[urn] Additional feedback: Re: [Uri-review] Re: Re : Re: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Request to register the glue URI scheme
Tom Roberts <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:23:15 +0200
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--===============5233866470314215622== Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="000000000000960b0806572eda95" --000000000000960b0806572eda95 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000960b0806572eda94" --000000000000960b0806572eda94 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All, I'd like to narrow this to the single question I think matters: not whether global business identification is a hard problem, it plainly is. But whether GLUE is what's needed to address it. Michael has already conceded two of the cases himself. He's noted the LEI registrations are "arguably unnecessary" and duplicative, and that it's fine for GLUE not to re-register GS1's identifiers since GS1 is establishing its own namespace. The IANA registry shows how far that same logic reaches. GLEIF registered urn:lei itself. GS1's EPC global already holds urn:epc and urn:epcglobal. ISO registered urn:iso, SWIFT urn:swift, the ISSN Centre urn:issn. In each case the authority that defines the identifiers registered the namespace and the model RFC 8141 anticipates this, with a fast-track path for standards organisations in Section 6.3. Wherever GLUE overlaps these systems, it duplicates work the authorities have already done for themselves. That leaves the identifiers whose authorities haven't registered : DUNS, PEN, ISO/IEC 6523 and others. But here GLUE does less than it appears. It can only reformat identifiers that already exist; it issues nothing. A business holding no LEI, GLN, DUNS, or 6523 number gains no GLUE identifier at all. So the cross-border-trade rationale and the point that LEI covers only a few million of the world's businesses cuts against GLUE as much as for it: GLUE reaches exactly the same already-identified entities and no further. It doesn't close the gap; it re-expresses what is already inside it. The necessity of GLUE therefore rests on the premise that the remaining authorities will never register their own namespaces. That premise is being overtaken in real time: GS1 already has, SDMX (ISO 17369) will shortly and others are moving the same way. If there is genuine demand for a URI form of ISO/IEC 6523, the cleaner path is the one ISO, GLEIF, and GS1 have already walked. I remain a non-voting participant and defer to the designated experts on the outcome. But on the specific question of need, I don't think the case has yet been made. Best regards, <http://smartxdata.com/> *Tom Roberts* *Chief Data Officer / Founder* *ISO 17369 TWG Member* *BSI IST/12 Member* *Mobile **CZ: +420 773 532 216* *Mobile US: +1 407-459-1688* *Email: [email protected] <[email protected]>* CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This email message and any attachment may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which the email is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, that person is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us as soon as possible by telephone (collect calls will be accepted). Thank you for your cooperation and assistance. <https://twitter.com/macktony> On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 8:26=E2=80=AFPM Michael Jones <michael_b_jones@hotm= ail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Brent, for assembling this list that shows the enormity and > infeasibility of the task of getting individual authorities to make their > own URN or URI registrations. I agree that that this illustrates the > practical value of the GLUE approach. > > > > And to Chris, as I wrote on June 14th, we=E2=80=99d be glad to remove GS1= from > the GLUE specification when we publish a next draft. Once GS1 has > completed its own registration, there=E2=80=99s no need for another URI > representation of GS1 identifiers. I wish you timely success with that. > > > > Best > wishes, > > -- Mike > > > > *From:* Brent Zundel <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, July 10, 2026 8:56 AM > *To:* Chris Day <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Dale R. Worley <[email protected]>; Chris Day <chris.day=3D > [email protected]>; [email protected]; Peter > Saint-Andre <[email protected]>; Pamela Dingle < > [email protected]>; Roy T. Fielding <[email protected]>; Ted > Hardie <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; The IESG = < > [email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; > Chris Inacio <[email protected]>; Anish Karmarkar < > [email protected]>; Apoorav Trehan < > [email protected]>; Babak Jahromi (CELA) <[email protected]= > > *Subject:* Re: [Uri-review] Re: [urn] Re: Re: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Request > to register the glue URI scheme > > > > Chris, > > > > Thank you for clarifying. > > > > My goal in sharing the list was to illustrate how large the set of > business identifier authorities is, and consequently, how impractical it > would be to attempt to pursue a strategy of trying to persuade every > business identifier authority to register a URN. > > > > My argument is that every business authority identifier registering its > own URN is not a valid answer to the problem we're trying to address with > GLUE. > > > > Brent > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 9:06=E2=80=AFAM Chris Day <[email protected]> wro= te: > > Hi Brent =E2=80=93 > > > > It was in the context you set when presenting the list > > > > =E2=80=9CIn response to those who suggest that it is practical to contact= each > business Identifier authority *and persuade them each to register their > own URN scheme*, I present the following data set. > > =E2=80=9D > > > > > > > > *Chris Day* > Technical Business Analyst > AI & Data Sustainability > > *GS1 **Global Office* > *T*=E2=80=AF+44 (0)7930 909 297 > *M*=E2=80=AF+44 (0)7930 909 297 > *E*[email protected] > > www.gs1.org > > > > > <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/863f06db973540b1bc76e66151d70= [email protected]?anonymous&ep=3Dsignature&ismsaljsauthenabled> > > Book time to meet with me > <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/863f06db973540b1bc76e66151d70= [email protected]?anonymous&ep=3Dsignature&ismsaljsauthenabled> > > > > > > *From:* Brent Zundel <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 10 July 2026 15:45 > *To:* Chris Day <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Dale R. Worley <[email protected]>; Chris Day <chris.day=3D > [email protected]>; [email protected]; Peter > Saint-Andre <[email protected]>; Pamela Dingle < > [email protected]>; Roy T. Fielding <[email protected]>; Ted > Hardie <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; The IESG = < > [email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; > Chris Inacio <[email protected]>; Anish Karmarkar < > [email protected]>; Apoorav Trehan < > [email protected]>; Babak Jahromi (CELA) <[email protected]= > > *Subject:* Re: [Uri-review] Re: [urn] Re: Re: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Request > to register the glue URI scheme > > > > Chris, > > > > Thank you for your concern. To my understanding, I am allowed to include > GLEIF and GS1 in lists of business identifier authorities. > > Unless it is your contention that GLEIF and GS1 are not in fact business > identifier authorities, I'm not sure what your issue is in this case. > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 8:12=E2=80=AFAM Chris Day <[email protected]> wro= te: > > Hi Brent =E2=80=93 > > > > I suspect you=E2=80=99ll have the same concerns raised by each Business A= uthority. > > > > Please remove GS1 from your list as we are going through the process. I > suspect Karla @ the GLEI will be following suit. > > > > Several of the companies you mention have business models for the bulk us= e > of their identifiers and legalise around the usage. I=E2=80=99m sure you= =E2=80=99ll factor > this in when you make contact. > > > > > > > > *Chris Day* > Technical Business Analyst > AI & Data Sustainability > > *GS1 **Global Office* > *T*=E2=80=AF+44 (0)7930 909 297 > *M*=E2=80=AF+44 (0)7930 909 297 > *E*[email protected] > > www.gs1.org > > > > > <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/863f06db973540b1bc76e66151d70= [email protected]?anonymous&ep=3Dsignature&ismsaljsauthenabled> > > Book time to meet with me > <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/863f06db973540b1bc76e66151d70= [email protected]?anonymous&ep=3Dsignature&ismsaljsauthenabled> > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Brent Zundel <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 10 July 2026 05:09 > *To:* Dale R. Worley <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Chris Day <[email protected]>; lars.svensson=3D > [email protected]; Peter Saint-Andre <[email protected]>; Pamela > Dingle <[email protected]>; Roy T. Fielding <[email protected]>= ; > Ted Hardie <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; The > IESG <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > [email protected]; Chris Inacio <[email protected]>; Anish Karmarkar < > [email protected]>; Apoorav Trehan < > [email protected]>; Babak Jahromi (CELA) <[email protected]= > > *Subject:* [Uri-review] Re: [urn] Re: Re: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Request to > register the glue URI scheme > > > > You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is > important <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> > > In response to those who suggest that it is practical to contact each > business Identifier authority and persuade them each to register their ow= n > URN scheme, I present the following data set. > > > > Business Identifier Authorities > > *#* > > *Authority* > > *Area where it operates* > > *Identifier(s) / description link* > > 1 > > Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) > > Global > > Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), a 20-character code for legal entities. (H= ome > =E2=80=93 GLEIF > <https://www.gleif.org/en/about-lei/introducing-the-legal-entity-identifi= er-lei?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 2 > > GS1 > > Global > > Global Location Number (GLN) for legal entities, functions, > physical/digital locations. (GS1 > <https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/gln/legal-entity?utm_source=3Dchat= gpt.com> > ) > > 3 > > Dun & Bradstreet > > Global > > D-U-N-S Number, a unique nine-digit business identifier. (Dun & Bradstree= t > <https://www.dnb.com/en-us/smb/duns/get-a-duns.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.= com> > ) > > 4 > > Internal Revenue Service (IRS) > > United States > > Employer Identification Number (EIN). (IRS > <https://www.irs.gov/businesses/employer-identification-number?utm_source= =3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 5 > > U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) > > United States > > Central Index Key (CIK) assigned to SEC filing entities and individuals. = ( > SEC > <https://www.sec.gov/submit-filings/filer-support-resources/how-do-i-guid= es/look-central-index-key-cik-number?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 6 > > SAM.gov / U.S. General Services Administration > > United States federal procurement > > Unique Entity ID, a 12-character identifier for entities doing business > with the U.S. government. (SAM.gov > <https://sam.gov/content/status-tracker?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 7 > > Delaware Division of Corporations > > Delaware, United States > > Delaware entity file number / business entity registration records. (Divi= sion > of Corporations > <https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/ecorp/entitysearch/namesearch.aspx?utm_so= urce=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 8 > > California Secretary of State > > California, United States > > California entity number / business entity ID assigned at registration. (= California > Secretary of State > <https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/cbs-field-sta= tus-definitions?