BSIStandardsPublicationBSISO/IEC29158:2020Informationtechnology—Automaticidentificationanddatacapturetechniques—DirectPartMark(DPM)QualityGuidelinebsi.BSISO/IEC29158:2020BRITISHSTANDARDNationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheUKimplementationofISO/IEC29158:2020.ItsupersedesPDISO/IECTR29158:2011,whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeIST/34,Automaticidentificationanddatacapturetechniques.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitscommitteemanager.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CTheBritishStandardsInstitution2020PublishedbyBSIStandardsLimited2020ISBN9780580930485ICS35.040.50CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon31December2020.Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublicationDateTextaffectedBSISO/IEC29158:2020INTERNATIONALISO/IECSTANDARD29158Firstedition2020-12Informationtechnology—Automaticidentificationanddatacapturetechniques—DirectPartMark(DPM)QualityGuidelineTechnologiesdeI'information—Techniquesautomatiquesd'identificationetdecapturededonnées—Lignedirectricedequalitédumarquagedirectsurpièce(DPM)ReferencenumberISO/IEC29158:2020(E)OISO/IEC2020BSISO/IEC29158:2020ISO/IEC29158:2020(E)COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENTOISO/IEC2020Alrightsreserved.Unlessotherwisespecified,orrequiredinthecontextofitsimplementation,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedorutilizedotherwiseinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,orpostingontheinternetoranintranet,withoutpriorwrittenpermission.PermissioncanberequestedfromeitherISOattheaddressbeloworISO'smemberbodyinthecountryoftherequester.ISOcopyrightofficeCP401·Ch.deBlandonnet8CH-1214Vernier,GenevaPhone:+41227490111Email:copyright@iso.orgWebsite:www.iso.orgPublishedinSwitzerlandiiOISO/IEC2020-AllrightsreservedBSISO/IEC29158:2020ISO/IEC29158:2020(E)ContentsPageForeword.....................................................................................................................................................................................VIntroduction....................................................................................................................................................vi1Scope.....................................................................................................................................................12Normativereferences.....................................................................................................................................13Termsanddefinitions............................................................................................................................................14Symbolsandabbreviatedterms................................................................................................................................................................................25Overviewofmethodology.................................................................................................................................25.1ProcessdifferencesfromISO/IEC15415...............................................................................................