Teacher:In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: The European Article Number ( often shortened to " EAN " ) is a standard to do it barcodes .
Student:
The International Article Number ( also known as European Article Number or EAN ) is a standard describing a barcode symbology and numbering system used in global trade to identify a specific retail product type , in a specific packaging configuration , from a specific manufacturer .