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 9 > > Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) > > Canada > > Business Number (BN), a unique nine-digit business identifier. (Canada > <https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/b= usiness-registration/business-number-program-account.html?utm_source=3Dchat= gpt.com> > ) > > 10 > > Registraire des entreprises du Qu=C3=A9bec > > Qu=C3=A9bec, Canada > > Qu=C3=A9bec Enterprise Number (NEQ). (Gouvernement du Qu=C3=A9bec > <https://www.quebec.ca/en/businesses-and-self-employed-workers/start-entr= eprise/register-constitute-enterprise/learn-about-registration/quebec-enter= prise-number-neq?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 11 > > Ontario Business Registry / ServiceOntario > > Ontario, Canada > > Ontario Business Identification Number (BIN). (ontario.ca > <https://www.ontario.ca/page/business/start/register-your-business-online= ?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 12 > > Servicio de Administraci=C3=B3n Tributaria (SAT) > > Mexico > > Registro Federal de Contribuyentes (RFC) for legal persons. (SAT > <https://www.sat.gob.mx/portal/public/tramites/inscripcion-al-rfc-pm?utm_= source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 13 > > Receita Federal do Brasil > > Brazil > > Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Jur=C3=ADdica (CNPJ). (Servi=C3=A7os e Inform= a=C3=A7=C3=B5es do > Brasil > <https://www.gov.br/pt-br/servicos/inscrever-ou-atualizar-cadastro-nacion= al-de-pessoas-juridicas?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 14 > > ARCA / AFIP > > Argentina > > Clave =C3=9Anica de Identificaci=C3=B3n Tributaria (CUIT). (AFIP > <https://www.afip.gob.ar/inscripcion/cuit-cdi/solicitud-cuit.asp?utm_sour= ce=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 15 > > Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII) > > Chile > > Rol =C3=9Anico Tributario (RUT). (SII > <https://www.sii.cl/contribuyentes/contribuyentes_individuales/chilenos_e= xtranjero/rol_unico_tributario.htm?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 16 > > SUNAT > > Peru > > Registro =C3=9Anico de Contribuyentes (RUC), an 11-digit taxpayer identif= ier. (Renta > 2019 > <https://emprender.sunat.gob.pe/ruc/mi-ruc/inscripcion-ruc?utm_source=3Dc= hatgpt.com> > ) > > 17 > > DIAN > > Colombia > > Registro =C3=9Anico Tributario (RUT) / N=C3=BAmero de Identificaci=C3=B3n= Tributaria > (NIT). (DIAN > <https://www.dian.gov.co/impuestos/RUT/Paginas/Consultas-RUT.aspx?utm_sou= rce=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 18 > > Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI) > > Ecuador > > Registro =C3=9Anico de Contribuyentes (RUC). (Sri Ecuador > <https://www.sri.gob.ec/ruc-personas-naturales?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 19 > > Direcci=C3=B3n Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT/SET) > > Paraguay > > Registro =C3=9Anico de Contribuyentes (RUC). (set.gov.py > <https://www.set.gov.py/web/portal-institucional/registro-%C3%BAnico-de-c= ontribuyentes-ruc-?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 20 > > Direcci=C3=B3n General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) > > Dominican Republic > > Registro Nacional de Contribuyentes (RNC). (DGII > <https://dgii.gov.do/cicloContribuyente/registroRNC/Paginas/default.aspx?= utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 21 > > Superintendencia de Administraci=C3=B3n Tributaria (SAT) > > Guatemala > > N=C3=BAmero de Identificaci=C3=B3n Tributaria (NIT). (Portal SAT > <https://portal.sat.gob.gt/portal/solicitud-electronica-de-nit/?utm_sourc= e=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 22 > > Companies House > > United Kingdom > > Company number / Companies House registration number. (Find and Update > Company Information > <https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company-looku= p/search?forward=3D%2Fauth-code-requests%2Fcompany%2F%7BcompanyNumber%7D%2F= confirm&utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 23 > > INSEE > > France > > SIREN and SIRET identifiers for entities and establishments. (Insee > <https://www.insee.fr/en/metadonnees/source/serie/s1020?utm_source=3Dchat= gpt.com> > ) > > 24 > > Kamer van Koophandel (KVK) > > Netherlands > > KVK number in the Dutch Business Register. (KVK > <https://www.kvk.nl/en/search/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 25 > > FPS Economy / Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE/KBO) > > Belgium > > Enterprise number and establishment-unit number. (FPS Economy > <https://economie.fgov.be/en/themes/enterprises/crossroads-bank-enterpris= es/registration-crossroads-bank?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 26 > > Danish Business Authority / Central Business Register (CVR) > > Denmark > > CVR number. (businessindenmark.virk.dk > <https://businessindenmark.virk.dk/authorities/stat/ERST/self-service/Sta= rt_company/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 27 > > Br=C3=B8nn=C3=B8ysund Register Centre > > Norway > > Organisation number for legal persons. (Br=C3=B8nn=C3=B8ysundregistrene > <https://www.brreg.no/en/about-us-2/our-registers/about-the-central-coord= inating-register-for-legal-entities-ccr/about-the-organisation-number/?utm_= source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 28 > > Bolagsverket > > Sweden > > Organisationsnummer for companies and associations. (bolagsverket.se > <https://bolagsverket.se/foretag/organisationsnummer.1207.html?utm_source= =3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 29 > > Finnish Business Information System (PRH + Tax Administration) > > Finland > > Business ID / Y-tunnus. (YTJ > <https://www.ytj.fi/en/index/businessid.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 30 > > e-Business Register > > Estonia > > Registry code for legal entities. (e-=C3=84riregister > <https://ariregister.rik.ee/eng?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 31 > > Centre of Registers > > Lithuania > > Legal entity code in the Register of Legal Entities. (Registr=C5=B3 Centr= as > <https://www.registrucentras.lt/jar/p_en/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 32 > > Companies Registration Office (CRO) > > Ireland > > CRO register number. (CRO > <https://cro.ie/services-and-help/using-services/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.co= m>) > > 33 > > Unternehmensregister / Handelsregister > > Germany > > Company-register records and register numbers. (Unternehmensregister > <https://www.unternehmensregister.de/de/howto/search?language=3Den&submit= action=3Dlanguage&utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 34 > > Firmenbuch > > Austria > > Firmenbuchnummer / company register number. (Business Service Portal > <https://www.usp.gv.at/themen/betrieb-und-umwelt/laufender-betrieb/firmen= buch.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 35 > > Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) / UID Register > > Switzerland > > UID, formatted as CHE plus nine digits. (Federal Office of Civil Aviation > <https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/registers/enterprise-register/enter= prise-identification/uid-general.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 36 > > Registro Imprese / Italian Chambers of Commerce > > Italy > > Codice fiscale, Partita IVA, and REA number in business-register records.= ( > registroimprese > <https://www.registroimprese.it/codice-fiscale-p.iva-rea?utm_source=3Dcha= tgpt.com> > ) > > 37 > > Agencia Tributaria > > Spain > > N=C3=BAmero de Identificaci=C3=B3n Fiscal (NIF) for legal persons and ent= ities. (Agencia > Tributaria > <https://sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/en_gb/censos-nif-domicilio-fi= scal/solicitar-nif/nif-persona-juridica-entidad.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.c= om> > ) > > 38 > > IRN / Registo Nacional de Pessoas Coletivas (RNPC) > > Portugal > > NIPC, the legal-person identification number. (IRN > <https://irn.justica.gov.pt/Servicos/Empresas-e-outras-pessoas-coletivas/= Registo-Nacional-de-Pessoas-Coletivas?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 39 > > Ministry of Justice / National Court Register (KRS) > > Poland > > KRS number for registered entities. (Ekrs > <https://ekrs.ms.gov.pl/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 40 > > ARES / Czech public administration > > Czechia > > I=C4=8CO, the Czech organization identification number. (ARES > <https://ares.gov.cz/otevrena-data/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 41 > > Statistical Office / Business Register > > Slovakia > > I=C4=8CO, the organization identification number. (Slovak Statistics > <https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/services/services.ico/%21ut/= p/z0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8ziw3wCLJycDB0N3M1DDA08_fyCQ8MsAo093Mz0g1= Pz9AuyHRUBcQFCAQ%21%21/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 42 > > National Trade Register Office (ONRC) > > Romania > > Trade-register order number and unique registration code. (Onrc > <https://www.onrc.ro/index.php/en/informatii-2/informatii-rc?utm_source= =3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 43 > > AJPES > > Slovenia > > Registration number for each business entity in the Slovenian Business > Register. (AJPES > <https://www.ajpes.si/About_AJPES/Tasks?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 44 > > Australian Business Register (ABR) > > Australia > > Australian Business Number (ABN), an 11-digit identifier. (Australian > Business Register > <https://www.abr.gov.au/business-super-funds-charities/applying-abn?utm_s= ource=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 45 > > Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) > > Australia > > Australian Company Number (ACN), a unique nine-digit company identifier. = ( > ASIC > <https://www.asic.gov.au/for-business-and-companies/companies/register-a-= company/australian-company-number-acn/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 46 > > New Zealand Business Number Register > > New Zealand > > NZBN, a globally unique identifier for New Zealand businesses. (New > Zealand Business Number <https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.c= om> > ) > > 47 > > Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) > > Singapore > > Unique Entity Number (UEN). (ACRA > <https://www.acra.gov.sg/register/business/registering-different-business= -structures/local-company/registering-via-bizfile/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com= > > ) > > 48 > > Companies Registry / Inland Revenue Department > > Hong Kong > > Business Registration Number (BRN) as the Unique Business Identifier. (Co= mpanies > Registry > <https://www.cr.gov.hk/en/electronic/e-servicesportal/e-search.htm?utm_so= urce=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 49 > > National Tax Agency > > Japan > > Corporate Number, a 13-digit identifier. (National Tax Agency Business > Number > <https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/en/setsumei/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.co= m>) > > 50 > > Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) > > India > > Corporate Identity Number (CIN). (Ministry of Corporate Affairs > <https://www.mca.gov.in/content/mca/global/en/mca/fo-llp-services/findCin= FinalSingleCom.