This group maintains and improves GS1 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) standards. Examples of standards maintained in this group (but not limited to) are:

• EANCOM®
• GS1 XML
• GS1 UN/CEFACT XML

More information about these standards can be found here https://www.gs1.org/standards/edi

EDI provides global standards for electronic business messaging that allow automation of business transactions commonly occurring across the entire supply chain. It covers master data alignment, order and delivery and financial settlement management, as well as transport and warehouse management. The main business partners in scope for this are retailers, manufacturers, material suppliers and logistic service providers.

Standards Development Leader: David Buckley
Call to Action: 15 April 2010
Scorecard: Click here
To join the group: Click here

Additional initiative(s):*The GS1 Intellectual Property Policy and Work Group Opt-in Agreement above are required to participate

• EDI Semantic Model (ESM) Sub Team: Click here to request to join

The GPC Standards Maintenance Group maintains and improves the GS1 Global Product Classification (GPC) standard.

The GS1 Global Product Classification (GPC) standard helps global trading partners to group products in the same way, everywhere in the world. The resulting common business language is clear and instantly understandable. More information about the GPC Standard can be found here: https://www.gs1.org/standards/gpc

The business benefits of using GPC are: gives buyers and sellers a common language for talking about their products – within countries and regions as well as across the world, improves data accuracy and integrity, speeds up the supply chain responsiveness to consumer needs and simplifies reporting across product categories.

Standards Development Leader: Eileen Harpell
Call to Action: 15 April 2010
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This SMG will process all applicable work requests to maintain the GS1 Product Master Data standards. The primary focus is the GS1 standards used for product master data, including: 

• Product Master Data Standards 
  • GS1 product attributes, definitions, code lists, and guidance definitions
  • Product and Packaging Measurement Rules Standard 
• GDSN solutions
  • GDSN Validation Rules
• Global Data Model Standards
• Product master attributes, codes, etc. for Global Trade Item Number and Global Model Number 

More information about these standards can be found here https://www.gs1.org/standards/gs1-global-data-model, https://www.gs1.org/standards/gdsn

The list of standards maintained in this work group can change at any time due to the development of new relevant standards or the need to move a standard to a different SMG to reach missing expertise. Additionally, the GPMD SMG also acts as a pool of experts for maintenance work efforts impacting Global Product Master Data and coordinates with associated Mission Specific work groups.

Standards Development Leaders: Bernard Faibella and Tasha Wiehe
Call to Action: 14 November 2013
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Additional initiative(s):*The GS1 Intellectual Property Policy and Work Group Opt-in Agreement above are required to participate

• Consumer-Facing Attributes Sub-team: Click here to request to join
• GDSN Validation Rules sub-team: Click here to request to join

Global Data Model:

• Global Data Model - Global Sub Team: Click here to request to join

This SMG group maintains the GS1 Identification Keys, GS1 Application Identifiers and Automatic Identification Data Capture (AIDC) Application Standards and data carrier specifications such as: 

Examples of standards maintained in this group (but not limited to) are:

• EPC Tag Data Standard 
• EPC Tag Data Translation 
• EPC UHF Gen2 Air Interface Protocol 
• Tagged-Item Performance Protocol 
• Low Level Reader Protocol 
• GS1 Digital Link URI Syntax 
• GS1 General Specifications Standard

This SMG group also maintains related guidelines and technical material affected by changes to the “in scope” standards. 

The list of standards maintained in this work group can change at any time due to the development of new relevant standards or the need to move a standard to a different SMG to reach missing expertise. The SMG acts as a pool of experts for all SMG related work groups and in coordination with associated Mission Specific Work Groups. 

Standards Development Leader: John Ryu
Call to Action: 15 April 2010
Scorecard: Click here
To join the group: Click here

Additional initiative(s): *The GS1 Intellectual Property Policy and Work Group Opt-in Agreement above are required to participate.

• Fresh foods AIDC SubTeam: Click here to request to join, Click here to read the Call to Action
• GS1 Identification Standard: Click here to request to join

This group will maintain and improve the GS1 Digital Assets Standards. Examples of standards maintained in this group (but not limited to) are:

• GS1 Product Image Specification Standard
• GS1 Pharmaceutical Image Implementation Guideline
• GS1 Mobile Ready Hero Images Guideline

More information about these standards can be found here: https://www.gs1.org/standards/product-image-standards-and-guidelines

The GS1 Digital Assets Standards allow our community to increase savings throughout the value chain through implementing, storage, sharing and usage of digital assets for online retail websites, Verified by GS1, business-to-business systems and other digital platforms.

Standards Development Leader: David Buckley
Call to Action: 25 February 2020
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This SMG will process all applicable work requests to maintain GS1 Party Asset Location Master Data standards used for Locations, Parties, Individual assets and Returnable assets. 

The primary focus is the GS1 standards used Party Asset Location Master Data including Master Data for:

•    Global Location Number - Party
•    Global Location Number - Location
•    Global Returnable Asset Identifier
•    Global Individual Asset Identifier

The list of standards maintained in this work group can change at any time due to the development of new relevant standards or the need to move a standard to a different SMG to reach missing expertise. Additionally, the PAL SMG also acts as a pool of experts for maintenance work efforts impacting Party Asset Location Master Data and coordinates with associated Mission Specific work groups. 

Standards Development Leader: Greg Rowe
Call to Action: 17 July 2023
Scorecard: No scorecard due launch of new group

The SMG maintains updates to GS1standards that support visibility, physical event capture and sharing standards such as:

• Global Traceability Standard
• Electronic Product Code (EPCIS) and Core Business VocabularyStandard

The list of standards maintained in this work group can change at any time due to the development of new relevant standards or the need to move a standard to a different SMG to reach missing expertise.

In addition, the group acts as a pool of experts for all mission-specific work groups that are related.

To learn more about the sub-team Global Traceability Checklist for Healthcare, click here.

Standards Development Leader: Greg Rowe
Call to Action: 26 May 2011
Scorecard: No scorecard due to lack of activity

This group will process all work requests (that do not require a Mission-specific Work Group) to enable GS1 standards to be fit for purpose on the web, i.e., the Web Vocabulary Standard & GS1-Conformant Resolvers.

Standards Development Leader: Greg Rowe
Call to Action: 08 February 2023
Scorecard: Click here