GLN
type: NamingSystem
node role: treeRoot
id:
  v: GLN
text:
  status:
    v: generated
  div: Generated Narrative: NamingSystem GLN Summary Defining URL http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/GLN Version 1.0.0 Name GLN Title Global Location Number (GLN) Status active Definition Global Location Number (GLN) can be used by companies to identify their locations, giving them complete flexibility to identify any type or level of location required. For more information as to how GLNs are used in healthcare, see a GS1 provided guide located here https://www.gs1.org/docs/healthcare/GLN_Healthcare_Imp_Guide.pdf For additional information regarding the GLN standard refer to the GS1 General Specifications (https://www.gs1.org/standards/barcodes-epcrfid-id-keys/gs1-general-specifications) and for assignment refer to the GS1 GLN Allocation Rules (https://www.gs1.org/1/glnrules/en/). GS1 local offices handle all enquiries related to GS1 standards. Please see the list of GS1 offices (https://www.gs1.org/contact/overview) for more information. In relation to the "Healthcare GLN Implementation Guideline": "GS1®, under its IP Policy, seeks to avoid uncertainty regarding intellectual property claims by requiring the participants in the Work Group that developed this Healthcare GLN Implementation Guideline to agree to grant to GS1 members a royalty-free licence or a RAND licence to Necessary Claims, as that term is defined in the GS1 IP Policy. Furthermore, attention is drawn to the possibility that an implementation of one or more features of this Specification may be the subject of a patent or other intellectual property right that does not involve a Necessary Claim. Any such patent or other intellectual property right is not subject to the licensing obligations of GS1. Moreover, the agreement to grant licences provided under the GS1 IP Policy does not include IP rights and any claims of third parties who were not participants in the Work Group. Accordingly, GS1 recommends that any organisation developing an implementation designed to be in conformance with this Specificatio…
extension:
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    v: http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.url
  value:
    v: http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/GLN
extension:
  url:
    v: http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.version
  value:
    v: 1.0.0
extension:
  url:
    v: http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.title
  value:
    v: Global Location Number (GLN)
name:
  v: GLN
status:
  v: active
kind:
  v: identifier
date:
  v: 2021-12-02T00:00:00-00:00
publisher:
  v: GS1
contact:
  name:
    v: GS1;Avenue Louise 326, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
  telecom:
    system:
      v: phone
    value:
      v: +1 937 435 3870
  telecom:
    system:
      v: url
    value:
      v: https://www.gs1.org/gs1-global-office
responsible:
  v: GS1
description:
  v: Global Location Number (GLN) can be used by companies to identify their locations, giving them complete flexibility to identify any type or level of location required. For more information as to how GLNs are used in healthcare, see a GS1 provided guide located here https://www.gs1.org/docs/healthcare/GLN_Healthcare_Imp_Guide.pdf For additional information regarding the GLN standard refer to the GS1 General Specifications (https://www.gs1.org/standards/barcodes-epcrfid-id-keys/gs1-general-specifications) and for assignment refer to the GS1 GLN Allocation Rules (https://www.gs1.org/1/glnrules/en/). GS1 local offices handle all enquiries related to GS1 standards. Please see the list of GS1 offices (https://www.gs1.org/contact/overview) for more information. In relation to the "Healthcare GLN Implementation Guideline": "GS1®, under its IP Policy, seeks to avoid uncertainty regarding intellectual property claims by requiring the participants in the Work Group that developed this Healthcare GLN Implementation Guideline to agree to grant to GS1 members a royalty-free licence or a RAND licence to Necessary Claims, as that term is defined in the GS1 IP Policy. Furthermore, attention is drawn to the possibility that an implementation of one or more features of this Specification may be the subject of a patent or other intellectual property right that does not involve a Necessary Claim. Any such patent or other intellectual property right is not subject to the licensing obligations of GS1. Moreover, the agreement to grant licences provided under the GS1 IP Policy does not include IP rights and any claims of third parties who were not participants in the Work Group. Accordingly, GS1 recommends that any organisation developing an implementation designed to be in conformance with this Specification should determine whether there are any patents that may encompass a specific implementation that the organisation is developing in compliance with the Specification and whether a licen…
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    v: oid
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    v: 1.3.88
  preferred:
    v: true
unique id:
  type:
    v: uri
  value:
    v: http://www.gs1.org/gln
  preferred:
    v: true
  period:
    start:
      v: 2021-12-02