This changes everything. Thanks for great breakdown. QR Space is a startup that is at forefront of using QR Codes to point to software technology for businesses. We are building out services to make full use of this new technology wave. Check us out!
Nice explanation, Phil! I still had to cringe a little at your httpRange-14 explanation. Old wounds. Also, as a geek, I want to know exactly what about the URL signals to the scanner it's got a GTIN. But not enough to look it up 🙂
Scanners will ignore the fact it's a URL - it's just a syntax for the identifiers which are independent of the internet domain name. So we have put in mitigations against breaking a server's sovereignty over its URI space.
@@sandhawke yes, but it's horrendous. Scanners have context if the store as starting point. Start from right hand side if path, go back 2 path segments, if it's a recognised GS1 'application identifer' (a numeric parameter) then the thing you skipped over is its value.
@@1philarcher okay makes reasonable engineering sense. The potential for misreading that is significant, though. Everyone putting QR codes where they might be price scanned needs to know this.
Like, it's not just use this syntax and get cool features. It's also Beware! Accidentally use this syntax and your item will scan as something else. I suppose the gtin-in-stock space is sparse enough that's statistically unlikely.
Best optimized with a decentralized knowledge graph.
Well put and thank you for the effort, Phil Archer
Great video, can't wait to see this implemented widely.
great explanation and video, phil!
This changes everything. Thanks for great breakdown. QR Space is a startup that is at forefront of using QR Codes to point to software technology for businesses. We are building out services to make full use of this new technology wave. Check us out!
Thanks a lot for the info :)
Nice explanation, Phil! I still had to cringe a little at your httpRange-14 explanation. Old wounds. Also, as a geek, I want to know exactly what about the URL signals to the scanner it's got a GTIN. But not enough to look it up 🙂
Scanners will ignore the fact it's a URL - it's just a syntax for the identifiers which are independent of the internet domain name. So we have put in mitigations against breaking a server's sovereignty over its URI space.
@@1philarcher Is there a regex the scanner uses to find the gtin?
@@sandhawke yes, but it's horrendous. Scanners have context if the store as starting point. Start from right hand side if path, go back 2 path segments, if it's a recognised GS1 'application identifer' (a numeric parameter) then the thing you skipped over is its value.
@@1philarcher okay makes reasonable engineering sense. The potential for misreading that is significant, though. Everyone putting QR codes where they might be price scanned needs to know this.
Like, it's not just use this syntax and get cool features. It's also Beware! Accidentally use this syntax and your item will scan as something else. I suppose the gtin-in-stock space is sparse enough that's statistically unlikely.