ISO/IEC 29133:2010
(Main)Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Quality test specification for rewritable hybrid media data carriers
Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Quality test specification for rewritable hybrid media data carriers
ISO/IEC 29133:2010 specifies methodologies to be used for the conformance of rewritable hybrid media data carriers, which combine radio frequency identification (RFID) tag technology with linear and/or two-dimensional bar code symbologies that are written to an erasable substrate. Three main product configuration types are addressed within ISO/IEC 29133:2010: Rewritable Media, which supports the rewriting of linear or two-dimensional symbols; Rewritable Hybrid Media, which integrates the Rewritable Media with an RFID tag; Rewritable Media combined with RFID technology that are physically separate data carriers but still require their data encoding processes to be integrated as part of a Rewritable Hybrid Media system. In particular, ISO/IEC 29133:2010 defines the base requirements for Rewritable Media and Rewritable Media devices, defines additional methods for process control of the Rewritable Media over multiple erasure and rewrite cycles, defines reference standards for evaluating the RFID tag component, defines additional methods for process control of the RFID component over multiple erasure and rewrite cycles, provides information to ensure that the data encoded in the bar code symbology and RFID data carrier are synchronous, i.e. are derived from the same source data set. Note that depending on the application, the encoded data can be identical or different (e.g. one data carrier could provide additional data).
Technologies de l'information — Techniques automatiques d'identification et de capture des données — Spécification d'essai qualitatif pour porteurs de données de milieux hybrides
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 29133
First edition
2010-05-15
Information technology — Automatic
identification and data capture
techniques — Quality test specification
for rewritable hybrid media data carriers
Technologies de l'information — Techniques automatiques
d'identification et de capture des données — Spécification d'essai
qualitatif pour porteurs de données de milieux hybrides
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ISO/IEC 2010
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction.v
1 Scope.1
2 Normative references.2
3 Terms and definitions .2
4 Symbols and abbreviations.2
5 Hybrid media functions and process description.3
6 Conformance tests for the Rewritable Media system.3
6.1 General .3
6.2 Product conformance .3
6.3 Process control factors .4
6.4 Process control methods .5
7 Conformance tests for RFID tag component.6
7.1 General .6
7.2 Product conformance .6
7.3 RFID performance testing.6
7.4 Process control methods .7
8 Conformance considerations to integrate the different data carrier technologies.8
8.1 Overview.8
8.2 Data and memory mapping considerations.8
8.3 Processing the RFID air interface commands.8
8.4 Locking of data on the RFID tag .8
8.5 Erase and rewrite cycle: RFID implications.8
8.6 RFID and sensors .9
8.7 Co-ordinating the data flows.9
Annex A (informative) Example of Rewritable Hybrid Media Data Carrier.10
Annex B (informative) In-line quality evaluation mechanism.12
Annex C (informative) Process control method to estimate the end of life.14
Annex D (informative) Operational flowcharts.16
Bibliography.20
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Foreword
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Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of
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Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO/IEC 29133 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.
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Introduction
Traditionally, linear bar codes and two-dimensional symbols have been considered as write once/read many
times (WORM) technologies. The advent of Rewritable Media, which can completely change the displayed
information, provides applications with an opportunity to erase previously encoded data carriers and human
readable data and to overwrite this with new data. There is a requirement to ensure that Rewritable Media can
be fully integrated with pre-existing WORM applications.
Additionally, Rewritable Media can be combined with rewritable RFID (radio frequency identification)
technologies to create what is called a Rewritable Hybrid Media product. In this form, the characteristics of the
optical data carrier and RFID data carrier can be used in an integrated manner in business applications.
Because the rewriting procedure for each technology is different, there is a requirement to ensure that this
data is synchronised, not necessarily to be identical, on each rewriting cycle.
Because the Rewritable Media and RFID tags can be re-used for a number of cycles, they can contribute to
environmental improvement as they produce a smaller carbon footprint over their lifetime than current systems
that use paper and card-based products. Also, by combining Rewritable Media with RFID, the number of
single-use RFID labels can be reduced.
Manufacturers of bar code equipment and RFID equipment, and the users of both these data capture
technologies, require publicly available standard test specifications for the objective assessment of the quality
of Rewritable Hybrid Media and its component parts. Such standards can be referred to when developing
equipment and application standards, or determining the quality of the data carriers. Such test specifications
form the basis for development of measuring equipment for process control and quality assurance purposes
during the rewriting process as well as afterwards. This International Standard provides requirements and
guidelines to achieve a specified quality requirement for applications making use of Rewritable Hybrid Media.
These requirements also address the fact that any batch of Rewritable Hybrid Media is heterogeneous, with
some items that are relatively new being intermixed with other items that have been erased and re-written
many times. Procedures outlined in this International Standard ensure, irrespective of the age and number of
cycles achieved by an item of Rewritable Hybrid Media, that the minimum required quality output is
maintained.
The bar code symbol needs to be produced in such a way as to be reliably decoded at the point of use, if it is
to fulfil its basic objective as a machine-readable data carrier. Similarly, the RFID tag needs to be encoded in
a correct manner to be reliably read at the point of use.
This International Standard specifies the overall quality process and associated methodology for Rewritable
Hybrid Media. This International Standard determines quality characteristics to ensure that various types of
product combination and integrated Rewritable Hybrid Media system can be implemented in a reliable and
robust manner.
This International Standard contributes to the interoperability of data carriers and devices that support this
technology. In addition, as the Rewritable Media technology develops, this International Standard will provide
a benchmark to assess whether the new developments are capable of being applied in a manner compatible
with existing data carriers.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 29133:2010(E)
Information technology — Automatic identification and data
capture techniques — Quality test specification for rewritable
hybrid media data carriers
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies methodologies to be used for the conformance of rewritable hybrid
media data carriers, which combine RFID tag technology with linear and/or two-dimensional bar code
symbologies that are written to an erasable substrate. Three main product configuration types are addressed
within this International Standard:
⎯ Rewritable Media, which supports the rewriting of linear or two-dimensional symbols;
⎯ Rewritable Hybrid Media, which integrates the Rewritable Media with an RFID tag;
⎯ Rewritable Media combined with RFID technology that are physically separate data carriers but still
require their data encoding processes to be integrated as part of a Rewritable Hybrid Media system.
In particular, this International Standard
⎯ defines the base requirements for Rewritable Media and Rewritable Media devices (see 6.2),
⎯ defines additional methods for process control of the Rewritable Media over multiple erasure and
rewrite cycles (see 6.4),
⎯ defines reference standards for evaluating the RFID tag component (see 7.2 and 7.3),
⎯ defines additional methods for process control of the RFID component over multiple erasure and
rewrite cycles (see 7.4),
⎯ provides information to ensure that the data encoded in the bar code symbology and RFID data
carrier are synchronous, i.e. are derived from the same source data set (see Clause 8).
NOTE Depending on the application, the encoded data can be identical or different (e.g. one data carrier could
provide additional data).
Because of the interdependency between the Rewritable Hybrid Media and the rewrite device used to create
the optical image, the entire Rewritable Hybrid Media system needs to be taken into account to define
conformance. Therefore, there is a requirement to define the capability of achieving a given print quality grade
as defined in relevant standards. This Rewritable Hybrid Media system approach has the additional advantage
of not being prescriptive on the types of media and "print" technologies that may be used now or developed in
future. As long as a print technology/media combination meets the print quality grades, it can be considered
conformant with this International Standard.
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2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 15415 Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Bar code
print quality test specification — Two-dimensional symbols
ISO/IEC 15416 Information technology — Automatic identification and data
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