1. WG4 report to SC31 plenary Toronto 6 June 2008

2. 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

3. WG4 Meetings DatesLocationWG4SG1SG3SG5Reg 2007-07Shonan Villagex 2007-11Aix-en-ProvencexX 2008-01ClearwaterXXx 2008-04Viennax 2008-06TorontoXXX

4. SG1 – Application Interface Protocols

5. WG 4/SG 1 Work Projects ISO/IEC 15961 Data protocol: application interface (4 parts) PE: Paul Chartier ISO/IEC 15962 Data protocol: data encoding rules and logical memory functions PE: Paul Chartier ISO/IEC 24753 Application protocol: encoding and processing rules for sensors and batteries PE: Paul Chartier ISO/IEC 24791 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)

6. 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

7. SG3 – Air Interface ISO/IEC 18000-1 FDIS ISO/IEC 18000-2 CD ISO/IEC 18000-3 FDIS ISO/IEC 18000-3 AM2 WD ISO/IEC 18000-4 FDIS ISO/IEC 18000-6 FCD ISO/IEC 18000-7 Published

8. SG5 – Implementation Guidelines TR 24729-1 Part 1: RFID- enabled labels and packaging supporting IEO/IEC18000-6C, Published TR 24729-2 Part 2: Recycling and RF tags, Published TR 24729-3 Part 3: Implementation and operation of UHF RFID Interrogator systems in logistics applications, PDTR ballot TR 24729-4 Part 4: RFID guideline on tag data security, DTR ballot

9. 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

10. GS1 and EPCglobal ARO requests

11. 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

12. ARO requests cont’d For GS1, ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 8933 ballot was issued on 2008- 02-07 with a closing date of 2008-05-08 For EPCglobal, ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 8972 ballot was issued on 2008-02-25 with a closing date of 2008-05-26 Both ballots passed with comments SC31 has requested SC31/WG4 to review the comments and to pass a resolution confirming this process

13. ARO ballot GS1 – JTC1 9065 Canada – No with comments France – Abstain with comments Germany – Abstain with comments South Africa – No with comments

14. ARO ballot EPCglobal – JTC1 9099 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

15. 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.

16. Thank you! henri.barthel@gs1.org