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The 'B' in ISWN-B stands for Bottle; and this 23 digit-code is used
to uniquely describe the wine bottle characterized by vintage, volume and packaging type.
Use
Wine shops use this code as a uniqe and common key for the products they sell.
Indeed a wine is a class of consumer products, characterized by an ISWN-W code and a
product brand name.
The ISWN-B is used to describe all the instances in this class,
i.e. the wine bottles.
The subcodes are as follows:
CCC - RR - PP.PPP - WWW / YYYY - VVVV - B / X
Examples
From ISWN #71009002180011996007500, we can derive this: it is a standard 75 ml bottle of South African Cabernet Sauvignon by Thelema Winery, 1996 vintage.
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The ISWN is composed as: |
710 - 09 - 00.218 - 001 / 1996 - 0075 - 0 / 0 |
CCC - RR - PP.PPP - WWW / YYYY - VVVV - B / X
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and reads as follows: |
ISWN-P
ISWN-W
ISWN-V
ISWN-B
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710
710
710
710
710
710 |
- 09
- 09
- 09
- 09
- 09
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- 00.218
- 00.218
- 00.218
- 00.218
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- 001
- 001
- 001
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/ 1996
/ 1996
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- 0075
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is South Africa
is regio Stellenbosch
is Thelema Winery
is Thelema's Cabernet Sauvignon
is the 1996 vintage of this wine
is a 75 ml bottle |
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