ISO/IEC 15961-2:2019

Information technology — Data protocol for radio frequency identification (RFID) for item management — Part 2: Registration of RFID data constructs

This document specifies the procedural requirements to maintain specific RFID data constructs. The data constructs are associated with managing open and closed applications that utilise RFID systems which conform to the data protocol defined in other parts of ISO/IEC 15961 and ISO/IEC 15962, and the air interface protocols of ISO/IEC 18000. It also outlines the obligations of the Registration Authority and the application administrators, with respect to: — the allocation of AFIs to particular applications defined by the application administrator; — the allocation of data formats to particular applications defined by the application administrator; — the registration of Root-OIDs, compliant with ISO/IEC 9834-1, to any Unique Item Identifiers used in applications defined by the application administrator; — the registration of Root-OIDs, compliant with ISO/IEC 9834-1, to any other data used in applications defined by the application administrator; — the registration of various table-driven encoding schemes, compliant with ISO/IEC 15962.

Technologies de l'information — Protocole de données relatif à l'identification par radiofréquence (RFID) pour la gestion d'objets — Partie 2: Enregistrement de constructions de données RFID

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 07-Aug-2019
• ICS: 35.040 - Information coding
• ICS: 35.040.50 - Automatic identification and data capture techniques
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 - Automatic identification and data capture techniques
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4 - Radio communications
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 07-Oct-2010
• Completion Date: 08-Aug-2019

