Video games/Appointment format EAN, UPC and barcode17 messages

Ik zie dat er regelmatig spaties worden gebruikt bij het vermelden van EAN-, UPC- en barcodes in het veld 'Bijzonderheden'.

Dit is ongetwijfeld goed bedoeld en waarschijnlijk letterlijk overgenomen van de verpakking van het betreffende object, maar spaties maken officieel geen onderdeel van de code uit.

Aangezien nog niet alle rubrieken beschikken over een speciaal EAN/UPC/barcode-veld, stel ik voor dat we een vermelding zonder spaties aanhouden.

I see that spaces are regularly used when stating EAN, UPC and barcodes in the 'Particulars' field.

This is undoubtedly well-intentioned and probably copied verbatim from the packaging of the object in question, but spaces are not officially part of the code.

Since not all sections have a special EAN/UPC/barcode field yet, I suggest we keep an entry without spaces.

Correct. Where there are spaces, they will be automatically removed at any time.

By 'at any time' you mean a possible future code field in the 'Video games' section?

Or do you mean that removing the spaces is a natural corrective action by the catalog managers?

Wherever an EAN field is located, it is contiguous by a conversion.

Any idea how frequently that conversion takes place?

This item was last modified on May 17, 2014 but still has the spaces:

http://www.catawiki.nl/catalogus/video-games/platformen/sony-playstation/1255627-wrc -arcade

By the way, I kindly requested the importer of this (and many other objects) to omit the spaces.

I will not explain it clearly: at some point all EANs will be converted. That means: as soon as we make time for it. This does not apply to Particulars. EANs contained therein must be entered manually by users in the EAN field as soon as it has been added to that section. Maybe something can be done automatically, but don't count on it.

A little confusing, indeed. In my original question, I was already specifically talking about the 'Particulars' field.

Doesn't matter, it's completely clear now.

Thanks!

So I hadn't read correctly. It's getting late. Let's leave it at that. (;-)

But actually a wish for the extra fields that you could fill in for video games.

For PC video games, this is often one of the few possibilities to distinguish games (provided that good images are placed ).

And if it is there, then probably if I understand correctly the codes without the spaces.

True, without the spaces.

And remember this ?

Plenty of arguments for a (quick) addition of the extra field. The commitment was made at the time but I understand there is a long queue

Arco :

Correct. Where there are spaces, they will be automatically removed at any time.

That is very confusing, because with the ISBN number which is in itself the same as the EAN code and where the spaces are also redundant, the opposite is done.

Tenandere, for books, there are no guidelines on this in the tooltip.

I would argue in favor of keeping the same methodology throughout the entire catalog, otherwise the users will be crazy (including me;)).

Sorry, an ISBN is really different from an EAN. The instructions for filling in an ISBN will remain or will be tightened up.

• ISBN: I nternational S tandard B also N umber
• EAN: E lectronic A rticle N umber (?)
• UPC: U niversal P roduct C ode (?)

In that case, an EAN can actually be used for anything and ISBN is therefore only used for books and comics. The ISBN is a number that has been internationally assigned to a book (or magazine?) And is listed in a colophon and well-known books even have a KB number from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. An EAN is therefore simply an article number and can therefore be the barcode. This is also possible for books, but according to the CataWiki standard without spaces.

ISBN has its own CataWiki standard (equal to the international?).

CataWiki wide, the EAN code can must be entered uniformly without spaces, but that is more common with the Videogames.

Or am I completely wrong, Arco?

I think we will eventually call it Barcode everywhere in Catawiki, since everyone understands what that is. Only not with (comic) books. That's where we keep ISBNs.

That seems the best solution by far. And keep the ISSN number for magazines. Although, I just noticed that this code is not listed at Catawiki. But that field is undoubtedly still in the queue.

In (comic) books and magazines for years it has almost always been stated on the title page that it concerns an ISBN or ISSN number (or both!), At other articles are not always specifically marked 'EAN' or 'UPC', so I think Arco's suggestion creates the least confusion and least errors.

We record varying information in fields under Items. An ISSN is the same for every issue of a magazine. We currently record this in Details for the first number, or on a Background page.

Correct, the ISSN number does not refer to separate issues.

In itself it makes sense not to create a separate field for non-changing information. The disadvantage is that importers are less likely to think about adding this information. Anyway, for an ISSN number that is a much smaller loss than for an EAN number, for example.