NSI Bar Code Technology 1.1
Conformance Requirements

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NAME

NSI Bar Code Technology

LABEL

• BAR CODE

When the NASPL Certification Logo, along with this label, is used on, or in relation to, a technology registered as conformant to this Conformance Requirements Document, it must be accompanied by an attribution in the form defined in Schedule 4 of the applicable North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries Trademark License Agreement.

DESCRIPTION

This Conformance Requirements Document is for:

1. Instant ticket bar code designs that conform to the Technical Standard for Bar Codes for Instant Tickets in the Lottery Industry
2. Gaming systems or gaming system components that make use of such bar codes

The applicability of the Conformance Requirements extends to the following technology types:

1. Ticket Bar Code Design
2. Bar Code Reader
3. Terminal Software
4. Bar Code Terminal
5. Server Side Software Application
6. Integrated Gaming System

The following definitions are used in this document:

• Bar Code: One or more of the following, as defined in the applicable Technical Standard (see Conformance Requirements below):

1. Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) Bar Code
2. Lottery-Specific Bar Code
3. Integrated U.P.C. and Lottery-Specific Bar Code

• Ticket Bar Code Design: This technology type comprises (1) the bar code content and (2) the physical printed bar code.
• Bar Code Reader: This technology type is an optical device for scanning a printed bar code that, with the aid of an internal or external driver, provides data that can be processed by Terminal Software or a Server-Side Software Application.
• Terminal Software: This technology type interprets data from a Bar Code Reader and processes that data for application-specific purposes.
• Bar Code Terminal: This technology type combines a Bar Code Reader and Terminal Software in a single physical unit.
• Server-Side Software Application: This technology type accepts bar code data as input and processes that data for application-specific purposes.
• Integrated Gaming System: This technology type comprises an integrated collection of components that may include instances of the other technology types.
• Bar Code Validation Data: Generated instances of conformant bar codes created for the express purpose of validating a Bar Code Technology.
• Bar Code Validation Report: Validation results that are reported in a prescribed format used by the NSI Bar Code Technology Certification Program to compare actual and expected results.

CONFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

The Conformance Requirements are derived from the following Technical Standard:

• Bar Codes for Instant Tickets in the Lottery Industry, Version 2, Document Number TS0601, January 2006, and any Corrigenda issued against such Technical Standard, supplemented by any Interpretations applicable to this particular version and revision of the Technical Standard.

Conformance Requirements for the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) Bar Code are derived from Section 2.1 of the Technical Standard.

Conformance Requirements for the Lottery-Specific Bar Code are derived from Section 2.2 of the Technical Standard.

Conformance Requirements for the Integrated U.P.C. and Lottery-Specific Bar Code are derived from Section 2.3 of the Technical Standard.

A conformant Bar Code Technology must:

• Demonstrate that it implements all the mandatory "Must" clauses, as defined in the relevant section of the Technical Standard (see above)
• Demonstrate that it implements all the recommended "Should" clauses, as defined in the relevant section of the Technical Standard (see above), or else provide a rationale in the Conformance Statement for why the recommendation is not followed
• Demonstrate that it implements all the optional "May" clauses, as defined in the relevant section of the Technical Standard (see above), for which support is indicated in the Conformance Statement

OVERRIDING STANDARDS

None.

INDICATORS OF CONFORMANCE

For a Bar Code Technology, the Indicators of Conformance are:

• A Conformance Statement that shows how the technology meets the Conformance Requirements defined above.
• A Validation Report documenting the results of performing validation with Validation Data in accordance with a currently authorized release of the NSI Bar Code Validation Specification.

MIGRATION

As this is the first version of the NSI Bar Code Technology Conformance Requirements, there are no migration issues.

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Issue 1.1.2 - May 2007