Relations

• Revises: ISO/IEC 15961:2004 - Information technology — Radio frequency identification (RFID) for item management — Data protocol: application interface
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 15961-2
First edition
2019-08
Information technology — Data
protocol for radio frequency
identification (RFID) for item
management —
Part 2:
Registration of RFID data constructs
Technologies de l'information — Protocole de données relatif à
l'identification par radiofréquence (RFID) pour la gestion d'objets —
Partie 2: Enregistrement de constructions de données RFID
Reference number
ISO/IEC 15961-2:2019(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 1
3.1 Terms and definitions . 1
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 2
4 User considerations of RFID data constructs . 3
5 Application administrators . 3
5.1 General considerations . 3
5.2 Criteria for approval . 3
5.3 Criteria for rejection . 3
6 Registration Authority . 4
6.1 Responsibilities . 4
6.2 Register of RFID data constructs . 4
Annex A (normative) User considerations of RFID data constructs . 5
Bibliography . 8
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.
This first edition of ISO/IEC 15961-2, together with ISO/IEC 15961-1, ISO/IEC 15961-3 and
ISO/IEC 15961-4, cancels and replaces ISO/IEC 15961:2004, which has been technically revised.
A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 15961 series can be found on the ISO website.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
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Introduction
The technology of radio frequency identification (RFID) is based on non-contact electronic
communication across an air interface. The structure of the bits stored on the memory of the RFID
tag is invisible and accessible between the RFID tag and the interrogator only by the use of the
appropriate air interface protocol, as specified in the appropriate part of ISO/IEC 18000. The transfer
of data between the application and the interrogator in open systems requires data to be presented in
a consistent manner on any RFID tag that is part of that open system. Application commands from the
application and responses from the interrogator also require being processed in a standard way. This
is not only to allow equipment to be interoperable, but in the special case of the data carrier, for the
data to be encoded on the RFID tag in one system implementation for it to be read at a later time in a
completely different and unknown system implementation. The data bits stored on each RFID tag need
to be formatted in such a way as to be reliably read at the point of use if the RFID tag is to fulfil its basic
objective.
Manufacturers of radio frequency identification equipment (interrogators, RFID tags, etc.) and the
users of RFID technology require a standard-based data protocol for RFID for item management.
ISO/IEC 15961 and ISO/IEC 15962 specify this data protocol, which is independent of any of the air
interface standards defined in ISO/IEC 18000. As such, the data protocol is a consistent component
in the RFID system that may independently evolve to include additional air interface protocols. The
International Standards that comprise the data protocol are:
— ISO/IEC 15961-1, which defines the transfer of data to and from the application, supported by
appropriate application commands and responses;
— this document (ISO/IEC 15961-2), which defines the registration procedure of RFID data constructs
to ensure that the data protocol supports new applications, in a relatively straightforward manner,
as they adopt RFID technology. This can be achieved by the Registration Authority publishing regular
updates of RFID Data Constructs Register that have been assigned, and as a means of incorporating
these updates into the processes of ISO/IEC 15961-1;
— ISO/IEC 15961-3, which defines the RFID data constructs and the rules that govern their use;
— ISO/IEC 15961-4, which defines the transfer of data associated with sensors and batteries to and
from the application, supported by appropriate application commands and responses;
— ISO/IEC 15962, which specifies the overall process and the methodologies developed to format the
application data into a structure to store on the RFID tag.
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Information technology — Data protocol for radio
frequency identification (RFID) for item management —
Part 2:
Registration of RFID data constructs
1 Scope
This document specifies the procedural requirements to maintain specific RFID data constructs. The
data constructs are associated with managing open and closed applications that utilise RFID systems
which conform to the data protocol defined in other parts of ISO/IEC 15961 and ISO/IEC 15962, and the
air interface protocols of ISO/IEC 18000.
It also outlines the obligations of the Registration Authority and the application administrators, with
respect to:
— the allocation of AFIs to particular applications defined by the application administrator;
— the allocation of data formats to particular applications defined by the application administrator;
— the registration of Root-OIDs, compliant with ISO/IEC 9834-1, to any Unique Item Identifiers used in
applications defined by the application administrator;
— the registration of Root-OIDs, compliant with ISO/IEC 9834-1, to any other data used in applications
defined by the application administrator;
— the registration of various table-driven encoding schemes, compliant with ISO/IEC 15962.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 15961-3:2019, Information technology — Radio frequency identification (RFID) for item
management: Data Protocol — Part 3: RFID data constructs
ISO/IEC 15962, Information technology — Radio frequency identification (RFID) for item management —
Data protocol: data encoding rules and logical memory functions
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the following terms, definitions and abbreviated terms apply.
3.1 Terms and definitions
3.1.1
application administrator
organization that is responsible for defining and managing a particular application standard using
RFID technology
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3.1.2
Application Family Identifier
mechanism used in the data protocol and the air interface protocol to select a class of RFID tags relevant
to an application, or aspect of an application, and to ignore further communications with other classes
of RFID tags with different identifiers
3.1.3
arc
specific branch of a hierarchical Object Identifier tree
Note 1 to entry: The top three arcs of Object Identifiers relevant to RFID, compliant with ISO/IEC 9834-1, are
defined in ISO/IEC 15961-3.
3.1.4
data format
mechanism used in the data protocol to identify how Object Identifiers are encoded on the RFID tag,
and (where possible) identify a particular data dictionary for the set of relevant Object Identifiers for a
specific application
3.1.5
Object
well-defined piece of information, definition or specification which requires a name in order to identify
its use in an instance of communication
3.1.6
Object Identifier
value (distinguishable from all other such values) which is associated with an Object
3.1.7
Relative-OID
Object Identifier comprising the remaining arc or arcs positioned after a common Root-OID (for the
first and subsequent arcs)
Note 1 to entry: The common Root-OID is often implied by other data constructs and not encoded in the RFID tag.
3.1.8
Root-OID
particular Object Identifier that constitutes the first, second and subsequent common arcs of a set of
Object Identifiers (hence the common root)
Note 1 to entry: The Root-OID followed immediately by the Relative-OID equates to the complete Object Identifier.
3.1.9
Unique Item Identifier
mechanism that uniquely identifies a specific entity (e.g. a product, transport unit, returnable asset)
during its life within a particular domain and scope of a code system
Note 1 to entry: When used with this data protocol, the particular Object Identifier that defines the Unique Item
Identifier shall rely on the fact that each instance of its Object shall be unique and unambiguous with all other
related Objects.
3.2 Abbreviated terms
AFI Application Family Identifier
OID Object identifier
RA Registration Authority
UII Unique Item Identifier
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4 User considerations of RFID data constructs
Data constructs shall be applied in accordance with Annex A to ensure that application standards are
correctly structured. Furthermore, an understanding of the functions of the data construct rules is
essential for application administrators to apply for the relevant registration as defined in Clause 5.
5 Application administrators
5.1 General considerations
The procedure for the requests for RFID data constructs shall be as follows.
a) Applications for RFID data constructs shall contain all of the elements necessary to fulfil the
requirements specified in ISO/IEC 15961-3 for Application Family Identifiers, data formats, Unique
Item Identifiers and other data objects (if relevant to the application).
b) Application forms shall be made available on request from the Registration Authority.
c) A separate application form should be submitted to the Registration Authority for every RFID data
construct set requested.
d) Only applications that have been duly completed shall be acceptable for registration by the
Registration Authority.
e) All applications shall be reviewed by the Registration
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