RFID technology standards are being created by EPCglobal, Inc (GS1) - a consortium of technology companies and user community. EPCglobal is developing EPC Network architecture along with various tag and reader protocols. Implementation of these standards will help improve efficiency of businesses everywhere. In this course you will learn about EPCglobal, Inc. (GS1) - the RFID standards making body, Electronic Product Code, EPC Network and various components of middleware. We will cover:

• EPCglobal, Inc organization and its structure
• EPC (Electronic Product Code) - a global object numbering system
• EPC Network architecture
• ONS (Object Naming Service) - "The Internet of Things"
• Middleware - software that connects objects to
• ALE (Application Level Events) - software to manage RFID readers
• EPC-IS - Distributed EPC information system
• PML - the language of physical objects