MIL-STD-130-SUP-2 Identification Marking of U.S. Military PropertyThis standard provides the item marking criteria for development of specific marking requirements and methods for identification of items of military property produced, stocked, stored, and issued by or for the Department of Defense DoD. This standard addresses criteria and data content for both free text and machine-readable information MRI applications for identification marking of U.S. military property.

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does exist and the conditions of 4.1.b are not met), mark only the most essential information as shown in Figure 10.

4.7 Type of lettering. Letters shall be capitals without serifs (sans-serif) such as Arial, Futura, Gothic, Trebuchet MS, or other sans-serif font. Numerals shall be Arabic except when Roman numerals are used for type designation per applicable Government or industry specifications and standards. Generating characters by automated processes (e.g., dot peen, laser, interactive graphics systems, or stencils) shall be the preferred method.

4.8 Variable marking information. When applicable (i.e., required by detail specification or in the acquisition document), supplementary information shall be marked on the item in addition to the detail requirements in Section 5.

4.9 U.S. marking to indicate Government ownership. The designation "U.S." or "US" shall be marked only when specified in the detail (commodity) specification, or in the acquisition document (see 5.3.7.i).

4.10 Vendor item control items. Items depicted on Vendor Item Control Drawings

(VICD) (see 3.61) shall be marked with the source's PIN preceded by the source's EID (see

3.22). The VICD number shall not be used to physically re-identify the item from the source's identification. In the event that a VICD item is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) item (see

3.9), refer to 5.1.2.a.

4.11 IUID designated items. Items designated for application of IUID (see 3.32) shall be clearly identified via UII (see 3.54).

5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

5.1 General. MRI marking per 5.2 is preferred for all marked items. MRI marking per 5.2 shall be applied to all items subject to DFARS mandated IUID (see 3.32) criteria. Free text (see

3.23) information marking and labeling, when specified in the contract or order in lieu of MRI, shall be in accordance with 5.3.

5.1.1 Minimum information content. Identification of the item(s) marked shall be contained in the marking applied, whether machine-readable or free text. Information in the item mark should clearly identify the source (manufacturer or supplier) EID and PIN, lot or batch number of the marked item.

5.1.2 Exceptions. Unless otherwise specified by contract or order, the following exceptions apply:

a. COTS (see 3.9) items marked with commercial identification (firm name, logo, trademark, part number, etc.), not subject to IUID marking criteria and which present no identification difficulty may be exempt from additional marking requirements at the discretion of the acquiring activity. This conditional exemption extends to COTS items identified on a VICD.

b. Parts within an assembly or a subassembly not normally subject to removal, replacement, or repair, need not be marked unless identified for IUID by contract or order.

5.2 Machine-readable information (MRI) marking. For DFARS mandated IUID marking, the minimum mark is a Data Matrix ECC 200 symbol using ISO/IEC 15434 syntax and the semantics of ISO/IEC 15418 or ATA CSDD and UII limitation of 50 characters in compliance with ISO/IEC 15459-4. For items not subject to DFARS mandated IUID marking, the Data

Matrix ECC 200 symbol using ISO/IEC 15434 syntax and the semantics of ISO/IEC 15418 or