Liaison Report TC 104 to ISOIEC JTC 1SC 31WG 4

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Liaison Report TC 104 to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4

• Craig K. Harmon
• President, Q.E.D. Systems

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ISO TC 104 (Freight Containers)

• TC 104 Chair - ANSI
• TC 104/SC 4 Chair - DIN
• ISO 103741991 (R 01) - Freight containers -
  Automatic Identification
• ISO 63461995 - Freight containers - Coding,
  identification, and marking
• ISO 6681995 - Series 1 freight containers -
  Classification, dimensions and ratings
• ISO CD18185 - Freight Containers -
  Radio-frequency communication protocol for
  electronic seal
• ISO AWI23389 - Freight Containers Read-Write
  Radio-frequency identifications (RFID)

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ISO 18185 (ISO TC 104)

• ISO 18185 - Freight Containers - Radio-frequency
  communication protocol for electronic seal
• Will recommend 862 - 928 MHz for FHSS passive and
  433.92 MHz Narrowband active
• CD Status by the mid of 2002

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ISO 18185 - Current ControversyMultiple
Applications - Single Standard

• Choke Point - The application having the lowest
  cost tag is a choke point, where passive tag able
  is read from 3 to 5 meters in distance moving
  slowly into, out of, or within a facility.
• Yard Management - The second application with a
  more costly tag is a yard management application,
  where an active tag is read from a distance of
  100 to 300 meters able to be read dynamically
  within the container yard.
• Geo-location - The third application with the
  most costly tag of the three applications is a
  geo-location application able to read any tag
  anywhere globally (assuming the transponder to
  satellite path is not obstructed).

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ISO 18185 - Current ControversyMultiple
Applications - Single Standard

• The geo-location tag can meet most of the
  application requirements except where we need to
  isolate two or more tags that are closely
  co-located. The question becomes one of cost.
  How much are the conveyance, transporters, and
  logistic services willing to invest? When this
  question was asked prior to 911 the answer was
  very little. With the publicity that is being
  received saying that scarcely more than 2 percent
  of the containers received in port into the U.S.
  are being screened, that answer may have changed.

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ISO 23389 (ISO TC 104)

• ISO 23389 - Freight Containers - Read-Write Radio
  Frequency Identification (RFID)
• Project Approved 18 January 2002
• CD Status by the first quarter of 2003

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Liaison Report TC 122 to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4

• Craig K. Harmon
• President, Q.E.D. Systems

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ISO TC 122

• Secretariat - TSE
• TC 122/WG 4 - Shipping Labels
• ISO 153941999 - Packaging - Bar Code and
  Two-dimensional Symbols for Shipping, Transport,
  and Receiving Labels
• TC 122/WG 7 - Product Packaging
• ISO CD22742 - Packaging - Linear bar code and
  two-dimensional symbols for product packaging (CD
  agreed upon on 24 January 2002 - Kahuku, HI)

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Resolution 3 - ISO TC 122/WG 724 January 2002

• Application Standards for RFID for Item
  Management
• ISO TC 122/WG 7 requests that Mr. Harmon prepare
  a recommendation to the ISO Central Secretariat
  for a joint working group of ISO TC 122, ISO TC
  104, and JTC 1/SC 31 to address Application
  Standards for RFID for Item Management. Mr.
  Harmon is to prepare the draft recommendation
  within 60 days of this resolution and to
  circulate the draft to WG 7. WG 7 is to respond
  to Mr. Harmon within 30 days of the drafts
  circulation after which time Mr. Harmon will
  submit the recommendations to the ISO Central
  Secretariat.

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The Layers of Logistic Units (Optically Readable
Media)
Layer 5ISO TC 204 (None)AIAG B-15
Movement Vehicle (truck, airplane, ship, train)
Layer 4ISO TC 104 (None)
Container (e.g., 40 foot Sea Container)
Layer 3ISO TC 122/WG 4 (15394)ANSI
MH10.8.1AIAG B-10/14EIA 556-BUCC 6
Layer 2ISO TC 122/WG 4 (15394)ANSI
MH10.8.1AIAG B-10/14EIA 556-BUCC 6/EAN Genl
Spec
Layer 1ISO TC 122/WG 7 (22742) ANSI
MH10.8.6AIAG B-4 (TBD)EIA 621/624 IEC TC 91
UCC 1 /EAN Genl Spec
Layer 0ISO TC 122 (TBD)ANSI MH10.8.7AIAG
B-4EIA SP-3497UCC 1 /EAN Genl Spec
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The Layers of Logistic Units (Radio Frequency
Identification - RFID)
Movement Vehicle (truck, airplane, ship, train)
Container (e.g., 40 foot Sea Container)
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Compatibility Suitability of products, processes
or services for use together under specific
conditions to fulfill relevant requirements
without causing unacceptable interactions.
Interchangeability, interoperability, and
non-interference are differing levels (or
degrees) of compatibility. Interchangeability The
condition that exists between devices or systems
that exhibit equivalent functionality, interface
features and performance to allow one to be
exchanged for another, without alteration, and
achieve the same operational service. Interoperab
ility The condition that exists between systems,
from different vendors, to execute bi-directional
data exchange functions, in a manner that allows
them to operate effectively together. A guarantee
of a certain level of compatibility between
different implementations of the same standard.
The desired level of compatibility is specific to
a given standard, and can be limited to basic
services. Interconnection and interoperability
are the main objectives of standardization.
Non-interference The condition that exists
where standard-compliant components of various
types or of different vendor origins co-exist
within the same space without serious detrimental
effect on one anothers performance. Components
are not required to communicate with one another
as part of a common infrastructure, but only to
peacefully co-exist.
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Resolution 3 - ISO TC 122/WG 724 January 2002

• Application Standards for RFID for Item
  Management
• Returnable Containers Greater Than 1 Cubic Meter
• Small Returnable Containers
• Shipping Containers
• Product Packaging
• Product Tagging

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TC 122/TC 104/SC 31 JWG

• Part 1 - Application Requirements
• Part 2 - Common Issues for Subsequent Parts
• Part 3 - Returnable Containers gt Than 1 Cubic
  Meter
• Part 4 - Small Returnable Containers
• Part 5 - Shipping Containers
• Part 6 - Product Packaging
• Part 7 - Product Tagging
• Part 8 - Conformance Testing for Returnable
  Containers gt Than 1 Cubic Meter
• Part 9 - Conformance Testing for Small Returnable
  Containers
• Part 10 - Conformance Testing for Shipping
  Containers
• Part 11 - Conformance Testing for Product
  Packaging
• Part 12 - Conformance Testing for Product Tagging

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TC 122/TC 104/SC 31 JWG

• Business Case (28 February 2002) - Available at
• http//www.autoid.org/TC_122/tc_122_wg_7.htm

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ANSI MH10.8

• ANSI MH10.8.1 - Bar codes 2D symbols on unit
  loads and transport packages
• ANSI MH10.8.2 - Data Application Identifiers
• ANSI MH10.8.3 - Syntax for High Capacity ADC
  Media
• ANSI MH10.8.4 - RFID for Returnable Containers
• ANSI MH10.8.6 - Bar codes 2D symbols on product
  packages
• ANSI MH10.8.7 - Bar codes 2D symbols for
  product marking
• ANSI MH10.8.8 - RFID for Parcels, Packages,
  Flat Mail (3/21/02 MH10.8.8 App Reqs 0900-1600)

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