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 51 > > Goods and Services Tax Network / GST Portal > > India > > GSTIN / UIN for GST-registered entities. (GST Services > <https://services.gst.gov.in/services/quicklinks/searchtxp?utm_source=3Dc= hatgpt.com> > ) > > 52 > > Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) > > Malaysia > > Company, business, and LLP registration numbers. (SSM > <https://www.ssm.com.my/Pages/e-Search.aspx?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 53 > > Online Single Submission (OSS) > > Indonesia > > Nomor Induk Berusaha (NIB), the Business Identification Number. (OSS RBA > <https://oss.go.id/en?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 54 > > Ministry of Commerce > > Saudi Arabia > > Commercial Registration number / commercial-registration records. (Minist= ry > of Commerce > <https://mc.gov.sa/en/eservices/Pages/ServiceDetails.aspx?sID=3D38&utm_so= urce=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 55 > > Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) > > South Africa > > Company registration number. (CIPC > <https://www.cipc.co.za/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 56 > > Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) > > Nigeria > > RC number / company registration records. (Corporate Affairs Commission > <https://www.cac.gov.ng/services/company-search?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>= ) > > 57 > > Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) > > Kenya > > Personal Identification Number (PIN) for businesses and other > organizations. (Kenya Revenue Authority > <https://www.kra.go.ke/individual/individual-pin-registration/learn-about= -pin/about-pin?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 58 > > Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) > > Ghana > > Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for organizations. (Ghana Revenue > Authority > <https://gra.gov.gh/online-tools/verify-tin/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com>) > > 59 > > Corporate and Business Registration Department > > Mauritius > > Business Registration Number (BRN). (Companies Mauritius > <https://companies.govmu.org/cbrd/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BusinessRegi= strationAct2002.pdf?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > 60 > > Direction G=C3=A9n=C3=A9rale des Imp=C3=B4ts / business identifier servic= es > > Morocco > > ICE, IF, and RC business identifiers. (Tax Administration Morocco > <https://www.tax.gov.ma/wps/portal/m.dgi.ma/Mobile/Accueil/VosTeleservice= s/recherche%20entreprise/recherche%20%20entreprise/%21ut/p/z1/rVLLboMwEPyV9= JCjtQ5QAkfCoc2rh7Y04EvFYwG3YIixSPv3NcqFQwOqVEuW7NHsY3YHGITARNzzIla8EXGl_xGz= 323X81fmnh5osDep5662u4fD02ZjUzhNEnwT2HT8GzBgqVCtKiGqm4RXSLKCL-n1vaR90y0UVti= h7HmK3ZJKTEuU-i5QKImt5B2O0RE8JG9TnkFkoWM4lpkTwzYzYhkxksRxXWKklmXRxF4n-Xpgd2= pGku55kERvHG9uJFtjbiTX-IkCs_FskjJ0MKdhOoNea6SbXN8kBPdw6jleIBCNrLWPXv64iUcKu= zmd2pv843xmnjZQIxR-KQj_30G6iiGP_rHQ_ceqJFzkDYS_ZRijY7itg9oxxTfn5PPZubzmZdUf= PO_uB-JqEnk%21/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com> > ) > > These are not all the same kind of identifier: some are tax IDs, some are > company-register numbers, some are procurement IDs, and some are global > standards/private-sector identifiers. But each row is a real authority or > issuer with a public identifier description or lookup/registration page. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2026, 10:13=E2=80=AFAM Dale R. Worley <[email protected]>= wrote: > > I'm not a URI reviewer but I ran into a half-baked idea that is somewhat > aligned with the concept of GLUE. Let me propose it to get some > feedback. > > What is needed is a way to record inexact, non-authoritative, indicative > identifiers. These identifiers, being inexact, generally aren't used > for routine data processing, but rather in exceptional situations where > a human wants to investigate the supply chain of a group of things. > > There's a requirement that the URI can be put into a data field that > "expects a URI", so it has to not be confusable with defined identifier > schemes. > > It seems to me that this can be solved by the "data" URI scheme, which > is designed to carry arbitrary (short) strings. In its simplest usage, > we can carry the identifier "ship 27" by > > data:,ship%2027 > > (The comma is mandatory.) > > Various extensions can handle non-ASCII character sets. And as you can > see, if there was a URN available for the data field, it can be used > unambiguously instead of the data: URI. > > I can easily envision that informal conventions would arise, such as > starting the string with a prefix like "foobar:" to indicate that the > remainder of the string was a "foobar" identifier. > > In use, currently these identifiers would be read and interpreted by a > human, within the context of much more information about the product > that it is associated with. But I can envision that in the future, an > AI system could do a decent job of doing such interpretation. > > Dale > > > ------------------------------ > > CONFIDENTIALITY / DISCLAIMER: The contents of this e-mail are confidentia= l > and are not to be regarded as a contractual offer or acceptance from GS1 > (registered in Belgium). If you are not the addressee, or if this has bee= n > copied or sent to you in error, you must not use data herein for any > purpose, you must delete it, and should inform the sender. GS1 disclaims > liability for accuracy or completeness, and opinions expressed are those = of > the author alone. GS1 may monitor communications. Third party rights > acknowledged. (c) 2025. > ------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------ > > CONFIDENTIALITY / DISCLAIMER: The contents of this e-mail are confidentia= l > and are not to be regarded as a contractual offer or acceptance from GS1 > (registered in Belgium). 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He's noted the LEI registrations are "arguably unn= ecessary" and duplicative, and that it's fine for GLUE not to re-r= egister GS1's identifiers since GS1 is establishing its own namespace. = The IANA registry shows how far that same logic reaches. GLEIF registered u= rn:lei itself. GS1's EPC global already holds urn:epc and urn:epcglobal= . ISO registered urn:iso, SWIFT urn:swift, the ISSN Centre urn:issn. In eac= h case the authority that defines the identifiers registered the namespace = and the model RFC 8141 anticipates this, with a fast-track path for standar= ds organisations in Section 6.3. Wherever GLUE overlaps these systems, it d= uplicates work the authorities have already done for themselves.<br><br>Tha= t leaves the identifiers whose authorities haven't registered : DUNS, P= EN, ISO/IEC 6523 and others. But here GLUE does less than it appears. It ca= n only reformat identifiers that already exist; it issues nothing. A busine= ss holding no LEI, GLN, DUNS, or 6523 number gains no GLUE identifier at al= l. So the cross-border-trade rationale and the point that LEI covers only a= few million of the world's businesses cuts against GLUE as much as for= it: GLUE reaches exactly the same already-identified entities and no furth= er. It doesn't close the gap; it re-expresses what is already inside it= .<br><br>The necessity of GLUE therefore rests on the premise that the rema= ining authorities will never register their own namespaces. That premise is= being overtaken in real time: GS1 already has, SDMX (ISO 17369) will short= ly and others are moving the same way. If there is genuine demand for a URI= form of ISO/IEC 6523, the cleaner path is the one ISO, GLEIF, and GS1 have= already walked.<br><br>I remain a non-voting participant and defer to the = designated experts on the outcome. But on the specific question of need, I = don't think the case has yet been made.<br><br>Best regards,<br></div><= div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D= "MsoNormal"><a href=3D"http://smartxdata.com/" target=3D"_blank"><span styl= e=3D"color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><br></span></a></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><font color=3D"#3d85c6">Tom Roberts</font></b></p= > <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><font color=3D"#000000">Chief Data Officer / Foun= der</font></b><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><font color=3D"#000000">ISO= 17369 TWG Member</font></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b style=3D"color:rg= b(34,34,34)"><font color=3D"#000000">BSI IST/12 Member</font></b></p><p cla= ss=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"FR" style=3D"font-size:8pt"><font color= =3D"#3d85c6">Mobile=C2=A0</font></span></b><b><span lang=3D"FR" style=3D"fo= nt-size:8pt"><font color=3D"#3d85c6">CZ:</font><font color=3D"#222222"> +42= 0 773 532 216</font></span></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"= FR" style=3D"font-size:8pt"><font color=3D"#3d85c6">Mobile US</font><font c= olor=3D"#674ea7">:=C2=A0</font><font style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34)">+1 407-4= 59-1688</font></span></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"FR" st= yle=3D"font-size:8pt"><font color=3D"#3d85c6">Email: <a href=3D"mailto:data= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></font></sp= an></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:8pt" lang=3D"FR">=C2=A0<= /span></b><span style=3D"font-size:8pt"></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><img width=3D"200" height=3D"56" src=3D"https://ci3.= googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4ziqQBmlvKl7lPZaxdTPpoq8lAfp1lYTcxzNnmT= FSObgiBoB3rSyZw899ztTcEYVq4UEXSn30o" style=3D"color: rgb(112, 173, 71); fon= t-size: 8pt;"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:windowtex= t;text-decoration:none"></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:8pt;color:rgb(112,173,71)"></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:8pt;color:rgb(112,173,71)">= =C2=A0</span><span style=3D"margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvet= ica,sans-serif;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:11px">CONF= IDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This email message and any attachment may contain=20 privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which the email is addressed. 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Thank you for your cooperation and assistance.</span></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://twitter.com/macktony" target=3D"= _blank"><span style=3D"color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"></span></a></= p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p> =C2=A0 <span style=3D"color:white"></span><span style=3D"font-size:8pt;color:rgb(1= 12,173,71)"></span></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot= e gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul = 10, 2026 at 8:26=E2=80=AFPM Michael Jones <<a href=3D"mailto:michael_b_j= [email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><bloc= kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:= 1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"msg8150266524292= 329013"> <div lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word;"> <div class=3D"m_3927758213779314442WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt">Thank you, Brent, for= assembling this list that shows the enormity and infeasibility of the task= of getting individual authorities to make their own URN or URI registratio= ns.=C2=A0 I agree that that this illustrates the practical value of the GLUE approach.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><= /span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt">And to Chris, as I wr= ote on June 14<sup>th</sup>, we=E2=80=99d be glad to remove GS1 from the GL= UE specification when we publish a next draft.=C2=A0 Once GS1 has completed= its own registration, there=E2=80=99s no need for another URI representation of GS1 identifiers.=C2=A0 I wish you timely success wit= h that.