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 MUSIC RECORDINGS TRADE ITEM EXTENSION  v. 2.1
Trade Item Measurement Rules
CubiScanR 30
The music and movie publishing industries have a long history of utilizing a specific measurement orientation for CDs and DVDs. The method of measurement and orientation of these trade items has been incorporated into a measurement tool manufactured by Quantronix, Inc. The tool is called CubiScanR 30. This tool has emerged as a standard for these industries and is consistent with the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) method of measurement.
 
In this measurement system, the dimensional measurements of CDs and DVDs are derived as follows:
 
The trade item is laid flat in the upper left corner of the CubiScanR 30, with the spine along the left edge of the CubiScanR 30, and the front of the CD or DVD facing up.
 
            NARM Height = Thickness
            NARM Length = Bottom left to bottom right
            NARM Width = Top left to bottom left
 
The information providers are expected to populate the appropriate EAN.UCC dimensional attributes per the chart below. Standard measurements for CDs and DVDs:
CubiScanR 30 EAN.UCC CD DVD
NARM Height Depth .25 in .375 in
NARM Width Height 4.75 in 5.375 in
NARM Length Width 5.50 in 7.000 in

The illustrations below show how the product is oriented and measured:
Peg Hole Measurements
 
Please use the following method for populating peg hole information for those trade items for which the packaging has more than one peg hole (this example is for a package with two peg holes):
Attribute Value  
 
Horizontal measurement is from left edge to the center of the hole
 
Vertical measurement is from the top to the center of the hole
 
Peg Hole Number 1
Peg Horizontal and UOM 1 in
Peg Vertical and UOM 2 in
Peg Hole Number 2
Peg Horizontal and UOM 4 in
Peg Vertical and UOM 2 in

Note: While the EAN.UCC standard was revised to identify that a package may have more than one peg hole, at this time it incorrectly prohibits multiple iterations of these attributes. A request has been submitted to Align Data to consider an errata revision to correct this in the published standard.
 
Attributes contained in the current EAN.UCC standard
 
The entertainment industry requirements team requested the attributes listed in the table below. Upon further analysis, it was determined these attributes already exist in the current EAN.UCC standard. The following conversion table should be used for implementation:
Entertainment Attribute EAN.UCC Attribute
Units per Set Net Content
Carton Lot Quantity Quantity of Next Lower Level Trade Item (contained in the Case GTIN record)
Sale Street Date Consumer Availability Date
One Way Indicator Is Non Sold Trade item Returnable
Primary Packaging Description Packaging Type Description
 
  • This attribute can be repeated with multiple values
  • See industry code list in Appendix B

Secondary Packaging Description
Status Code (OrderableReturnableConditionsCode)
Attribute
Value
 
     
Status Code Active  
Is Trade Item Orderable TRUE  
Is Non Sold Trade Item Returnable TRUE  
Returnable Trade Item End Date CCYYMMDD  
     
Status Code Cutout  
Is Trade Item Orderable FALSE  
Is Non Sold Trade Item Returnable TRUE  
Returnable Trade Item End Date CCYYMMDD  
     
Status Code Deleted  
Is Trade Item Orderable FALSE  
Is Non Sold Trade Item Returnable FALSE  
Returnable Trade Item End Date CCYYMMDD  
     
Status Code Hold Hold
Is Trade Item Orderable TRUE FALSE
Is Non Sold Trade Item Returnable FALSE FALSE
Returnable Trade Item End Date CCYYMMDD CCYYMMDD


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Date of Publication: June 2007
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