ISO/IEC 15963 – Information Technology – Radio Frequency Identification for Item Management – Unique Identification for RF Tags

This International Standard describes numbering systems that are available for identification of RF tags.

The unique ID can be used

• for the traceability of the integrated circuit itself for quality control in its manufacturing process,
• for the traceability of the RF tag during its manufacturing process and along its lifetime,
• for the completion of the reading in a multi-antenna configuration,
• by the anti-collision mechanism to inventory multiple tags in the reader’s field of view, and
• for the traceability of the Item to which the RF tag is attached.

 To request a unique identification number for RFID tags, download these procedures.

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 Current List of Assigned Codes

ISO/IEC 7816-6 numbering systems for RFID
The current listing of issuer codes is available from ISO is ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 Standing Document 5, which is available here: ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 Documents

 ISO 14816 — Numbering and data structures
The current listing of issuer codes is available in ISO 14816.

ISO/IEC 18000-63 or ISO/IEC 18000-3 Mode 3 numbering systems for RFID
The current listing of issuer codes is available from GS1. The Mask Designer ID (MDID) Assignment list can be downloaded here.

Covers ANSI INCITS 256, ISO/IEC 24730 series, and ISO/IEC 18000-7 also refer to it.

Other ISO/IEC 15963 numbering systems
AIM is the Issuer for the ISO/IEC 15963 Allocation Class numbers. – Applications can be made on the form available above.

The current listing of TID Allocation Class and Manufacturer codes is in ISO/IEC 15963-1.