A Dog’s Tale on RFID Standards

Standardization is a complex subject. There are a myriad of standards groups (international, national, and industrial), generally denoted by acronyms such as IATA, CEN, ETSI, ANSI, AIAG, ISO, and the list goes on. This alphabet soup is further complicated by an apparently random numbering of standards. To understand the RFID standardization environment some measure of structure and simplification is required. Among the numerous standards groups are two key bodies driving the RFID standardization process: EPCglobal and ISO (International Standards Organization).