There are many different numbering schemes for assigning numbers to entities. These generally require an agreed set of rules, or a central coordinator.
Numbering schemes include:
- The E.164 numbering plan for telephone numbers, including:
- The North American Numbering Plan
- The UK National Numbering Scheme
- The IP address allocation scheme (IANA)
- The NSAP allocation scheme
- The MAC address allocation scheme for hardware addresses of certain networking products
- The UPC numbering scheme for barcodes on products
- The EAN numbering scheme (EAN International), including
- US Social Security numbers
- Credit card number prefixes
- FIPS place codes
- Zip codes
- CAS registry numbers for chemical compounds
- EC numbers for identifying enzymes
- UN numbers for (classes of) hazardous substances
- E numbers for food additives
- West American Digest System legal topic numbering scheme
There should be a similar list of naming schemes.
