NUMBERING SCHEME

There are many different 'numbering schemes' for assigning nominal numbers to entities. These generally require an agreed set of rules, or a central coordinator. The schemes can be considered to be examples of a primary key of a database management system table, whose table definitions require a database design.
Numbering schemes include:

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Chemistry

Communications

Locations

Products

Topics

People

Others/general

See also

Chemistry

★ CAS registry numbers for chemical compounds

★ EC numbers for identifying enzymes

★ UN numbers for (classes of) hazardous substances

★ E numbers for food additives

Communications

★ The E.164 numbering plan for telephone numbers, including:

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★ Country calling codes

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★ North American Numbering Plan

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★ Telephone numbering plan#Numbering plans by country

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★ Argentina: Argentine telephone numbering plan

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★ Australia: Australian telephone numbering plan

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★ China: China telephone numbering plan

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★ France: French telephone numbering plan

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★ Hong Kong: Hong Kong telephone numbering plan

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★ Japan: Japanese telephone numbering plan

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★ Singapore: Singapore telephone numbering plan

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★ United Kingdom: UK telephone numbering plan

★ The IP address allocation scheme (IANA)

★ The DNIC prefixes of X.25 NUAs assigned by the ITU http://www.itu.int

Locations

★ Postal codes

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★ ZIP codes

★ Global Location Numbers by GS1

★ Road numbering schemes

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★ Arlington County, Virginia, street-naming system

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★ British road numbering scheme

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★ European route by UNECE

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★ Interstate highway

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★ Edmonton, Alberta#Street_layout

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★ Montreal#Street grid system

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★ Highways in Australia#Route numbering systems

★ FIPS place codes

★ House numbering schemes

★ Floor numbering

★ line number
''See also:'' country code, address (geography).

Products

★ The GS1 numbering scheme, including

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★ GTIN for products, which includes the UPC and EAN-13 barcodes

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★ ISBN codes for books

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★ ISSN codes for periodicals

★ Vehicle identification number

Topics

★ Dewey Decimal Classification and Universal Decimal Classification for books

★ West American Digest System legal topic numbering scheme

People

★ National identification numbers

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★ Personal identification number (Denmark)

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★ Social Security number (United States)

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★ Social Insurance Number (Canada)

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★ INSEE number (France)

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★ National Insurance number (United Kingdom)

★ Personal Public Service Number (Republic of Ireland)

★ Tax File Number (Australia)

★ Permanent account number(India)

★ Unique Master Citizen Number (former Yugoslavia)

★ Det Centrale Personregister (Denmark)
''See also:''

Others/general

★ Production code number

★ Vehicle registration plates

★ Stamp numbering system

★ Post office box#Numbering of boxes

★ Credit card number

★ International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems for diseases

★ The NSAP allocation scheme

★ The MAC address allocation scheme for hardware addresses of certain networking products

★ Use of ordinals by monarchs

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★ Princes of Reuss

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★ Popes

★ National Pokédex

★ British Carriage and Wagon Numbering and Classification

★ British Locomotive and Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification

See also

★ naming scheme