SensorML Markup Language Schema ...

Project: Explore the interface between sensor nets and the internet services in a way the appropriately partitions and assigns data synthesis and control to the network and the standard servers in the most effective manner ...

... "GML and GML-based sensorML markup languages schemas currently have a focus for satellite-based sensor coordination for global location services. Based on NASA's need for public distribution and visualization of sensor data, these markup languages are relatively heavy weight comprehensive schemas designed for massive data collection and storage on Internet databases. They also are more typically used in situations where there are fewer sensors that produce a large amount of data. As such, these interfaces rely on certain characteristics/needs that differ in the following ways from mote-centric wireless sensor networks (mWSN)" ...

RFID Printing: Zebra Introduces First XML-Enabled RFID Printer/Encoder for High ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... By adopting Zebra's XML-enabled printers for enterprise and business process ... and eliminate or reduce costs for middleware, licensing, print server hardware ...

" ... Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA), a global leader in delivering on-demand specialty printing solutions for business improvement, and a leader in the design and manufacturing of RFID smart label printer/encoders, announced that its new R110Xi radio frequency identification (RFID) printer/encoder is now XML-enabled and ready to ship. Zebra is the first company to develop and bring to market an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-enabled bar code and RFID smart label printing solution designed for companies using ERP, warehousing and supply chain/logistics software, such as those offered by Oracle and SAP. These software solution providers are developing XML-based platforms to
support customers who must meet RFID compliance mandates or other business improvement initiatives. ... "

Zebra Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: ZBRA) delivers innovative and reliable on-demand printing solutions for business improvement and security applications in 90 countries around the world. More than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies use Zebra-brand printers. A broad range of applications benefit from Zebra-brand thermal bar code, "smart" label, receipt, and card printers, resulting in enhanced security, increased productivity, improved quality, lower costs, and better customer service. The company has sold four million printers, including RFID printer/encoders and wireless mobile solutions, and also offers software, connectivity solutions and printing supplies.

RFID Printers: Zebra launches first XML-enabled RFID solution

From In Pharma, France ... 29/07/2004 - Zebra Technologies has launched what it claims is the first Extensible Markup Language (XML)-enabled bar code and RFID smart label printing ...

RFID Company: Frost & Sullivan Selects Matrics for 2004 Entrepreneurial Company ...

From PRNewswire (press release) ... today announced the selection of Matrics Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of EPC-compliant Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, as ...

rCommerce is Real-time, Radio Frequency Commerce...

With rCommerce, your raw materials, intermediates, and finished products can tell you where they are and in what stage of the supply chain business processes they are being handled: Pre-production staging, work-in-process, finished goods inventory in distribution, in-transit to customers, and so on. This is enabled by rCommerce technologies such as advanced tagging with RFID tags and sensors, wireless communication, and XML web services. The technology creates an environment where business can be conducted with real-time visibility and decision making.

rCommerce is built on the foundation of radio frequency identification technology. RFID technology enables the electronic labeling of objects with RFID tags, and the wireless identification using radio frequency communication methods. Compared to auto-identification methods via bar codes, RFID systems do not require a line-of-site between the tags and the reader (scanner, in the bar code space) for the object data to be read. Multiple RFID tags can be read in parallel, which makes possible the processing of a vast amount of business events or transactions. The communication of data between RFID readers and business systems leverages open RFID XML standards, such as the Physical Markup Language.

Lower infrastructure costs of tags and readers, along with open industry standards, is driving the market growth of this trend: rCommerce. Industry leaders, such as Walmart and Gillette, and the Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency are driving adoption with supplier mandates. The evolution of RFID technology will create new opportunities for applications through synergy with other existing or emerging capabilities. When combined with global positioning technology, RFID can transform logistics visibility into a real-time supply chain, allowing organizations to predict, sense, and respond to market changes with speed and agility - which translates into significant financial benefits in any industry with complex supply chains...

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