Global Release Identifier

<h2 id="basic-construction">Basic construction</h2>
<p>A GRid consists of 18 <a href="/facts/Alphanumeric/ytA9RSIv">alphanumerical</a> <a href="/facts/Character_(computing)/X2zKLFFB">characters</a> (<a href="/facts/Numerical_digit/JJdLBoGT">numerical digits</a> and <a href="/facts/Capital_letters/KQcwaUUD">capital letters</a> as defined in <a href="/facts/ISO%2fIEC_646/7CdXUnTs">ISO/IEC 646</a>:1991-IRV, which is identical to <a href="/facts/American_Standard_Code_for_Information_Interchange/vGUI33Qu">ASCII</a>) that are grouped into four elements as follows:
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Identifier Scheme element (2 characters)
“A1” denotes a GRid.
Issuer Code element (5 characters)
A unique identifier of the organisation responsible for allocating the GRid, issued by the International GRid Authority (i.e., the <a href="/facts/IFPI/h3f3zMVv">IFPI</a>).
Release Number element (10 characters)
Uniquely identifies the specific bundle of digital resources compiled by the issuer, where “a digital resource is a digital fixation of an expression of an abstract work, such as a sound recording, an audio-visual recording, a photograph, software, a graphic image or a passage of text.”
Check Character element (1 character)
The <a href="/facts/Check_digit/qMlumJpU">check character</a> is computed according to <a href="/facts/ISO_7064%3a1983/c0tpfNS6">ISO 7064:1983</a> Mod 37, 36.
<p>When a GRid is written, printed or otherwise visually presented, the four elements of the
GRid should be separated from each other by a <a href="/facts/Hyphen/2qtCxIGv">hyphen</a>. For clarity, it can also be <a href="/facts/Substring/dM5Rqg6X">prefixed</a> with “GRid:”. Neither the hyphens nor the “GRid:”-prefix form part of
the GRid. It is recommended that when a GRid is visually presented, the font used should
clearly distinguish between the <a href="/facts/Numerical_digit/JJdLBoGT">digits</a> ‘1’ and ‘0’ on the one hand, and the <a href="/facts/Letter_(alphabet)/uRnrbGIJ">letters</a> ‘I’ and ‘O’ on the other hand.
</p><p>The following character <a href="/facts/String_(computer_science)/4ChJu5WS">strings</a> all denote the same GRid: 
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<ul><li>A12425GABC1234002M</li>
<li>A1-2425G-ABC1234002-M</li>
<li>GRid:A1-2425G-ABC1234002-M</li></ul>
<p>Where: 
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<ul><li>A1 – Identifier Scheme element</li>
<li>2425G – Issuer Code element</li>
<li>ABC1234002 – Release Number element</li>
<li>M – Check Character element</li></ul>
<h2 id="registration">Registration</h2>
<p>GRid codes can be registered through becoming a GRid issuer with the <a href="/facts/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry/h3f3zMVv">IFPI</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> or by using the GRid generator contained in the <a href="/facts/Sound_Credit/MLjcPDva">Sound Credit</a> desktop application.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Standard_Recording_Code/24XgqCwd">International Standard Recording Code</a> (ISRC)</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.ifpi.org/resource/grid/">GRid home page</a> of the <a href="/facts/IFPI/h3f3zMVv">IFPI</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ifpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/GRid_Standard_v2_1.pdf">Grid Standard V2.1</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"What is GRid?". IFPI. IFPI. Retrieved 2020-11-27. <a href="https://www.ifpi.org/resource/grid/" target="_blank">https://www.ifpi.org/resource/grid/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"ISRC and GRid Codes for Music Receive Top Quality Tech". Sound Credit. Sound Credit. Retrieved 2020-11-27. <a href="https://blog.sound.credit/post/ISRC-and-GRid-Codes-for-Music-Receive-Top-Quality-Tech" target="_blank">https://blog.sound.credit/post/ISRC-and-GRid-Codes-for-Music-Receive-Top-Quality-Tech</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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