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PRESS RELEASE
after WG11 meeting 20.11.2012
At the beginning of September 2012 two new work proposals in ISO were approved
after ballot in ISO/TC46/SC4 Information and documentation,
Technical interoperability:
A technical specification has a quicker process
that an international standard, but after three years a technical specification
shall be approved as an international standard or be omitted.
Both proposals are based on use of another
frequency (UHF – ultra high frequency) than the two encoding/frequency
standards in the ISO 28560 series (HF – high frequency: 13.56 MHz refer to ISO
18000-3).
The 28560-4 proposal covers encoding of all data
elements in a structure similar to 28560-2 but using UHF frequency. Developing
a Technical Specification is the fastest way to provide a standardised solution
for libraries choosing to use UHF technology.
The 28560-5 proposal covers the definition of a
unique item identifier for libraries for encoding as one element called UII,
integrating two elements from ISO 28560-1: Primary item identifier and Owner
institution (ISIL) to ensure that the identification is internationally unique.
The ISO working group for RFID in
Libraries (ISO/TC46/SC4/WG11) met on 20 November to discuss the two above-mentioned
proposals and the convener of WG11
Before discussion of the two
proposals, was the question “Shall a part define encoding of all or any data
elements in part 1?” discussed. WG11 accepts the key principle that parts of
ISO 28560 supporting encoding rules shall define how the data elements are
encoded. To achieve interoperability between the encoding rules and RFID
technologies all the data elements defined in ISO 28560-1 should be supported.
If not all data elements are supported
the parts addressing encoding shall declare which data elements are not
supported.
The 28560-4 editors presented a work
plan, which was accepted and WG11 asks the 28560-4 editors to deliver a final draft
for internal WG11- ballot in March 2013.
For the proposed 28560-4 some
possible change of scope and title was discussed and “WG11 asks the convener to
consult the ISO Central Secretariat for advice in handling the 28560-5 proposal
in respect of title and scope.”
The meeting presented a solid basis
for the further work with the proposed standards and additionally members were
informed about recent developments in RFID and privacy issues.
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*) Link to the
presentation of
Convener of ISO TC46/SC4/WG11: