CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 15438:16

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols, operations and abbreviated terms
5 Requirements
Annex A (normative) - Encoding/decoding table of PDF417
        symbol character barspace sequences
Annex B (normative) - The default character set for Byte
        Compaction mode
Annex C (normative) - Byte Compaction mode encoding
        algorithm
Annex D (normative) - Numeric Compaction mode encoding
        algorithm
Annex E (normative) - User selection of error correction level
Annex F (normative) - Tables of coefficients for calculating
        PDF417 error correction codewords
Annex G (normative) - Compact PDF417
Annex H (normative) - Macro PDF417
Annex I (normative) - Testing PDF417 symbol quality
Annex J (normative) - Reference decode algorithm for PDF417
Annex K (normative) - Error correction procedures
Annex L (normative) - Symbology identifier
Annex M (normative) - Transmission protocol for decoders
        conforming with original PDF417 standards
Annex N (informative) - Algorithm to minimise the number
        of codewords
Annex O (informative) - Guidelines to determine the symbol
        matrix
Annex P (informative) - Calculating the coefficients for
        generating the error correction codewords - worked
        example
Annex Q (informative) - Generating the error correction
        codewords - worked example
Annex R (informative) - Division circuit procedure for
        generating error correction codewords
Annex S (informative) - Additional guidelines for the
        use of PDF417
Bibliography

Defines the requirements for the bar code symbology known as PDF417.

Preface Standards development within the Information Technology sector is harmonized with international standards development. Through the CSA Technical Committee on Information Technology (TCIT), Canadians serve as the SCC Mirror Committee (SMC) on ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Information Technology (ISO/IEC JTC1) for the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the ISO member body for Canada and sponsor of the Canadian National Committee of the IEC. Also, as a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Canada participates in the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (ITU-T). For brevity, this Standard will be referred to as "CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 15438" throughout. This Standard supersedes CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 15438:07 (adopted ISO/IEC 15438:2006). At the time of publication, ISO/IEC 15438:2015 is available from ISO and IEC in English only. CSA Group will publish the French version when it becomes available from ISO and IEC. Scope This International Standard specifies the requirements for the bar code symbology known as PDF417. It specifies PDF417 symbology characteristics, data character encodation, symbol formats, dimensions, error correction rules, reference decoding algorithm, and a number of application parameters.