AIM

The Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM) was founded in 1972 (originally named Automatic Identification Manufacturers Association) as a forum where interested manufacturers could discuss the emergent automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technology, solve problems, and publicize their work. It is based in Pennsylvania but operates globally.

AIM’s Technical Symbology Committee created the Uniform Symbol Specifications (USS) and International Symbology Standard (ISS) standards that were submitted to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as the basis for the ISO and IEC barcode standards that are currently in use. In some cases, the AIM standard was routed through the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for consideration and recommendation to become an ISO standard. AIM is also an authorized reseller of ANSI standards.

Current AIM standards and specifications that pertain to barcode symbologies include:

  • AAP-44 Ed. A (2010) NATO Standard Bar Code Handbook

  • Code 16K

  • DotCode Encoder

  • ISS - Aztec Mesas

  • ISS - Channel Code

  • ISS - Datastrip 2D

  • ISS - DotCode Symbology Specification

  • ISS - Grid Matrix

  • ISS - Han Xin Code symbology specification - Rev. 3.0

  • ISS - Han Xin Code Utilities Rev 3.0

  • ISS - Posicode

  • ISS - 93i

  • Ultracode - AIM International Symbology Standard

  • USS - Code 49

  • USS - Code 93

For more information, see http://www.aimglobal.org/.