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The '''Global Data Synchronization Network''' (GDSN) is an [[internet]]-based, interconnected network of interoperable [[data pool]]s andgoverned a global registry known as theby [[GS1]] Globalstandards. Registry,The GDSN that enables companies around the globe to exchange standardised and synchronised product [[supplymaster chaindata]] data with their trading partners using a standardised [[Global Product Classification]].

The GDSN assuresis used as a tool to ensure that data exchanged between trading partners is accurate and compliant with universally supported standards. The GDSN consists of supplier/retailer trading partnerpartners, data pools that hold and process trading partner data, and the GS1 Global Registry, a directory that helps locate data sources and keep relationshipsmessages between trading partners in sync.

==Global identification numbers==

The [[Global Location Number]] (GLN) and the [[Global Trade Item Number]] (GTIN) are the global identification numbers in the GDSN. The GLN is the identifier for [[Legal person|legal entities]], trading partners and locations while the GTIN is the identifiers for trade items.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epcglobalinc.org/about/media_centre/EPCglobal_and_GDSN_v4_0_Final.pdf |title=EPCglobal: The EPCgloabal Network and the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) |access-date=2008-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106044442/http://www.epcglobalinc.org/about/media_centre/EPCglobal_and_GDSN_v4_0_Final.pdf |archive-date=2009-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Data Pools==

There are currently 44 GDSN-certified data pools<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gs1.org/services/gdsn/certified-data-pools-list |title=GS1: Certified data pool list |access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>

==References==