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><= /span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Best wishes,<u></= u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -- Mike<u></u><u>= </u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><= /span></p> <div style=3D"border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;b= order-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"= > <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri= ,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cali= bri,sans-serif"> Brent Zundel <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 10, 2026 8:56 AM<br> <b>To:</b> Chris Day <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bl= ank">[email protected]</a>><br> <b>Cc:</b> Dale R. Worley <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Chris Day <chris.day=3D<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= .org</a>>; lars.svensson=3D<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" ta= rget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>; Peter Saint-Andre <<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>= ; Pamela Dingle <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Roy T. Fielding <<a hre= f=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Ted Hardie <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">ted= [email protected]</a>>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_= blank">[email protected]</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_= blank">[email protected]</a>; The IESG <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" targ= et=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; <a href=3D"mailto:draft-ietf-spice-glu= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>; <a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= rg</a>; Chris Inacio <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blan= k">[email protected]</a>>; Anish Karmarkar <<a href=3D"mailto:anish.kar= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&g= t;; Apoorav Trehan <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" targ= et=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Babak Jahromi (CELA) <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D= "_blank">[email protected]</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Uri-review] Re: [urn] Re: Re: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Reque= st to register the glue URI scheme<u></u><u></u></span></p> </div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Chris,<u></u><u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thank you for clarifying.=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">My goal in sharing the list was to illustrate how la= rge the set of business identifier authorities is, and consequently, how im= practical it would be to attempt to pursue a strategy of trying to persuade= every business identifier authority to register a URN.<u></u><u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">My argument is that every business authority identif= ier registering its own URN is not a valid answer to the problem we're = trying to address with GLUE.<u></u><u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Brent<u></u><u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 9:06<span style=3D"font-fami= ly:Arial,sans-serif">=E2=80=AF</span>AM Chris Day <<a href=3D"mailto:chr= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<u></u><u= ></u></p> <blockquote style=3D"border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:non= e none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(2= 04,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">Hi Brent =E2=80=93</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u><= /u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">It was in the context you set when presenting the = list </span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=E2=80=9C</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB">In response t= o those who suggest that it is practical to contact each business Identifier authority <b><i>and persuade them each to register their own UR= N scheme</i></b>, I present the following data set.=C2=A0 <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=E2=80=9D</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u= ></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif= ;color:rgb(36,36,36)">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></spa= n></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:rgb(36,36,36)">=C2=A0</span><span lang= =3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-ser= if;color:rgb(0,44,108)">Chris Day</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"f= ont-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,44,108)">=C2=A0<br> Technical Business Analyst </span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:black= ">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verd= ana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,44,108)"><br> AI & Data Sustainability </span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:bla= ck">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-ser= if;color:rgb(0,44,108)">GS1 </span></b><b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:black">Global Office</spa= n></b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-= serif;color:rgb(0,44,108)">=C2=A0<br> <b>T</b>=E2=80=AF+44 (0)7930 909 297=C2=A0<br> <b>M</b>=E2=80=AF+44 (0)7930 909 297=C2=A0<br> <b>E</b>=E2=80=AF</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href=3D"mailto:chris.day@= gs1.org" title=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><span style= =3D"color:rgb(70,120,134)">[email protected]</span></a></span><span lang=3D= "EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,1= 41,189)">=C2=A0=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;= color:black"><a href=3D"http://www.gs1.org/" title=3D"http://www.gs1.org/" = target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:rgb(70,120,134)">www.gs1.org</span><= /a></span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,s= ans-serif;color:rgb(0,44,108)">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u>= </u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:black">=C2=A0</s= pan><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"3" cellpadding=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0.75pt"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/use= r/[email protected]?anonymous&ep=3Dsignature&= ;ismsaljsauthenabled" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"text-decoration:none= "><img border=3D"0" width=3D"20" height=3D"20" style=3D"width: 0.2083in; he= ight: 0.2083in;" id=3D"m_3927758213779314442m_-1784462865381648235Picture_x= 0020_407809057" src=3D"cid:ii_19f88a8ee2a4cff311"></span></a><u></u><u></u>= </p> </td> <td style=3D"padding:0.75pt"></td> <td style=3D"padding:0.75pt"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,120,212)"><a href=3D"http= s://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/863f06db973540b1bc76e66151d70fb7@gs1= .org?anonymous&ep=3Dsignature&ismsaljsauthenabled" target=3D"_blank= "><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,120,212)">Book time to meet with me</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td style=3D"padding:0.75pt"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <div style=3D"border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;p= adding:3pt 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri= ,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cali= bri,sans-serif"> Brent Zundel <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> 10 July 2026 15:45<br> <b>To:</b> Chris Day <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bl= ank">[email protected]</a>><br> <b>Cc:</b> Dale R. Worley <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Chris Day <chris.day=3D<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= .org</a>>; lars.svensson=3D<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" ta= rget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>; Peter Saint-Andre <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bla= nk">[email protected]</a>>; Pamela Dingle <<a href=3D"mailto:Pamela.= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>= ; Roy T. Fielding <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank= ">[email protected]</a>>; Ted Hardie <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">ted= [email protected]</a>>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= g</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"> [email protected]</a>; The IESG <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_= blank">[email protected]</a>>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">draf= [email protected]</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">spice-chairs@iet= f.org</a>; Chris Inacio <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a>>; Anish Karmarkar <<a href=3D"mailto:anish.= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a= >>; Apoorav Trehan <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Babak Jahromi (CELA) <= <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">babakj@microsoft.= com</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Uri-review] Re: [urn] Re: Re: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Reque= st to register the glue URI scheme</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u= ></span></p> </div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Chris,<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Thank you for your concern. To = my understanding, I am allowed to include GLEIF and GS1 in lists of busines= s identifier authorities.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Unless it is your contention th= at GLEIF and GS1 are not in fact business identifier authorities, I'm n= ot sure what your issue is in this case.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 8:12</s= pan><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=E2=80=AF</= span><span lang=3D"EN-GB">AM Chris Day <<a href=3D"mailto:chris.day@gs1.= org" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p> <blockquote style=3D"border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:non= e none none solid;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin:5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt;border-c= olor:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204)"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">Hi Brent =E2=80=93</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u><= /u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">I suspect you=E2=80=99ll have the same concerns ra= ised by each Business Authority.</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u><= /span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">Please remove GS1 from your list as we are going t= hrough the process. I suspect Karla @ the GLEI will be following suit.</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">Several of the companies you mention have business= models for the bulk use of their identifiers and legalise around the usage. I=E2=80=99m sure you=E2=80=99ll factor this in = when you make contact.