Digital-Trade.Network
Bringing together Global Giants
To help connect Digital Islands
And faciliate an Asset Tokenization Platform
TRADEDIGITIZATION .com Programme and The GTIN Token
The TradeDigitization.com Programme is operated by TRADE GATEWAYS which is an IBM Partner Programme. TRADE GATEWAYS provides an Infrastructure For Trade Digitization with over 300 Digital Trade Gateways.
TRADE GATEWAYS co-operates with B2B Marketplaces with millions of subscribers...
The GTIN Token Programme is operated by TRADE GATEWAYS
GTIN is the number that can be seen on the familar barcode.
GTIN is the acronym for “Global Trade Item Number”.
A GTIN is a number that is used to identify “something” that can be purchased, sold, or put into inventory. This includes individual items that can be purchased by a consumer as well as cases of items that could be purchased and moved within a supply chain.
A GTIN is an umbrella term used to refer to items that may need to be identified with a GTIN barcode.
The GTIN Token Registry builds on the GTIN System on which the Bar Code is built, to give product their own Unique Digital Identity for the Trade Digitization Process.
The GTIN TOKEN Trademark and other relevant Trademarks used in the Programme are owned by GTIN Token Limited who are the operators of the GTIN TOKEN Programme.
Can Products have a Digital Identity?
Products can have a digital identity. Product Digital identity is the digital data and information that can be linked to a particular product.
Creating digital identities for products is becoming increasingly important, as more products become connected to digital ecosystems, especially within the supply chains to prevent fraud and address other issues.
Organizations can assign a digital identifier for a product in order to verify its authenticity and track its movements. It can also help customers verify the authenticity of a product, and access relevant product information and support.
Digital Identifiers
Digital identifiers are unique pieces of information used to authenticate users, or objects in the digital world. In the GTIN Token System, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), linked to specific addresses on the Internet (IP addresses), are used as digital identifiers.
When you enter a URL in your browser, it will first determine the domain name of that URL. It then looks up the IP address and connects to the server with this IP address. IP addresses are configured in the Global Domain Name System (DNS), which acts as a phone directory for the Internet.
Trade Servers - Hosting the GTIN Token Programme
Trade Servers are customized to be used for the GTIN Token Programme. Their IP Address is as a Unique Identifier for a particular Tokenized Trade Programme.
Trade Servers contain all required tools and all required information for the programme. The Trade Servers are fully supported by GTIN Token Programme, and individual Hosting Partners.
Trade servers host Trade Microsites, featuring multiple products for individual Manufacturers/Suppliers. All the resources of that machine are "dedicated" to that individual Manufacturer or Supplier, thereby using the dedicated IP Address of the server to provide a unique Identifier for them and their products.
Trade Documents Verification and Issuer Identification
The GTIN Token Programme uses the Domain Name System (DNS) as the method of issuer identity verification. As already stated, the DNS system can be summarised as: "Phonebook for the Internet".
Its primary purpose is to resolve human readable names such as "GTIN Token.com", to a set of records. The most common records are 'A records', which resolve to IP addresses - this allows network routing to operate over the Internet.
The GTIN Token Programme uses the TXT type of record, which simply allows the storage of textual data. The textual data stored indicates the deployed Document Store / Token Registry address.
By using the DNS system as an identity registry, the domain name owners can claim ownership of a Document Store / Token Registry smart contract on the Public Blockchain used for verification, which is the Polygon Blockchain.
Providing a framework to connect digital islands
TRADE GATEWAYS has established Digital-Trade.Network, who are global players that can help to use their infrastructure to bring familiar structures on conventional trade into the currently unfamiliar world of Trade Digitization.
TRADE GATEWAYS is an IBM Partner programme that is bringing on board a co-operation with a Global Logistics Giant in DSV. The co-operation covers Global Marketplaces such as TradeKey, and the intention is to make Trade Digitization features available to members of chambers of commerce in the places where there are Digital Trade Gateways that are part of the TRADE GATEWAYS Network.
The TRADE GATEWAYS Digital Trade gateways Network is helping to ensure that International Chamber of Commerce Standards are met across the global TRADE GATEAYS Network, and thereby avoid fragmentation and help with the adoption of MLETR
Recent innovations to digitise the global trading system run the risk of fragmenting the market and the platforms used by several industries of the international supply chain and public sector agencies. There is a clear need for a framework to connect digital islands. TRADE GATEWAYS is helping to facilitate such a global framework
TRADE GATEWAYS Portals and B2B Marketplaces
In Co-operation with major B2B Marketplace partners, with many millions of users, The TRADE GATEWAYS network helps businesses market their products internationally, find genuine buyers, satisfy their business requirements and explore regional and international Business opportunities.
Our global network of over 300 Digital Trade Gateways gives users a unique advantage. Users can feature Trade Microsite in over 300 Digital Trade Gateways that are part of our Network.
The Tokenization Platform provides a simple one stop shop for tokenizing products and Digitizing trade, i.e. providing the custody, distribution, trading, management and servicing of those tokens, as well as digital payment mechanisms using smart contracts, and transferring ownership of products once payment is made.
Once a sale is agreed at an applicable B2B Marketplace, the Tokenization Programme is used to tokenize and facilitate the transaction. Logistics partners at Relevant Local Digital Trade Gateways are used to provide End To End Logistics and execute the Transaction.
Significance of the TRADE GATEWAYS Network
Rather like the analogy of the ports or airports network. Each one has the infrastructure to get you from point A to point B. The wider the network, the more places you can get to.
The TRADE GATEWAYS Network is also significant because of the interoperability of the system with other Platforms.