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requirements are taken into account in future transponder generations. The following
standards are planned:

• ISO 15961: 'RFID for Item Management : Host Interrogator; Tag functional com-

mands and other syntax features'

• ISO 15962: 'RFID for Item Management : Data Syntax'

• ISO 15963: 'Unique Identification of RF tag and Registration Authority to manage

the uniqueness'
Part 1: Numbering System
Part 2: Procedural Standard
Part 3: Use of the unique identification of RF tag in the integrated circuit.

• ISO 18000: 'RFID for Item Management: Air Interface'

Part 1: Generic Parameter for Air Interface Communication for Globally Ac-
cepted Frequencies
Part 2: Parameters for Air Interface Communication below 135 kHz
Part 3: Parameters for Air Interface Communication at 13.56MHz
Part 4: Parameters for Air Interface Communication at 2.45GHz
Part 5: Parameters for Air Interface Communication at 5.8GHz
Part 6: Parameters for Air Interface Communication — UHF Frequency Band

• ISO 18001: 'Information technology — RFID for ItemManagement — Application

Requirements Profiles'

9.6.2 GTAG initiative

A further initiative, GTAG (Global Tag; see Figure 9.43) is jointly supported by
the EAN (European Article Numbering Association) and the UCC (Universal Code
Council). According to a statement by the two organisations themselves, the work of
EAN and UCC is 'to improve supply chain management and other business processes
that reduce costs and/or add value for both goods and services, EAN International
and UCC develop, establish and promote global, open standards for identification
and communication for the benefit of the users involved and the ultimate consumer'
(EAN.UCC, 1999).
EAN.UCC systems are used worldwide by almost a million companies from ex-
tremely different industries for the identification of goods. The best known is the
barcode, which can be found upon all consumer goods, and which is read at the
supermarket till. The codes used, however, do not facilitate the classification of the

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Performance Standards Initiative

Figure 9.43 Official logo of the GTAG initiative (http://www.ean-int.org)