</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif= ;color:rgb(36,36,36)">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></spa= n></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:rgb(36,36,36)">=C2=A0</span><span lang= =3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-ser= if;color:rgb(0,44,108)">Chris Day</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"f= ont-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,44,108)">=C2=A0<br> Technical Business Analyst </span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:black= ">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verd= ana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,44,108)"><br> AI & Data Sustainability </span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:bla= ck">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-ser= if;color:rgb(0,44,108)">GS1 </span></b><b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:black">Global Office</spa= n></b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-= serif;color:rgb(0,44,108)">=C2=A0<br> <b>T</b>=E2=80=AF+44 (0)7930 909 297=C2=A0<br> <b>M</b>=E2=80=AF+44 (0)7930 909 297=C2=A0<br> <b>E</b>=E2=80=AF</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href=3D"mailto:chris.day@= gs1.org" title=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><span style= =3D"color:rgb(70,120,134)">[email protected]</span></a></span><span lang=3D= "EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,1= 41,189)">=C2=A0=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"> <span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;= color:black"><a href=3D"http://www.gs1.org/" title=3D"http://www.gs1.org/" = target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:rgb(70,120,134)">www.gs1.org</span><= /a></span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,s= ans-serif;color:rgb(0,44,108)">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u>= </u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:black">=C2=A0</s= pan><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"3" cellpadding=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"padding:0.75pt"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/use= r/[email protected]?anonymous&ep=3Dsignature&= ;ismsaljsauthenabled" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"text-decoration:none= "><img border=3D"0" width=3D"20" height=3D"20" style=3D"width: 0.2083in; he= ight: 0.2083in;" id=3D"m_3927758213779314442m_-1784462865381648235m_-869377= 4739984355164Picture_x0020_407809057" src=3D"cid:ii_19f88a8ee2a4cff311"></s= pan></a><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td style=3D"padding:0.75pt"></td> <td style=3D"padding:0.75pt"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,120,212)"><a href=3D"http= s://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/863f06db973540b1bc76e66151d70fb7@gs1= .org?anonymous&ep=3Dsignature&ismsaljsauthenabled" target=3D"_blank= "><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,120,212)">Book time to meet with me</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td style=3D"padding:0.75pt"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Verdana,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></= span></p> <div style=3D"border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;p= adding:3pt 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri= ,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Cali= bri,sans-serif"> Brent Zundel <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> 10 July 2026 05:09<br> <b>To:</b> Dale R. Worley <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>><br> <b>Cc:</b> Chris Day <chris.day=3D<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= .org" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; lars.svensson=3D<= a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">40web.de@dmarc.= ietf.org</a>; Peter Saint-Andre <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" t= arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Pamela Dingle <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D= "_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Roy T. Fielding <<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; = Ted Hardie <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">ted.= [email protected]</a>>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= g</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"> [email protected]</a>; The IESG <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_= blank">[email protected]</a>>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">draf= [email protected]</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">spice-chairs@iet= f.org</a>; Chris Inacio <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a>>; Anish Karmarkar <<a href=3D"mailto:anish.= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a= >>; Apoorav Trehan <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; Babak Jahromi (CELA) <= <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">babakj@microsoft.= com</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> [Uri-review] Re: [urn] Re: Re: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Request t= o register the glue URI scheme</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></s= pan></p> </div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" align=3D"left" widt= h=3D"100%" style=3D"width:100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width=3D"0" style=3D"width:0.3pt;background:rgb(166,166,166);padding:5.= 25pt 1.5pt"> </td> <td width=3D"100%" style=3D"background:revert;border:revert;color:revert;di= rection:revert;display:revert;font-size:revert;height:revert;letter-spacing= :revert;line-height:revert;margin:revert;opacity:revert;outline:revert;over= flow:revert;padding:revert;table-layout:revert;text-align:revert;text-inden= t:revert;text-orientation:revert;text-overflow:revert;text-transform:revert= ;vertical-align:revert;white-space:revert;width:revert;word-break:revert;wo= rd-spacing:revert;writing-mode:revert;zoom:revert"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> <span style=3D"font-size:9pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;co= lor:rgb(33,33,33)">You don't often get email from <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">brent.zundel@gm= ail.com</a>. <a href=3D"https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification" target=3D"_blank"= >Learn why this is important</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td width=3D"75" style=3D"background:revert;border:revert;color:revert;dire= ction:revert;display:revert;font-size:revert;height:revert;letter-spacing:r= evert;line-height:revert;margin:revert;opacity:revert;outline:revert;overfl= ow:revert;padding:revert;table-layout:revert;text-align:revert;text-indent:= revert;text-orientation:revert;text-overflow:revert;text-transform:revert;v= ertical-align:revert;white-space:revert;width:revert;word-break:revert;word= -spacing:revert;writing-mode:revert;zoom:revert"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">In response to those who sugges= t that it is practical to contact each business Identifier authority and pe= rsuade them each to register their own URN scheme, I present the following data set.=C2=A0 <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p style=3D"margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:26p= t;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Business Identifier Authorities</span><span= lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" style=3D"border-col= lapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p align=3D"center" style=3D"margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">#</span></b><u></u><u></u>= </p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p align=3D"center" style=3D"margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Authority</span></b><u></u= ><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p align=3D"center" style=3D"margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Area where it operates</sp= an></b><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p align=3D"center" style=3D"margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Identifier(s) / descriptio= n link</span></b><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">1</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)</span><u></u><u>= </u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Global</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), a 20-character code for legal entit= ies. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.gleif.org/en/about-lei/introducing-the-= legal-entity-identifier-lei?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><sp= an style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204= )">Home =E2=80=93 GLEIF</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,= sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">2</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">GS1</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Global</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Global Location Number (GLN) for legal entities, functions, physic= al/digital locations. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-k= eys/gln/legal-entity?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span styl= e=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">GS1<= /span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</sp= an><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">3</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Dun & Bradstreet</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Global</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">D-U-N-S Number, a unique nine-digit business identifier. (</span><= a href=3D"https://www.dnb.com/en-us/smb/duns/get-a-duns.html?utm_source=3Dc= hatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ari= al,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Dun & Bradstreet</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial= ,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">4</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Internal Revenue Service (IRS)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">United States</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Employer Identification Number (EIN). (</span><a href=3D"https://w= ww.irs.gov/businesses/employer-identification-number?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.c= om" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-= serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">IRS</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fon= t-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">5</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)</span><u></u><u></u>= </p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">United States</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Central Index Key (CIK) assigned to SEC filing entities and indivi= duals. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.sec.gov/submit-filings/filer-support-= resources/how-do-i-guides/look-central-index-key-cik-number?utm_source=3Dch= atgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">SEC</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:1= 1pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">6</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">SAM.gov / U.S. General Services Administration</span><u></u><u></u= ></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">United States federal procurement</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Unique Entity ID, a 12-character identifier for entities doing bus= iness with the U.S. government. (</span><a href=3D"https://sam.gov/content/= status-tracker?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"f= ont-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">SAM.gov</s= pan></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span= ><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">7</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Delaware Division of Corporations</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Delaware, United States</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Delaware entity file number / business entity registration records= . (</span><a href=3D"https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/ecorp/entitysearch/name= search.aspx?