IM users sometimes encounter challenges when identifying their products, especially with changes GS1 made to attribute names. Please see below some additional explanations pulled from the IMPD for each of these attributes. Please post any additional questions you have below.
Alternate Item Identification Agency
"Valid value to specify the type of identifier, usually associated with a specific business need, that is in addition to the GTIN, for example, a buyer's or seller's item or model number.
Used to declare the type of additional product identification that allows a buyer to know which identification system is used. Used in conjunction with Alternate Item Identification ID."
Alternate Item Identification ID
"An identifier, usually associated with a specific business need, that is in addition to the GTIN, for example, a buyer's or seller's item or model number.
Used to allow a buyer to identify a product by other identification systems. Used in conjunction with Alternate Item Identification Agency."
GTIN for Point of Sale Type Code
"Valid value used to communicate the type of GTIN for scanning at point of sale.
Used to identify the type of GTIN that will be used for the product at point of sale. Used in conjunction with GTIN for Point of Sale"
GTIN for Point of Sale
"The GTIN value used at point of sale.
Used to identify the GTIN value that will be used for the product at point of sale. Used in conjunction with GTIN for Point of Sale Type Code"
Is Barcode Symbology Derivable?
A boolean field determines that the data structure on the trade item can be derived from the GTIN.
This is how the attributes appear in IM under the Classification & Identification section header:
