ISO/IEC

This standard defines an approach for using HTTP URIs as identifiers in AIDC systems and a basic common API for querying online services for information about identified items. It cites IEC 61406, ISO/IEC standards 15418 and 15459, and the concepts of Linked Data as foundational but does not define a new identifier system nor a new URI scheme.

This part of ISO/IEC 15459 specifies a unique string of characters for the identification of individual products and product packages. The character string is intended to be represented in a linear bar code symbol or two-dimensional symbol or other AIDC media attached to the entity to meet management needs. To address management needs different classes of identities are recognized in the various parts of ISO/IEC 15459, which allows different requirements to be met by the identities associated with each class.

This International Standard applies to automatic identification device communication conventions and standardizes the reporting of data carriers from bar code readers and other automatic identification equipment. It specifies a preamble message generated by the reader and interpretable by the receiving system, which indicates the bar code symbology or other origin of transmitted data, together with details of certain specified optional processing features associated with the data message.

This document specifies a general Internet of Things (IoT) Reference Architecture.