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font= -size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Division of Corporations</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,= sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">8</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">California Secretary of State</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">California, United States</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">California entity number / business entity ID assigned at registra= tion. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-= entities/cbs-field-status-definitions?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_= blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb= (17,85,204)">California Secretary of State</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ari= al,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">9</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Canada</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Business Number (BN), a unique nine-digit business identifier. (</= span><a href=3D"https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/busine= sses/topics/business-registration/business-number-program-account.html?utm_= source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-= family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Canada</span></a><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">10</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registraire des entreprises du Qu=C3=A9bec</span><u></u><u></u></p= > </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Qu=C3=A9bec, Canada</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Qu=C3=A9bec Enterprise Number (NEQ). (</span><a href=3D"https://ww= w.quebec.ca/en/businesses-and-self-employed-workers/start-entreprise/regist= er-constitute-enterprise/learn-about-registration/quebec-enterprise-number-= neq?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Gouvernement du Qu=C3=A9bec</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,s= ans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">11</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ontario Business Registry / ServiceOntario</span><u></u><u></u></p= > </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ontario, Canada</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ontario Business Identification Number (BIN). (</span><a href=3D"h= ttps://www.ontario.ca/page/business/start/register-your-business-online?utm= _source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">ontario.ca</span></a><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u>= </p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">12</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Servicio de Administraci=C3=B3n Tributaria (SAT)</span><u></u><u><= /u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Mexico</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registro Federal de Contribuyentes (RFC) for legal persons. (</spa= n><a href=3D"https://www.sat.gob.mx/portal/public/tramites/inscripcion-al-r= fc-pm?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:= 11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">SAT</span></a><span= style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></= u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">13</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Receita Federal do Brasil</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Brazil</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Jur=C3=ADdica (CNPJ). (</span><a href= =3D"https://www.gov.br/pt-br/servicos/inscrever-ou-atualizar-cadastro-nacio= nal-de-pessoas-juridicas?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span = style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">= Servi=C3=A7os e Informa=C3=A7=C3=B5es do Brasil</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;= font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">14</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">ARCA / AFIP</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Argentina</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Clave =C3=9Anica de Identificaci=C3=B3n Tributaria (CUIT). (</span= ><a href=3D"https://www.afip.gob.ar/inscripcion/cuit-cdi/solicitud-cuit.asp= ?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;= font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">AFIP</span></a><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></= p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">15</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Chile</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Rol =C3=9Anico Tributario (RUT). (</span><a href=3D"https://www.si= i.cl/contribuyentes/contribuyentes_individuales/chilenos_extranjero/rol_uni= co_tributario.htm?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">SII</= span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</spa= n><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">16</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">SUNAT</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Peru</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registro =C3=9Anico de Contribuyentes (RUC), an 11-digit taxpayer = identifier. (</span><a href=3D"https://emprender.sunat.gob.pe/ruc/mi-ruc/in= scripcion-ruc?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Renta 2019</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"= >)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">17</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">DIAN</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Colombia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registro =C3=9Anico Tributario (RUT) / N=C3=BAmero de Identificaci= =C3=B3n Tributaria (NIT). (</span><a href=3D"https://www.dian.gov.co/impues= tos/RUT/Paginas/Consultas-RUT.aspx?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_bla= nk"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17= ,85,204)">DIAN</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sa= ns-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">18</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ecuador</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registro =C3=9Anico de Contribuyentes (RUC). (</span><a href=3D"ht= tps://www.sri.gob.ec/ruc-personas-naturales?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" targe= t=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;col= or:rgb(17,85,204)">Sri Ecuador</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-ser= if">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">19</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Direcci=C3=B3n Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT/SET)</span><= u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Paraguay</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registro =C3=9Anico de Contribuyentes (RUC). (</span><a href=3D"ht= tps://www.set.gov.py/web/portal-institucional/registro-%C3%BAnico-de-contri= buyentes-ruc-?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">set.gov.py<= /span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</sp= an><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">20</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Direcci=C3=B3n General de Impuestos Internos (DGII)</span><u></u><= u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Dominican Republic</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registro Nacional de Contribuyentes (RNC). (</span><a href=3D"http= s://dgii.gov.do/cicloContribuyente/registroRNC/Paginas/default.aspx?utm_sou= rce=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fam= ily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">DGII</span></a><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">21</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Superintendencia de Administraci=C3=B3n Tributaria (SAT)</span><u>= </u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Guatemala</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">N=C3=BAmero de Identificaci=C3=B3n Tributaria (NIT). (</span><a hr= ef=3D"https://portal.sat.gob.gt/portal/solicitud-electronica-de-nit/?utm_so= urce=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fa= mily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Portal SAT</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">= )</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">22</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Companies House</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">United Kingdom</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Company number / Companies House registration number. (</span><a h= ref=3D"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company-l= ookup/search?forward=3D%2Fauth-code-requests%2Fcompany%2F%7BcompanyNumber%7= D%2Fconfirm&utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"= font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Find and Update Company Information</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fon= t-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">23</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">INSEE</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">France</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">SIREN and SIRET identifiers for entities and establishments. (</sp= an><a href=3D"https://www.insee.fr/en/metadonnees/source/serie/s1020?utm_so= urce=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fa= mily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Insee</span></a><span style=3D"= font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">24</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Kamer van Koophandel (KVK)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Netherlands</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">KVK number in the Dutch Business Register. (</span><a href=3D"http= s://www.kvk.nl/en/search/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span= style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"= >KVK</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">= )</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">25</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">FPS Economy / Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE/KBO)</span><u><= /u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Belgium</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Enterprise number and establishment-unit number. (</span><a href= =3D"https://economie.fgov.be/en/themes/enterprises/crossroads-bank-enterpri= ses/registration-crossroads-bank?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank= "><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,8= 5,204)">FPS Economy</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-ser= if">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">26</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Danish Business Authority / Central Business Register (CVR)</span>= <u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Denmark</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">CVR number. (</span><a href=3D"https://businessindenmark.virk.dk/a= uthorities/stat/ERST/self-service/Start_company/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" = target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-seri= f;color:rgb(17,85,204)">businessindenmark.virk.dk</span></a><span style=3D"= font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">27</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Br=C3=B8nn=C3=B8ysund Register Centre</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Norway</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Organisation number for legal persons. (</span><a href=3D"https://= www.brreg.no/en/about-us-2/our-registers/about-the-central-coordinating-reg= ister-for-legal-entities-ccr/about-the-organisation-number/?utm_source=3Dch= atgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Br=C3=B8nn=C3=B8ysundregistrene</span></= a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></= u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">28</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Bolagsverket</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Sweden</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Organisationsnummer for companies and associations. (</span><a hre= f=3D"https://bolagsverket.se/foretag/organisationsnummer.1207.html?utm_sour= ce=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami= ly:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">bolagsverket.se</span></a><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u>= </p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">29</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Finnish Business Information System (PRH + Tax Administration)</sp= an><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Finland</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Business ID / Y-tunnus. