A Dog’s Tale on RFID Standards

Clearly, standards are more complex than their name suggests. Just because something is referred to as a “standard” doesn’t necessarily confer interoperability. Often manufacturers design their own proprietary functions into what will be sold as a standard-compliant product and, as a consequence, compatibility with other manufacturers’ products is not guaranteed. In Oscar’s case, while the tags were all different, they did have one thing in common: They were all indeed “standard” tags. But, standard where? And by which set of standards?