KDE PIM/KItinerary/Barcode Formats

Ticket Barcode Formats

Overview on ticket barcode format documentation, existing material on the subject and reverse engineering efforts.

Standardized Formats

IATA BCBP (Bar-coded boarding passes)

Internationally standardized for use on airline boarding passes.

Official standard document only available to IATA members, but can be found by use of an Internet search engine.

Other sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boarding_pass
• https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-7964-where_in_the_world_is_carmen_sandiego

UIC 918.3

Internationally standardized for train tickets, commonly used for international travel in the EU as well as by a number of operators in the EU. In itself just a container format that can contain various payloads.

Specification is only available to UIC members, but can be found as part of the below sources describing the payload.

RCT2

Payload for international EU travel.

• European Railway Agency Technical Document TAP TSI Annex B.6 (ask your favorite search engine)
• European Railway Agency Technical Document TAP TSI Annex B.7
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:Online-Ticket#U_TLAY

Deutsche Bahn vendor extensions

• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:Online-Ticket#Online-Ticket_der_Deutschen_Bahn

ÖBB vendor extension =

• simple JSON using payload type "118199"

VDV e-ticket

TODO

Proprietary Formats

• KDE_PIM/KItinerary/SBB_Barcode
• KDE_PIM/KItinerary/SNCF_Barcodes
• KDE_PIM/KItinerary/Thalys_Barcode
• KDE_PIM/KItinerary/Trenitalia_Barcode
• KDE_PIM/KItinerary/vr.fi_Barcode