National Item File (NIF)

The National Item File (NIF) is used to uniquely identify products used in the supply chain. The Universal Product Number is placed as a bar code on products to enable users of the products to readily identify the product's characteristics.

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Field Value
accessLevel non-public
bureauCode {029:15}
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catalog_@id https://www.data.va.gov/data.json
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catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
dataQuality true
identifier VA-VHA-PL-001
issued 2017-07-26
landingPage https://www.data.va.gov/d/7v23-r9tp
language {en-US}
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2020-12-01
programCode {029:040}
publisher Department of Veterans Affairs
resource-type Dataset
rights Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protected health information.
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source_hash b58aea8d96aae883e781974bc86423257526c1cb
source_schema_version 1.1
temporal 2005-01-01T05:00:00Z/2014-12-31T05:00:00Z
theme {"Basic Statistics",Use,"and Operational Data"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • bar-code
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • item
  • national
  • north-america
  • product
  • supply-chain
  • unique
  • united-states
  • va
  • veteran
isopen True
license_id cc-zero
license_title Creative Commons CCZero
license_url http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-zero
maintainer VHA Open Data
maintainer_email vhaopendata@va.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T02:44:20.051743
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T02:44:20.051747
notes <p>The National Item File (NIF) is used to uniquely identify products used in the supply chain. The Universal Product Number is placed as a bar code on products to enable users of the products to readily identify the product's characteristics.</p>
num_resources 0
num_tags 15
title National Item File (NIF)