Method for providing information in a machine-readable form

A method (22) for the provision of first and second information in a machine-readable form,

• wherein the first information, in a first initialization step (13), is assigned a unique first database reference identifier, consisting of at least one character,
• wherein, in a subsequent creation operation (14), a 2-D identifier matrix (1) is created in a identifier matrix creation step (15),
• wherein the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises cells (5), each of which is assigned a cell value (6),
• wherein the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises line-shaped boundaries (4) to demarcate the cells (5), and
• wherein the boundaries (4) and the cells (5) are configured such that the cell values (6) can be optically detected by a person,
• wherein, immediately after the creation of the 2-D identifier matrix (1), in the same creation operation (14), the first database reference identifier, in a first identifier transmission step (16), is transmitted onto the 2-D identifier matrix (1) by marking of predetermined cells (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1), and
• wherein each character of the first database reference identifier is represented by exactly one cell value (6).

A method (12) for provisioning of first information in a machine-readable form,

• wherein the first information, in a first initialization step (13), is assigned a unique first database reference identifier consisting of at least one character,
• wherein in a subsequent first identifier transmission step (16), the first database reference identifier is transmitted onto a 2-D identifier matrix (1) by marking of predetermined cells (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1),
• wherein each character of the first database reference identifier is represented by exactly one cell value (6),
• wherein the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises cells (5), each of which is assigned a cell value (6), wherein the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises line-shaped boundaries (4) to demarcate the cells (5) and
• wherein the boundaries (4) and the cells (5) are configured such that the cell values (6) can be optically detected by a person,
• wherein in a subsequent second identifier transmission step (18), a unique second database reference identifier is transmitted onto the 2-D identifier matrix (1) by marking of predetermined cells (5),
• wherein the second database reference identifier has been assigned to second information in a second initialization step (19).