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Specimen Barcode and Labeling Guide: Difference between revisions
Specimen Barcode and Labeling Guide (view source)
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* A barcode label may be useful for reading and writing by people, a GUID (especially a UUID) is typically too long to be read or written and is intended to be scanned only by machine. | * A barcode label may be useful for reading and writing by people, a GUID (especially a UUID) is typically too long to be read or written and is intended to be scanned only by machine. | ||
* Large GUIDs, such as UUIDs, are typically too large for 1D barcode labels but can be represented using QR code labels. It is not typical to include the text of the GUID as part of the label. | * Large GUIDs, such as UUIDs, are typically too large for 1D barcode labels but can be represented using QR code labels. It is not typical to include the text of the GUID as part of the label. | ||
==Labels and Labeling== | ==Labels and Labeling== | ||