ITEM_NAME — Item Name

ITEM NAME: A THIRTY-TWO POSITION ALPHANUMERIC OR SPECIAL CHARACTER NAME, WHICH ESTABLISHES A BASIC CONCEPT OF THE ITEM OF SUPPLY TO WHICH THE ITEM BELONGS. IT MAY BE A BASIC NOUN OR NOUN-PHRASE, FOLLOWED BY THOSE MODIFIERS NECESSARY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ITEM CONCEPTS FOR ITEMS HAVING THE SAME BASIC NOUN.

This is a free-text or numeric FLIS field — it has no enumerated code values. The definition above is its official cataloging meaning.

About ITEM_NAME

What is ITEM_NAME in FLIS / NSN cataloging?

ITEM_NAME (Item Name) iTEM NAME: A THIRTY-TWO POSITION ALPHANUMERIC OR SPECIAL CHARACTER NAME, WHICH ESTABLISHES A BASIC CONCEPT OF THE ITEM OF SUPPLY TO WHICH THE ITEM BELONGS. IT MAY BE A BASIC NOUN OR NOUN-PHRASE, FOLLOWED BY THOSE MODIFIERS NECESSARY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ITEM CONCEPTS FOR ITEMS HAVING THE SAME BASIC NOUN.

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