Table of Contents

 1     Scope            
 2     References 
 3     Definitions  
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere            
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation  
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms 
 5     Conventions
 6     Involved standards organizations        
        6.1     GS1 EPCglobal 
        6.2     ISO and ISO/IEC              
 7     AIDC media and associated information            
 8     Access to associated information using directory technology      
 9     Unique item identifier (UII) and electronic product code (EPC)    
        9.1     General             
        9.2     Electronic product code (EPC) types         
        9.3     Unique item identifier (UII) types              
        9.4     Global uniqueness of EPCs and UIIs          
10     Locating associated information for centralized AIDC identification applications 
       10.1     Search using EPC in a centralized environment    
       10.2     Search using UII together with AFI in a centralized environment    
11     Issues for a distributed AIDC environment      
12     EPC and UII formatting and URN subtree structure      
       12.1     EPC and UII formatting information        
       12.2     EPC and UII represented by URN directory subtrees          
13     EPC/UII format information  
       13.1     EPC/UII format DIT subtree       
       13.2     EPC format information              
       13.3     UII format information
14     Support of ITU-T Y.2213         
       14.1     General            
       14.2     Multiple user groups for same EPC or UII              
       14.3     Reverse identifier resolution     
       14.4     Location-based information       
       14.5     Avoidance of single-point-of-failure         
Appendix I ‒ Use of OIDs in an RFID environment    
        I.1     Introduction      
        I.2     OID used in the ISO environment
        I.3     ISO/IEC 15459 OID structure vs. data identifiers/application identifiers         
Appendix II ‒ Introduction to ITU-T X.500-series/LDAP concepts    
       II.1     Directory entries and their content           
       II.2     Directory information tree (DIT) 
       II.3     Directory subtrees         
       II.4     Distinguished names and URNs  
       II.5     Directory search operation          
       II.6     Entry information selection          
       II.7     Pointers to other directories (referrals)   
Appendix III ‒ Introduction to RFID tag structure    
      III.1     Scope of appendix           
      III.2     ISO/IEC 18000-6C and ISO/IEC 18000-3m3 RFID tag structure         
      III.3     Bank '00'B (reserved memory)    
      III.4     Bank '01'B (UII/EPC memory)      
      III.5     Bank '10'B (TID memory)              
      III.6     Bank '11'B (user memory)            
Appendix IV ‒ Overview of EPC types    
       IV.1     Scope of appendix          
       IV.2     Structure of serialized global trade item number (SGTIN) EPC types              
       IV.3     Structure of serial shipping container code (SSCC) EPC types           
       IV.4     Structure of serialized global location number (SGLN) EPC types     
       IV.5     Structure of global returnable asset identifier (GRAI) EPC types     
       IV.6     Structure of global individual asset identifier (GIAI) EPC types         
       IV.7     Structure of global service relation number (GSRN) EPC types         
       IV.8     Structure of global document type identifier (GDTI) EPC types        
Appendix V ‒ Example of retrieving EPC format information    
Appendix VI ‒ Overview of ISO/IEC 15459 UII types    
       VI.1     Overview          
       VI.2     Data identifier field       
       VI.3     Issuing agency codes (IAC)         
       VI.4     Company identification number (CIN)      
       VI.5     Remaining fields            
Appendix VII ‒ Examples of retrieving UII format information     
      VII.1     Scope of appendix         
      VII.2     IAC=UN (Dun and Bradstreet)   
      VII.3     IAC=J example (UPU)   
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Appendix VIII ‒ The format attribute type    
     VIII.1     Introduction   
     VIII.2     EPC format information              
     VIII.3     UII format information
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