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EPCglobal Groups and How Subscribers May Join Them
Updated January 12, 2010
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Click here for a How-to guide on joining EPCglobal groups, below is a list of available groups and how you may join them.
Industry Action Groups
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Aerospace & Defense Industry Action Group (A&D IAG) |
Aerospace & Defense Industry Action Group (A&D IAG)
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Description: Aerospace & Defense Industry Action Group is focused on facilitating the industry adoption of PC-based technologies throughout its supply chains with the intent of increasing object visibility, integrity, safety of equipment and personnel, operational readiness & efficiency, security of consumers and operators, and efficient movement that result from unique identification and secure information exchange. This meeting will address these requirements specifically around data exchange, tag performance, global operability, education and awareness. Facilitating this group: James Chronowski, GS1 US
How to Join: After reading the charter, go directly to the "Join Group" page. |
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Consumer Electronics Industry Action Group (CE IAG) |
| Consumer Electronics Industry Action Group (CE IAG) |
Description: The EPCglobal Consumer Electronics Industry Action Group (CE IAG) explores the benefits of using RFID enabled business processes through the utilization of EPC to improve the Consumer Electronics global supply chain in all aspects of the product life cycle – manufacturing to End of Life. Both the forward and reverse supply chains are addressed. Consumer electronics manufacturers, distributors and retailers are working toward the day when life-cycle tracking of electronic products will deliver benefits for businesses, consumers and the environment. Facilitating this group: Audrey Kremer, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: After reading the group charter, click here to go directly to the "Join Group" page. |
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Retail Supply Chain Industry Action Group (RSC IAG) |
Media & Entertainment Interest Group
(MEIG)
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Description: Identifies business & use cases for the M&E industry that delivers content in the form of an optical disc or other medium to facilitate supply chain, store execution & reverse logistics efficiency. Facilitating this group: Michele Southall, EPCglobal North America
How to Join: After reading the group charter, click here to go directly to the "Join Group" page. |
Returnable Transport Items (Pallet Tagging) Interest Group (RTI PT IG)
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Description: The objective of this interest group is to create a set of requirements as follows"· Work with the “GS1 Key Clarification Group” which will define the appropriate GS1 identification key (GRAI or GIAI) to identify a pallet.
· Define the specifications (orientation, placement) and amount of tag needed in order to use the EPC/RFID tagged pallet in several uses cases such as inbound/outbound, inventory management and also asset management.
· Define the data structure and usage of memory of the tag (address information to be written to user memory in standardized format). Facilitating this group: Kerry Angelo, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: After reading the group charter, click here to go directly to the "Join Group" page. |
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Transportation & Logistics Services Industry Action Group (TLS IAG)
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| Transportation & Logistics Services Industry Action Group (TLS IAG) |
Description: The Monitoring of custody or possession of cargo and information during its journey or movement between Cargo Owners (Shipper / Consignee) and Transportation (Forwarders, Terminal operators, TLS providers, Custom brokers) throughout the Supply Chain with the compliance of International Trading Requirements (eg. Im / Ex Declaration or Banking & Insurance). Facilitating this group: Shirley Arsenault, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: After reading the group charter, click here to go directly to the "Join Group" page. |
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Cross-Industry Adoption & Implementation Groups
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A&I Groups |
| Asian Adoption Program (AAP) |
Description: Helps Asian Pacific business to extract maximum business benefit from the use of EPCglobal technology as quickly as possible and with greatest benefits. Helps educate and promote EPCglobal standards in this region. Facilitating this group: Ian Robertson, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: After reading the group charter, click here to go directly to the "Join Group" page. |
| European Adoption Programme (EAP) |
Description: Helps European business to extract maximum business benefit from the use of EPCglobal technology as quickly as possible and with minimum problems and without duplicating the work of other EPCglobal or EAN.UCC work groups. Works closely with European Public Policy Working Group. Facilitating this group: Anja Olbertz, GS1 Germany
After reading the group charter, click here to go directly to the
"Join Group" page. |
Joint Requirements Groups (JRGs)
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JRG Working Groups |
| JRG Active Tagging (AT JRG) |
Description: Gathering end-user business requirements for developing a specification for active (as opposed to passive) RFID tags. These are fully battery-powered tags. Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
ONS Requirements ad hoc Committee (sub-group of JRG Data Discovery JRG)
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Description: The objective of this group is to develop requirements for revisions to the ONS 1.0.1 standard that meets the needs as stated by GS1 France and GS1 Canada in Enhancement Request document submitted (2009-03-23 - SDP Enhancement Request Form - ONS v0 3.doc) and in follow up discussions with the EPCglobal Architecture Review Committee. In addition, the Ad Hoc will evaluate any related requirements that are brought forward and should be considered for this enhancement. Facilitating this group: Mark Frey and Nicholas Fergusson, GS1 EPCglobal. For more info read the charter.
