EPC RFID Data Namespace

In the retail and supply chain settings, the Electronic Product Code (EPC) has emerged as the identifier of choice.

... "An EPC is a 96-bit number that will uniquely identify each instance of a product; it can be thought of as a bar code augmented with a serial number so no two items have the same EPC. As prices of 915MHz tags drop, it will be feasible for every item to have a tag with a unique EPC identifier. The EPC namespace is administered by EPCglobal, which has far-reaching plans for the processing of RFID data." ...