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RFID stakeholders worldwide urged to join EU project's global forum
15 October 2008
RFID stakeholders around the world are being urged to participate in
the European Commission-funded CASAGRAS project by joining its new,
free, Global Forum at
www.rfidglobal.eu
CASAGRAS is an EU Framework 7 project aimed at promoting
international collaboration on RFID standardisation with
particular reference to the emerging Internet of Things. Its partners
represent the UK, Korea, Japan, China, USA, Germany and France.
Project co-ordinator Ian Smith, chief executive officer of the
UK-based European Centre of Excellence for AIDC, said: “It’s an exciting
time for anyone involved with RFID and its associated technologies. The
international move towards the development of an Internet of Things
continues to raise the profile of RFID as a technology with enormous
potential to revolutionise global markets, bringing both economic and
societal benefits.”
CASAGRAS would consider how best to meet the global challenges and
maximize the opportunities. It would examine global standards,
regulatory and other issues concerning RFID and provide a framework of
foundation studies to assist the international community to accommodate
the issues concerning RFID and the Internet of Things, Smith added.
“CASAGRAS is one of the most important RFID projects ever funded by
the European Commission with its brief to make recommendations and to
propose standards and best practice that can be agreed and applied
world-wide.
"We want the widest possible input of opinions and ideas and are
urging anyone with an interest in RFID and its applications to join our
free RFID Forum and express their views strongly. By doing so they can
influence the project’s findings and help shape the future for RFID,”
Smith said.
Among the key topics being addressed by CASAGRAS are:
- the need for a global coding or numbering system that embraces
existing legacy systems including EPC, ubiquitous ID;
- an adopted set of data carrier and natural feature technologies
and associated data structure and communication protocols to meet
the needs of the Internet of Things;
- a universal data appliance protocol to accommodate the range of
heterogeneous network technologies and protocols called for with
respect to the Internet of Things;
- migration strategy to specify a pathway development and
agreements that will be necessary in realising the Internet of
Things; and
- the need and form for supporting international standards.
For more information see
www.rfidglobal.eu
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