Section 10.6. ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

10.6. ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 146 countries, on the basis of 1 member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. ISO is a nongovernmental organization.

ISO has the following TCs (Technical Committees) and JTCs (Joint Technical Councils) that are involved in formulating RFID-related standards:

• ISO JTC1 SC31

• ISO JTC1 SC17

• ISO TC 104 / SC 4

• ISO TC 23 / SC 19

• ISO TC 204

• ISO TC 122

The preceding list is not exhaustive. The following ISO standards are related to RFID technology and its use in real-world applications:

• ISO 6346. Freight containersCoding, identification, and marking.

• ISO 7810. Identification cardsphysical characteristics. Provides performance criteria, requirements for international exchanges, and minimum man-machine features criteria.

• ISO 7816. Identification cardsintegrated circuit(s) cards with contacts. This is currently composed of the following 12 parts:

  Part 1. Physical characteristics

  Part 2. Dimensions and location of the contacts

  Part 3. Electronic signals and transmission protocols

  Part 4. Interindustry commands for interchange

  Part 5. Numbering system and registration procedure for application identifiers

  Part 6. Interindustry data elements for interchange

  Part 7. Interindustry commands for Structured Card Query Language (SCQL)

  Part 8. Commands for security operations

  Part 9. Commands for card management

  Part 10. Electronic signals and answer to reset for synchronous cards

  Part 11. Personal verification through biometric methods

  Part 12. Cryptographic information application

• ISO 9798. Information technologySecurity techniquesEntity authentication. This is currently composed of the following five parts:

  Part 1. General

  Part 2. Mechanisms using symmetric encipherment algorithms

  Part 3. Mechanisms using digital signature techniques

  Part 4. Mechanisms using a cryptographic check function

  Part 5. Mechanisms using zero knowledge techniques

• ISO 9897. Freight containersContainer equipment data exchange (CEDEX)General communication codes.

• ISO 10373. Identification cardstest methods. This is currently composed of the following six parts:

  Part 1. General characteristics tests

  Part 2. Cards with magnetic stripes

  Part 3. Integrated circuit(s) cards with contacts and related interface devices

  Part 5. Optical memory cards

  Part 6. Proximity cards

  Part 7. Vicinity cards

• ISO 10374. Freight ContainersAutomatic Identification.

• ISO 10536. Identification cardsContactless integrated circuit(s) cardsClose-coupled cards. This currently consists of the following three parts:

  Part 1. Physical characteristics

  Part 2. Dimensions and location of coupling areas

  Part 3. Electronic signals and reset procedures

• ISO 11784. Radio frequency identification of animalsCode structure. This specifies the identification code structure for identifying an animal using RFID. However, it does not specify any transmission protocol characteristics between an RFID tag and reader. This is provided by the next standard.

• ISO 11785. Radio frequency identification of animalsTechnical concept. This specifies the transmission procedure between an RFID tag and reader.

• ISO 14223. Radio frequency identification of animalsAdvanced transponders. This consists of the following part:

  Part 1. Air interface. This specifies the air interface between the RFID reader and the advanced transponder (tag) that is fully compatible with ISO 11784 and 11785.

• ISO 14443. Identification cardsContactless integrated circuit(s) cardsProximity cards. This is currently composed of the following four parts:

  Part 1. Physical characteristics

  Part 2. Radio frequency power and signal interface

  Part 3. Initialization and anticollision

  Part 4. Transmission protocol

• ISO 14816. Road Traffic and Transport TelematicsAutomatic Vehicle and Equipment IdentificationNumbering and Data Structures.

• ISO 15434. Information technologyTransfer syntax for high-capacity ADC media.

• ISO 15459. Information technologyUnique identification of transport units. This is composed of the following two parts:

  15459 Part 1. Technical standard

  15459 Part 2. Registration procedures

• ISO 15961. Information technologyRadio frequency identification (RFID) for item managementData protocol: application interface.

• ISO 15962. Information technologyRadio frequency identification (RFID) for item managementData protocol: data encoding rules and logical memory functions.

• ISO 15963. Information technologyRadio frequency identification for item managementUnique identification for RF tags. This describes numbering schemes for uniquely identifying RFID tags.

• ISO 17358. Supply chain application for RFIDApplication requirements. This is currently under development.

• ISO 17363. Supply chain application for RFIDFreight containers. This is currently under development.

• ISO 17364. Supply chain application for RFIDTransport units. This is currently under development.

• ISO 17365. Supply chain application for RFIDReturnable transport items. This is currently under development.

• ISO 17366. Supply chain application for RFIDProduct packaging. This is currently under development.

• ISO 17367. Supply chain application for RFIDProduct tagging. This is currently under development.

• ISO 18000. Information technologyRFID for item management. This is currently composed of six parts:

  Part 1. Reference architecture and definition of parameters to be standardized

  Part 2. Parameters for air interface communications below 135 kHz

  Part 3. Parameters for air interface communications at 13.56 MHz

  Part 4. Parameters for air interface communications at 2.45 GHz

  Part 6. Parameters for air interface communications at 860 to 930 MHz

  Part 7. Parameters for active air interface communications at 433 MHz

• ISO 18001. Information technologyRadio frequency identification for item managementApplication requirements profiles.

• ISO 18046. RFID Tag and Interrogator Performance Test Methods. This is yet to be published.

• ISO 18047. Information technologyRadio frequency identification device conformance test methods. This is split to mirror the ISO 18000 standard. This is currently composed of the following three parts:

  Part 3. Test methods for air interface communications at 13.56 MHz

  Part 4. Test methods for air interface communications at 2.45 GHz

  Part 7. Test methods for air interface communications at 433 MHz

• ISO 18185. Freight containersRadio frequency communication protocol for electronic seal. This is under development. This is composed of the following seven parts:

  Part 1. Communication protocol

  Part 2. Application requirements

  Part 3. Environmental characteristics

  Part 4. Data protection

  Part 5. Sensor interface

  Part 6. Message sets for transfer between seal reader and host computer

  Part 7. Physical layer

• ISO 19762. Information technology AIDC techniquesHarmonised Vocabulary. This is under development. This consists of the following three parts:

  Part 1. General terms relating to AIDC

  Part 2. Optically readable media (ORM)

  Part 3. Radio frequency identification (RFID)

• ISO 23389. Freight containersread-write radio frequency identification (RFID).

• ISO 24710. Information technology AIDC techniquesRFID for Item ManagementISO 18000 Air Interface CommunicationsElementary Tag license-plate functionality for ISO 18000 air interface definitions.