcode scanning capabilities: universal scanning of standardised barcodes; built-in code scanning capability accessible to users manually through the device camera, and also to applications thanks to a Web API exposed on the device; linking of bar codes with trusted content provided by the owners of the bar codes; and support for collection of user analytics including location on an opt-in basis

In recent news, Finnish e-invoicing services provider Itella Information has entered an agreement with GS1 Poland, represented by The Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, to enhance the local implementation of supply chain solutions.


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Keywords: GS1, Open Mobile Alliance, barcode scanning, Belgium
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