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Data Discovery Opt-In Agreement
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JRG Data Exchange (DE JRG)
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Description: To develop requirements and guidelines for EPCIS and the EPCIS Core Business Vocabulary, the standard specifications used for the capture and exchange of event data using EPC Information Services. Facilitating this group: Gena Morgan, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
JRG Item Level Tagging - Phase 2 (ILT2 JRG)
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Description: Developing use cases and requirements for item level tagging for all industries. Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang , GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
| JRG RFID based EAS Requirements Phase 2 (EAS2 JRG) |
Description: RFID based Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS JRG) phase 2 will produce an implementation guideline that can be used by any company applying EPCglobal standards based RFID capability identified for electronic article surveillance and loss prevention capabilities. These capabilities will include those defined by end users during the first phase of the EAS JRG and those further developed in this phase. (EAS JRG phase 2). The guideline document will clearly illustrate where EAS implementation is possible and approaches to enabling the use cases outlined using existing GS1 and EPCglobal standards. This group’s goal is help drive item level tagging using removable tags by creating this guideline. Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
| JRG Sensors & Battery-Assist Passive Tag (SB JRG) |
Description: Gathering end-user business requirements for developing a specification for passive tags with small battery capabilities and on-board sensing capabilities. Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
| JRG Software Active Tagging (SAT JRG) | Description: The SAT shall provide an analysis of technical work that may be
necessary for management of data from active tags in the software stack. Facilitating this group: Mark Frey, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
| JRG Tag Alteration for Consumer Usage (TA JRG) |
Description: The purpose of the JRG is to define the scope of modifications that a retailer MAY make to a tag at or around the time that a consumer takes possession of the tagged object. Such modifications may include, but are not limited to, hiding or destroying the contents of user memory altering, anonymizing, or overwriting the EPC reducing the tag's read range hiding the tag's TID killing the tag other changes that may arise from the work of the JRG. Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: 1st join EAS JRG, and sign Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
Technical Action Groups (TAG)
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Hardware Action Groups (HAG) |
| HAG Active Tagging ad hoc Committee | Description: Preparing a technical gap analysis on how existing
specifications and standards match up against AT JRG requirements. An
important component of this gap analysis will include description of
the technical work that would have to be accomplished in order for a
given specification or standard to be able to meet all of the user
requirements. The HAT will produce a written document of their
Recommendation based on review of the data from the gap analysis.
Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: 1st member must have signed the Intellectual Property Policy, then click here to go directly to the "Join Group" page. | | HAG Conformance & Interoperability Testing WG (HAG CIT) | Description: The CIT WG will handle all test method development for conformance and interoperability going forward in the HAG. This merging of the former The group is specifically chartered to address conformance and interoperability work for the UHF Gen2 conformance document v1.0.5 and any future UHF work, conformance and interoperability work to for HF, and conformance and interoperability work for any other air interface specifications that may be developed in the HAG. Facilitating this group: Giselle
Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
HAG HF Air Interface Working Group (HF AI WG)
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Description: Developing HF specification to meet JRG requirements for item-level tagging. Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
| HAG Regulatory Affairs ad hoc Committee | Description: Committee for news, discussion, and action on
global and regional RFID regulatory issues. Facilitating this group:
Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Members of HAG may join, click here to go directly to the"Join Group" page. | | HAG Tag, Label, Reader and Printer Performance Working Group (TLRPP HAG) | Description: Developing performance guidelines for read points
specified by end-users. This work includes metrics for tags, readers,
labels, and printers that characterize the performance of tags and
readers, and guidelines for testing against the metrics developed.
Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
| HAG UHF Air Interface 1and2 Working Group (UHF AI 1 2 WG) |
Description: Building extensions for user memory and security to Gen 2 to meet JRG requirements for item-level tagging. Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
HAG UHF Gen 2 Testing and Certification Working Group (UHFG2 T-C)
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Description: Developing conformance documents for Gen2 and to review Gen 2 Certification Test Plans for conformance testing. Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
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Software Action Groups (SAG) |
| SAG Certificate Profile (CP WG) | Description: The existing EPCglobal Certificate Profile Specification version 1.0.1 defines the attributes of digital certificates for use in EPCglobal applications but focuses on using the SGLN to identify trading partners. The CP JRG produced requirements to use other GS1 keys in notation defined in the TDS 1.4 and to deprecate use of strictly the SGLN for machine-to-machine transactions. This WG will take the approved requirements to update the Certificate Profile per the EPCglobal Standards Development Process to produce version 1.1 of the CP Standard. Facilitating this group: Mark Frey, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. | SAG Discovery Services (DS SAG)
| Description: The purpose of this group is to define the necessary technical interface standard(s) needed to support the ‘discovery’ of visibility data in a network of supply chain partners.
Facilitating this group: Giselle Ow-Yang, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
| SAG EPCIS Core Business Vocabulary Working Group (EPCIS CBV) |
Description: This work group will develop the Data Exchange JRG requirements for an EPCIS Core Business Vocabulary into an EPCglobal standard. The new standard will be for use in conjunction with the EPCIS standard and will facilitate standardized data exchange using EPCIS across business partners, and across industries. Facilitating this group: Gena Morgan, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
| SAG Reader Operation Working Group Phase 2 (RO P2 WG) |
Description: The Reader Operations Working Group is beginning Phase 2 of its work to produce updates to the ratified LLRP standards. The work will be phased. In the first new release of LLRP or 1.2, we will provide updates to enhance the existing standard to add functionality based on the impacts created by UHF 1.2.0. Facilitating this group: Mark Frey, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement.
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| SAG Tag Data & Translation Standards Working Group (TDTS WG) |
Description: Develop technical specifications that address the need to define types of data and encoding and decoding rules to be used in EPCglobal compliant Radio Frequency Identification software and hardware tag products. Facilitating this group: Mark Frey, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and Group's Opt-in Agreement. |
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Public Policy Steering Committee (PPSC)
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Working Groups
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| PPSC European Working Group ( PPSC EWG) |
Description: Deals with all EPC related public policy issues in Europe. Facilitating this group: Marisa Jimenez, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: Click here to access the group's area, click the "Join group" link. A request will be sent to the facilitator for approval prior to you joining this group.
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Public Policy Steering Committee (PPSC)
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Description: Manages critical EPC public policy issues around the world, communicates the benefits of EPC to key stakeholders and facilitates the responsible deployment of the technology. Facilitating this group: Elizabeth Board, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: To join these groups a request with qualifications is to be sent to EPC Inc Help for approval. |
U.S. Federal and State Government Relations
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Description: U.S. Federal Government Relations Work Group works on RFID and privacy issues at the Federal Government level and the US State Government Relations Work Group addresses RFID related state legislative initiatives. Facilitating this group: Elizabeth Board, GS1 EPCglobal
How to Join: To join these groups a request with qualifications is to be sent to EPC Inc Help for approval. |
Discussion Group
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Discussion Group |
Automotive Discussion Group
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Description: The objective of this group is to bring together the key industry players, introduce them to the EPCglobal community, principles, organization and standards development process. It is also to work with those key industry players to establish the potential advantages to the industry and confirm the viability of embarking upon the standards development process. In addition, the group will focus on determining the initial focus areas, based upon the industry's perceived needs, and the work groups structure needed to cover those areas. Facilitating this group: Mike Henn, GS1 Germany
How to Join: Please note that a subscription to EPCglobal is not required at this stage. However, once the Industry Action Group has been formed, subscription to EPCglobal will be required for participation. If you are currently a subscriber to EPCglobal click here to access the “Join Automotive Discussion Group” page, once you submit your request an will be sent to the facilitator for approval prior to you joining this group. For Non Subscribers, please contact the EPC Inc Help Desk for a username and password to be assigned.
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