# ISO/IEC 16388:2007 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO/IEC 16388:2007, item title is Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Code 39 bar code symbology specification; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/IEC 16388:2023; withdrawn / published date is 2007-05-09, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO/IEC 16388:2007 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Code 39 bar code symbology specification _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/IEC 16388:2023 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2007-05-09 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 43897,IS,,ISO/IEC 16388:2007,Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Code 39 bar code symbology specification,"Technologies de l'information — Techniques automatiques d'identification et de capture des données — Spécifications des symbologies des codes à barres, code 39",2007-05-09,2,"['01.080.50','35.040.50']",ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31,9599,[30268],[77799],['en'],18,"

The technology of bar coding is based on the recognition of patterns encoded in bars and spaces of defined dimensions. There are numerous methods of encoding information in bar code form, known as symbologies. Code 39 is one such symbology. The rules defining the translation of characters in ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).