EPC Tag Data Standard defines the Electronic Product Code™ and specifies the memory contents of Gen 2 RFID Tags Release 1.13, Ratified, Nov 2019 1 EPC Tag Data Standard Standard 2 Document Summary Document Item Current Value Document Name EPC Tag Data Standard Document Date Nov 2019 Document Version 1.13 Document Issue Document Status Ratified Document Description defines the Electronic Product Code™ and specifies the memory contents of Gen 2 RFID Tags 3 Contributors to current version Name Organisation Role Craig Alan Repec GS1 Global Office Editor Mark Harrison GS1 Global Office Co-Editor 4 Log of Changes Release Date of Change Changed By Summary of Change 1.9.1 8 July 2015 D. Buckley New GS1 branding applied 1.10 Mar 2017 Craig Alan Repec Listed in full in the Abstract below 1.11 Sep 2017 Craig Alan Repec Listed in full in the Abstract below 1.12 April 2019 Craig Alan Repec and WR 19-076 Mark Harrison Added EPC URI for UPUI, to support EU 2018/574, as well as EPC URI for PGLN – GLN of Party AI (417) – in accordance with GS1 General Specifications 19.1; Added normative specificatons around handling of GCP length for individually assigned GS1 Keys; Corrected ITIP pure identity pattern syntax; Introduced “Fixed Width Integer” encoding and decoding sections in support of ITIP binary encoding. 1.13 September 2019 Craig Alan Repec WR 19-262 Added IMOVN EPC for IMO Vessel Number; WR 19-264 corrected GSIN syntax erratum in section 6.3.12; corrected UPUI example erratum in section 7.16. 5 Disclaimer 6 GS1®, under its IP Policy, seeks to avoid uncertainty regarding intellectual property claims by requiring the participants in 7 the Work Group that developed this EPC Tag Data Standard Standard to agree to grant to GS1 members a royalty-free 8 licence or a RAND licence to Necessary Claims, as that term is defined in the GS1 IP Policy. 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GS1 makes no warranty for the use of 24 this document and assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear in the document, nor does it make a 25 commitment to update the information contained herein. 26 GS1 and the GS1 logo are registered trademarks of GS1 AISBL. 27 Release 1.13, Ratified, Nov 2019 2019 GS1 AISBL Page 3 of 217 EPC Tag Data Standard Standard 28 Table of Contents 29 Foreword ........................................................................................................... 10 30 1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 14 31 2 Terminology and typographical conventions ............................................... 14 32 3 Overview of the Tag Data Standard ............................................................ 14 33 4 The Electronic Product Code: A universal identifier for physical objects ..... 17 34 4.1 The need for a universal identifier: an example ................................................................. 18 35 4.2 Use of identifiers in a Business Data Context .................................................................... 19 36 4.3 Relationship between EPCs and GS1 keys ......................................................................... 20 37 4.4 Use of the EPC in EPCglobal Architecture Framework ......................................................... 23 38 5 Common grammar elements ....................................................................... 24 39 6 EPC URI ...................................................................................................... 25 40 6.1 Use of the EPC URI ........................................................................................................ 26 41 6.2 Assignment of EPCs to physical objects ............................................................................ 26 42 6.3 EPC URI syntax ............................................................................................................. 26 43 6.3.1 Serialised Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN) .......................................................... 28 44 6.3.2 Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) ................................................................... 29 45 6.3.3 Global Location Number With or Without Extension (SGLN) ........................................ 29 46 6.3.4 Global Returnable Asset Identifier (GRAI) ................................................................ 30 47 6.3.5 Global Individual Asset Identifier (GIAI) .................................................................. 30 48 6.3.6 Global Service Relation Number – Recipient (GSRN) .................................................. 31 49 6.3.7 Global Service Relation Number – Provider (GSRNP) ................................................. 31 50 6.3.8 Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI) .................................................................. 32 51 6.3.9 Component / Part Identifier (CPI) ........................................................................... 32 52 6.3.10 Serialised Global Coupon Number (SGCN) ................................................................ 33 53 6.3.11 Global Identification Number for Consignment (GINC) ............................................... 34 54 6.3.12 Global Shipment Identification Number (GSIN) ......................................................... 34 55 6.3.13 Individual Trade Item Piece (ITIP) .......................................................................... 35 56 6.3.14 Unit Pack Identifier (UPUI) ..................................................................................... 35 57 6.3.15 Global Location Number of Party (PGLN) .................................................................. 36 58 6.3.16 General Identifier (GID) ......................................................................................... 37 59 6.3.17 US Department of Defense Identifier (DOD) ............................................................. 37 60 6.3.18 Aerospace and Defense Identifier (ADI) ................................................................... 38 61 6.3.19 BIC Container Code (BIC) ...................................................................................... 39 62 6.3.20 IMO Vessel Number (IMOVN) ................................................................................. 40 63 6.4 EPC Class URI Syntax .................................................................................................... 40 64 6.4.1 GTIN + Batch/Lot (LGTIN) ..................................................................................... 41 65 7 Correspondence between EPCs and GS1 Keys ............................................. 41 66 7.1 The GS1 Company Prefix (GCP) in EPC encodings ............................................................. 41 67 7.2 Determining length of the EPC CompanyPrefix component for individually assigned GS1 Keys 42 68 7.2.1 Individually assigned GTINs ................................................................................... 42 Release 1.13, Ratified, Nov 2019 2019 GS1 AISBL Page 4 of 217 EPC Tag Data Standard Standard 69 7.2.2 Individually assigned GLNs ..................................................................................... 42 70 7.2.3 Other individually assigned GS1 Keys ...................................................................... 43 71 7.3 Serialised Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN) .................................................................. 43 72 7.3.1 GTIN-12 and GTIN-13 ........................................................................................... 45 73 7.3.2 GTIN-8 ................................................................................................................ 45 74 7.3.3 RCN-8 ................................................................................................................