In addition to the common barcode properties, the specifics described below are available for GS1 DataBar.
General group specifies how the databar content is going to be formatted before encoding.
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Structured data sets the standard GS1 system data structure as a model for inserting the barcode data. Use GS1 function to encode the data correctly (for more on GS1 and other functions, see topic Functions). Composite GS1 barcodes represent structured data in the composite part of the code.
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Unstructured data allows inserting the data without a model – only character type and number must comply with the selected barcode type.
Data
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Linear data is the part of the data that is encoded in the linear part of the barcode. The data is either manually inserted or defined by a predefined Data source.
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Composite data is the part of the data that is encoded in the composite part of the barcode. This part of data is always structured and follows one of the standard system data structures as defined by the GS1. The data is either manually inserted or defined by a predefined Data source.
GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked subtype encodes the data in the form of symbol segments sequence. Symbol width is defined by the number of symbol segments in each stacked row. Symbol height is defined by the number of stacked rows and their height.
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Segments per Row defines the number of segments for each row of a symbol. Up to 22 segments are allowed per symbol.