The Global Electronic Party Information Register (GEPIR) is a distributed database that contains basic information on over 1,000,000 companies in over 100 countries. Distributed computing is decentralised and parallel computing, using two or more computers communicating over a network to accomplish a common objective or task. ... A database is an organized collection of data. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ...

You can search by GTIN (includes UPC and EAN-13), SSCC and GLN numbers or by company name in some countries. Results can be returned in HTML or XML for some countries. Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is an identifier for trade items developed by GS1 (comrising the former EAN International and Uniform Code Council). ... The Universal Product Code (UPC) is one of a wide variety of bar code languages called symbologies. ... European Article Numbering-Uniform Code Council (EAN-UCC) is the international organization of product barcodes that are printed on almost everything that is sold in stores worldwide. ... The Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) is an eighteen digit number used to identify logistics units. ... The Global Location Number (GLN) is a thirteen digit number used to identify parties and physical locations. ... This is an incomplete list of lists of companies. ... An excerpt of HTML code with syntax highlighting In computing, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a markup language designed for the creation of web pages with hypertext and other information to be displayed in a web browser. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. ...

The service is provided jointly by different GS1 Member Organizations. GS1 is a global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across multiple sectors. ...

External link

• http://www.gepir.org