WG4 report to SC31 plenary Toronto 6 June 2008

WG4ConvenorMr. Henri Barthel WG4SecretaryMr. Gertjan van den Akker SG1 - Application Interface ProtocolsConvenorMr. Rick Schuessler SG3 - Air InterfaceConvenorMr. Steve Halliday SG5 - Implementation guidelinesConvenorMr. Toshihiro Yoshioka Regulatory IssuesRapporteurMr. Josef Preishuber-Pflügl SC31/WG4 Organisation

WG4 Meetings DatesLocationWG4SG1SG3SG5Reg Shonan Villagex Aix-en-ProvencexX ClearwaterXXx Viennax TorontoXXX

SG1 – Application Interface Protocols

WG 4/SG 1 Work Projects ISO/IEC Data protocol: application interface (4 parts) PE: Paul Chartier ISO/IEC Data protocol: data encoding rules and logical memory functions PE: Paul Chartier ISO/IEC Application protocol: encoding and processing rules for sensors and batteries PE: Paul Chartier ISO/IEC Software System Infrastructure (six parts) Sr PE: Joo-Sang Park PEs: Scott Barvik, Rob Buck, Masaki Ehara, Ho-Won Kim, Curtis L. Rozeboom Data Constructs Steering Committee (for AFI’s)

SG3 – Air Interface Initial standards published for five air interfaces in 2004 All air interface standards re-opened to include batteries & sensors functionalities New work coming up on Security

SG3 – Air Interface ISO/IEC FDIS ISO/IEC CD ISO/IEC FDIS ISO/IEC AM2 WD ISO/IEC FDIS ISO/IEC FCD ISO/IEC Published

SG5 – Implementation Guidelines TR Part 1: RFID- enabled labels and packaging supporting IEO/IEC C, Published TR Part 2: Recycling and RF tags, Published TR Part 3: Implementation and operation of UHF RFID Interrogator systems in logistics applications, PDTR ballot TR Part 4: RFID guideline on tag data security, DTR ballot

Rapporteur on frequency regulations Serve as SC31 contact person for global RFID radio regulations Provide updates on changes in global regulations to SC31 and WG4 Participate in WG4, WG4/SG3 and WG3/SG1 meetings to provide regulatory inputs

GS1 and EPCglobal ARO requests

A change in the ISO/IEC JTC 1 directives regarding the referencing of external documents was noted early 2008 GS1 and EPCglobal considered the 2 options 1. Submit a parallel ballot for approving the referenced specification in addition to the normal SC31 ballot 2. Submit an application to JTC 1 for recognising the organisation as an Approved Referenced Specification Originator Organization (ARO) The latter option was chosen for the following reasons: Multiple SC31 standards already make a normative reference to the GS1 General Specifications and to EPCglobal specifications It is expected that many revised and new SC31 standards will continue requiring normative references to GS1 and EPCglobal specifications

ARO requests cont’d For GS1, ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 8933 ballot was issued on with a closing date of For EPCglobal, ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 8972 ballot was issued on with a closing date of Both ballots passed with comments SC31 has requested SC31/WG4 to review the comments and to pass a resolution confirming this process

ARO ballot GS1 – JTC Canada – No with comments France – Abstain with comments Germany – Abstain with comments South Africa – No with comments

ARO ballot EPCglobal – JTC Sweden – Yes with comments Canada – No with comment France – No with comments Germany – Abstain with comments South Africa – No with comments UK – No with comments

SC31/WG4 resolutions 14. Approved RS Originator Organization (ARO) - EPCglobal, Inc. In accordance with the JTC 1 directive: “SC 31 is instructed to review and respond to the comments submitted on the EPCglobal, Inc. request prior to any further action being taken by JTC 1.” SC 31/WG 4 instructs the SC 31 Secretariat to provide a resolution, at the Toronto Plenary, to accept the completed comments addressed in SC031-N-2545 and forward to JTC 1 for further processing. 15. Approved RS Originator Organization (ARO) - GS1 In accordance with the JTC 1 directive: “SC 31 is instructed to review and respond to the comments submitted on the GS1 request prior to any further action being taken by JTC 1.” SC 31/WG 4 instructs the SC 31 Secretariat to provide a resolution, at the Toronto Plenary, to accept the completed comments addressed in SC031-N-2546 and forward to JTC 1 for further processing.

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