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.ytj.fi/en/i= ndex/businessid.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span styl= e=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">YTJ<= /span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</sp= an><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">30</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">e-Business Register</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Estonia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registry code for legal entities. (</span><a href=3D"https://arire= gister.rik.ee/eng?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">e-=C3= =84riregister</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">31</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Centre of Registers</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Lithuania</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Legal entity code in the Register of Legal Entities. (</span><a hr= ef=3D"https://www.registrucentras.lt/jar/p_en/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" ta= rget=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;= color:rgb(17,85,204)">Registr=C5=B3 Centras</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-ser= if">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">32</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Companies Registration Office (CRO)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ireland</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">CRO register number. (</span><a href=3D"https://cro.ie/services-an= d-help/using-services/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span st= yle=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">CR= O</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</= span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">33</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Unternehmensregister / Handelsregister</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Germany</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Company-register records and register numbers. (</span><a href=3D"= https://www.unternehmensregister.de/de/howto/search?language=3Den&submi= taction=3Dlanguage&utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span st= yle=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Un= ternehmensregister</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">34</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Firmenbuch</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Austria</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Firmenbuchnummer / company register number. (</span><a href=3D"htt= ps://www.usp.gv.at/themen/betrieb-und-umwelt/laufender-betrieb/firmenbuch.h= tml?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Business Service Portal</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,s= ans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">35</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) / UID Register</span><u></u= ><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Switzerland</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">UID, formatted as CHE plus nine digits. (</span><a href=3D"https:/= /www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/registers/enterprise-register/enterprise-iden= tification/uid-general.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><sp= an style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204= )">Federal Office of Civil Aviation</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami= ly:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">36</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registro Imprese / Italian Chambers of Commerce</span><u></u><u></= u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Italy</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Codice fiscale, Partita IVA, and REA number in business-register r= ecords. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.registroimprese.it/codice-fiscale-p.= iva-rea?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-siz= e:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">registroimprese</= span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</spa= n><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">37</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Agencia Tributaria</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Spain</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">N=C3=BAmero de Identificaci=C3=B3n Fiscal (NIF) for legal persons = and entities. (</span><a href=3D"https://sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede= /en_gb/censos-nif-domicilio-fiscal/solicitar-nif/nif-persona-juridica-entid= ad.html?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-siz= e:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Agencia Tributaria</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-= serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">38</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">IRN / Registo Nacional de Pessoas Coletivas (RNPC)</span><u></u><u= ></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Portugal</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">NIPC, the legal-person identification number. (</span><a href=3D"h= ttps://irn.justica.gov.pt/Servicos/Empresas-e-outras-pessoas-coletivas/Regi= sto-Nacional-de-Pessoas-Coletivas?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blan= k"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,= 85,204)">IRN</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans= -serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">39</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ministry of Justice / National Court Register (KRS)</span><u></u><= u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Poland</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">KRS number for registered entities. (</span><a href=3D"https://ekr= s.ms.gov.pl/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"fon= t-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Ekrs</span><= /a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u><= /u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">40</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">ARES / Czech public administration</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Czechia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">I=C4=8CO, the Czech organization identification number. (</span><a= href=3D"https://ares.gov.cz/otevrena-data/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" targe= t=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;col= or:rgb(17,85,204)">ARES</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family= :Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">41</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Statistical Office / Business Register</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Slovakia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">I=C4=8CO, the organization identification number. (</span><a href= =3D"https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/services/services.ico/%21ut= /p/z0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8ziw3wCLJycDB0N3M1DDA08_fyCQ8MsAo093Mz0g= 1Pz9AuyHRUBcQFCAQ%21%21/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span = style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">= Slovak Statistics</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-= serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">42</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">National Trade Register Office (ONRC)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Romania</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Trade-register order number and unique registration code. (</span>= <a href=3D"https://www.onrc.ro/index.php/en/informatii-2/informatii-rc?utm_= source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-= family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Onrc</span></a><span style=3D= "font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">43</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">AJPES</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Slovenia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Registration number for each business entity in the Slovenian Busi= ness Register. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.ajpes.si/About_AJPES/Tasks?ut= m_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fon= t-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">AJPES</span></a><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">44</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Australian Business Register (ABR)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Australia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Australian Business Number (ABN), an 11-digit identifier. (</span>= <a href=3D"https://www.abr.gov.au/business-super-funds-charities/applying-a= bn?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11p= t;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Australian Business Register</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">45</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)</span><u= ></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Australia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Australian Company Number (ACN), a unique nine-digit company ident= ifier. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.asic.gov.au/for-business-and-companie= s/companies/register-a-company/australian-company-number-acn/?utm_source=3D= chatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ar= ial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">ASIC</span></a><span style=3D"font-siz= e:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">46</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">New Zealand Business Number Register</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">New Zealand</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">NZBN, a globally unique identifier for New Zealand businesses. (</= span><a href=3D"https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target= =3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;colo= r:rgb(17,85,204)">New Zealand Business Number</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-famil= y:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">47</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)</span><u></u>= <u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Singapore</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Unique Entity Number (UEN). (</span><a href=3D"https://www.acra.go= v.sg/register/business/registering-different-business-structures/local-comp= any/registering-via-bizfile/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><s= pan style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,20= 4)">ACRA</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-ser= if">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">48</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Companies Registry / Inland Revenue Department</span><u></u><u></u= ></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Hong Kong</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Business Registration Number (BRN) as the Unique Business Identifi= er. