The Only Thing Worse than No Standards is a Bunch of Them Presenter: Craig K. Harmon Sensor Expo 7-9 June 2010 Chicago, IL SYSTEMS Copyright © 2010 - Q.E.D. Systems Founder, JTC 1/SC 31 • Founder, RFID Experts Group (REG) • Chair, JTC 1/SC 31/WG 6 - Mobile Item Identification and Management (Convergence of Mobile Telephony, Mobile Computing, Sensors, and AIDC) • Chair, ISO TC 122/WG 10 - Supply Chain Applications of RFID • Chair, ISO TC 122/WG 4 (Shipping Labels) & ISO TC 122/WG 7 (Product Packaging) • Vice-chair, ASC MH 10 and U.S. TAG to ISO TC 122 (Packaging) • Senior Project Editor ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4 (RFID) • Chair, U.S. TAG to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4 (RFID) • JTC 1/SC 31 & TC 104 Liaison Officer to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-R & ITU-T) • Joint Automotive Industry Forum (JAIF) JAMA/JAPIA/AIAG/ODETTE) – Returnable Transport Items • AIAG Bar Code, Applications, 2D, Tire, Returnables, & RFID Committees • Member, EPCglobal HAG (UHFGen2), FMCG BAG, HLS BAG, SAG, TLS, TDS, AIWG, SBAC, HAT • ISO TC 104 & 122 (Freight Containers / Packaging) Liaison Officer to JTC 1/SC 31 • Past Chair, ASC INCITS T6 (RFID) - ANS INCITS 256:1999, 2001 • Advisor and Member of USPS Strategic Technology Council • Chairman & Project Editor, ANS MH10.8.2 (Data Application Identifiers) • Original Project Editor, NATO STANAG 2233 (RFID for NATO Asset Tracking) • Vocabulary Rapporteur to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31, ISO/IEC 19762 - Harmonized vocabulary • CompTIA RFID Subject Matter Expert and RFID Certified Professional (CRCP) - RFID+ • Recipient of the 2004 Richard Dilling Award This presentation posted at: http://www.autoid.org/presentations/presentations.htm Copyright © 2010 - Q.E.D. Systems 3. Why Standards? • Fosters global recognition • Provides global interoperability • Provides sustained development and retention of investment SYSTEMS Copyright © 2010 - Q.E.D. Systems 4. Sensor standards IEEE IETF IETF 1451 (8) 6LOWPAN ROLL IEEE ZigBee ZigBee ISA 100 JTC 802.15.4 NET/APP PRO MAC/NET/ 1/WG 27 MAC/PHY NET/APP APP Security JTC 1/SC 31/WG 6 Hart JTC Sensor NET/APP 1/WG 7 WGSN Specs The creation of standards is too expensive and the human capital required is too scarce for efforts to be duplicated by multiple organizations! SYSTEMS Copyright © 2010 - Q.E.D. Systems 5. The State of Standards • Radio-frequency identification, including Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4 – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 5 – EPCglobal – RFID/USN – Ubiquitous RFID – Near-field Communications (NFC) – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 • Sensors – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 6 – Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) – RFID/USN – JTC 1 Study Group on Sensor Networks (SGSN) SYSTEMS Copyright © 2010 - Q.E.D. Systems 6. The State of Standards (continued) • Mobile Item Identification & Management (MIIM) – The convergence of mobile computing, wireless communications, and automatic identification – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 6 – ITU-T SG 16/SG 17 – GS1 MobileCom • Security – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 7 – ITU-T SG 16/SG 17 – ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 6 (for sensors) SYSTEMS Copyright © 2010 - Q.E.D. Systems 7. International Standards Activities There will be a short quiz at the end International International Organization for International Electrotechnical International Telecommunications Universal Postal Union Standardization (ISO) Commission (IEC) Union (ITU) (United Nations) (UPU) (United Nations) TC 122 Packaging ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 WG 4 - Shpng Lbl (JTC 1) WG 5 - Terminology WG 7 – Prod Pkgng SC 31 ITU-T (fka CCITT) WG 10 - SCARFID SC 17 Telecommunications Prod Mrkng Automatic Data Capture WG 1 - Symbology IC Cards Standardization TC 104 WG 2 - Data Content Freight Containers WG 3 - Conformance ITU-R (fka CCIR & IFBR) WG 4 - RFID SC 6 Radio-frequency Issues TC 8 WG 5 - RTLS Telcom & Ships & Marine Tech WG 6 - MIIM info exch ITU-D (fka BDT) WG 7 - Security btwn systems Telecommunications Development Regional Comité Européen Normalisation Comité Européen Postal & ODETTE ECMA CENELEC ETSI Telegraph (CEPT) (CEN) National Standards Assoc British Standards KATS Deutches Institut ANSI JISC of China (SAC) Institution (BSI) fur Normung (DIN) MHI AIM GS 1 IEEE INCITS Other T6 B10 Industry DoD ATA ATIS AIA HIBCC AIAG GS 1 Other VDA EPCglobal SYSTEMS Copyright © 2010 - Q.E.D. Systems 8. International Activity that Affects You ISO IEC ITU TC 122 TC 3 Packaging JTC 1 Info Doc ITU-R ITU-T IMO TC 104 SC 31 TC 106 Freight AIDC Human WP 1A JCA-NID Containers EMC Exp SC 17 SG 16 TC 8 CISPR WP 1B Ships ICC e-Everything WCO Radio EMI SC 6 WP 5B SG 17 TC 204 Network Security ITS SC 27 TC 247 Security UN/ Anti-Counterfeiting WG 7 ECE SGSN SYSTEMS Copyright © 2010 - Q.E.D. Systems 9. JTC 1/SC 31 – Structure JTC 1/SC 31 Vocabulary AIDC WG 1 WG 2 WG 4 WG 5 WG 6 WG 7 ORM Data