Semacode
Semacode is a software company based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.[1] It is also this company's trade name for their machine-readable ISO/IEC 16022[2] Data Matrix barcodes, which are used to encode Internet URLs.
Semacodes are primarily aimed at being used with cellular phones which have built-in cameras, to quickly capture a Web site address for use in the phone's web browser. Semacodes are in fact DataMatrix encoded URLs.
The Semacode website states that Semacode tags are an "open system" and that tag creation is "completely unrestricted," with the SDK software tools being free of charge for non-commercial use.[3]
Suggestions for usage from the Semacode.org website[4] included 2007:
- placing Semacode tags on posters, such as those for concerts and public performances. Those interested could use their mobile phone to take a photo of the tag, which could link them directly to the web page where they could order tickets.
- using Semacode tags and mobile phones to enable multilingual museum exhibits—a tag photographed at the exhibition entrance could set a language cookie in the phone's web browser, and subsequent Semacode tags displayed at each exhibit could then link the phone's browser directly to a web page about the item, displayed in the user's language of choice.
- placing Semacode tags on name tags given to conference attendees. These tags could provide the corporate web address of each attendee's company, or their biography and contact details.
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- QR Code an implementation of a similar concept invented in Japan.
- PDF417
- Object hyperlinking
- High Capacity Color Barcode
- SPARQCode
- Cauzin Softstrip an historical implementation of a similar concept introduced in the 1980s
References
- ↑ Semacode: Company Information Archived 2009-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The first edition of iso-iec:16022 was 2000, replaced by 2006's second edition
- ↑ Semacode
- ↑ semacode.org/apps/potential/ Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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