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.cr.gov.hk/en/electronic/e-servicesportal= /e-search.htm?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Companies Registry</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-se= rif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">49</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">National Tax Agency</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Japan</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Corporate Number, a 13-digit identifier. (</span><a href=3D"https:= //www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/en/setsumei/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target= =3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;colo= r:rgb(17,85,204)">National Tax Agency Business Number</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fa= mily:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">50</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">India</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Corporate Identity Number (CIN). (</span><a href=3D"https://www.mc= a.gov.in/content/mca/global/en/mca/fo-llp-services/findCinFinalSingleCom.ht= ml?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11p= t;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Ministry of Corporate Affairs</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:A= rial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">51</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Goods and Services Tax Network / GST Portal</span><u></u><u></u></= p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">India</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">GSTIN / UIN for GST-registered entities. (</span><a href=3D"https:= //services.gst.gov.in/services/quicklinks/searchtxp?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.co= m" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-s= erif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">GST Services</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-se= rif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">52</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Malaysia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Company, business, and LLP registration numbers. (</span><a href= =3D"https://www.ssm.com.my/Pages/e-Search.aspx?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" ta= rget=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;= color:rgb(17,85,204)">SSM</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami= ly:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">53</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Online Single Submission (OSS)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Indonesia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Nomor Induk Berusaha (NIB), the Business Identification Number. (<= /span><a href=3D"https://oss.go.id/en?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_= blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb= (17,85,204)">OSS RBA</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">= )</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">54</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ministry of Commerce</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Saudi Arabia</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Commercial Registration number / commercial-registration records. = (</span><a href=3D"https://mc.gov.sa/en/eservices/Pages/ServiceDetails.aspx= ?sID=3D38&utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Ministry of Commerce</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans= -serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">55</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)</span><u></u= ><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">South Africa</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Company registration number. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.cipc.c= o.za/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:= 11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">CIPC</span></a><spa= n style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u><= /u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">56</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Nigeria</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">RC number / company registration records. (</span><a href=3D"https= ://www.cac.gov.ng/services/company-search?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target= =3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;colo= r:rgb(17,85,204)">Corporate Affairs Commission</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ari= al,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">57</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Kenya</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Personal Identification Number (PIN) for businesses and other orga= nizations. (</span><a href=3D"https://www.kra.go.ke/individual/individual-p= in-registration/learn-about-pin/about-pin?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target= =3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;colo= r:rgb(17,85,204)">Kenya Revenue Authority</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">58</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Ghana</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for organizations. (</span><a= href=3D"https://gra.gov.gh/online-tools/verify-tin/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.c= om" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-= serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Ghana Revenue Authority</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:40pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">59</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Corporate and Business Registration Department</span><u></u><u></u= ></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Mauritius</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:40pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Business Registration Number (BRN). (</span><a href=3D"https://com= panies.govmu.org/cbrd/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BusinessRegistrationAct200= 2.pdf?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:= 11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Companies Mauritius</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-s= erif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D"height:53.5pt"> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">60</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Direction G=C3=A9n=C3=A9rale des Imp=C3=B4ts / business identifier= services</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">Morocco</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> <td valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:5pt;height:53.5pt;overflow:hidden"> <p style=3D"margin:0in"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif">ICE, IF, and RC business identifiers. (</span><a href=3D"https://w= ww.tax.gov.ma/wps/portal/m.dgi.ma/Mobile/Accueil/VosTeleservices/recherche%= 20entreprise/recherche%20%20entreprise/%21ut/p/z1/rVLLboMwEPyV9JCjtQ5QAkfCo= c2rh7Y04EvFYwG3YIixSPv3NcqFQwOqVEuW7NHsY3YHGITARNzzIla8EXGl_xGz323X81fmnh5o= sDep5662u4fD02ZjUzhNEnwT2HT8GzBgqVCtKiGqm4RXSLKCL-n1vaR90y0UVtih7HmK3ZJKTEu= U-i5QKImt5B2O0RE8JG9TnkFkoWM4lpkTwzYzYhkxksRxXWKklmXRxF4n-Xpgd2pGku55kERvHG= 9uJFtjbiTX-IkCs_FskjJ0MKdhOoNea6SbXN8kBPdw6jleIBCNrLWPXv64iUcKuzmd2pv843xmn= jZQIxR-KQj_30G6iiGP_rHQ_ceqJFzkDYS_ZRijY7itg9oxxTfn5PPZubzmZdUfPO_uB-JqEnk%= 21/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?utm_source=3Dchatgpt.com" target=3D"_blank">= <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,= 204)">Tax Administration Morocco</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family= :Arial,sans-serif">)</span><u></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style=3D"margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:11p= t;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">These are not all the same kind of identifi= er: some are tax IDs, some are company-register numbers, some are procureme= nt IDs, and some are global standards/private-sector identifiers. But each row is a real authority or issuer with a public iden= tifier description or lookup/registration page.</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB">= <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">On Thu, Jul 9, 2026, 10:13</spa= n><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=E2=80=AF</sp= an><span lang=3D"EN-GB">AM Dale R. Worley <<a href=3D"mailto:worley@aria= dne.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p> <blockquote style=3D"border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:non= e none none solid;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin:5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt;border-c= olor:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204)"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">I'm not a URI reviewer but = I ran into a half-baked idea that is somewhat<br> aligned with the concept of GLUE.=C2=A0 Let me propose it to get some<br> feedback.<br> <br> What is needed is a way to record inexact, non-authoritative, indicative<br= > identifiers.=C2=A0 These identifiers, being inexact, generally aren't u= sed<br> for routine data processing, but rather in exceptional situations where<br> a human wants to investigate the supply chain of a group of things.<br> <br> There's a requirement that the URI can be put into a data field that<br= > "expects a URI", so it has to not be confusable with defined iden= tifier<br> schemes.<br> <br> It seems to me that this can be solved by the "data" URI scheme, = which<br> is designed to carry arbitrary (short) strings.=C2=A0 In its simplest usage= ,<br> we can carry the identifier "ship 27" by<br> <br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 data:,ship%2027<br> <br> (The comma is mandatory.)<br> <br> Various extensions can handle non-ASCII character sets.=C2=A0 And as you ca= n<br> see, if there was a URN available for the data field, it can be used<br> unambiguously instead of the data: URI.<br> <br> I can easily envision that informal conventions would arise, such as<br> starting the string with a prefix like "foobar:" to indicate that= the<br> remainder of the string was a "foobar" identifier.<br> <br> In use, currently these identifiers would be read and interpreted by a<br> human, within the context of much more information about the product<br> that it is associated with.=C2=A0 But I can envision that in the future, an= <br> AI system could do a decent job of doing such interpretation.<br> <br> Dale<u></u><u></u></span></p> </blockquote> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" st= yle=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">=C2=A0</span><span lang= =3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <div class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align:center"><span= lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <hr size=3D"1" width=3D"100%" align=3D"center"> </span></div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa= mily:Arial,sans-serif">CONFIDENTIALITY / DISCLAIMER: The contents of this e= -mail are confidential and are not to be regarded as a contractual offer or acceptance from GS1 (registered in Belgium). 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