Sally HERBERT, GS1President, GS1 Standards & System DevelopmentPresident, GS1 GDSN

GS1 Standards and System Development (SSD) Update

© 2011 GS1

Standards and System Development Roles

1. Standards Development• Steward the GSMP process for developing GS1

System Standards via the GS1 community

2. Technology Expertise• Provide technology and subject matter expertise to

GS1 Industry Engagement, GSMP, GS1 governance groups • AIDC, EPCglobal, GDSN, GEPIR, eCom…

3. Services Operations• Develop, maintain and manage GS1 foundational

services such as:

GEPIR, GDSN Global Registry, ONS, and GS1 corporate IT 2

© 2011 GS1

Standards and System Development Roles (Continued)

4. Certification and Conformance• Manage GS1 GO certification and conformance

programs (e.g. Data Pool, EPC)

5. System Integrity and Global Alliances• Protect the technical integrity of the GS1 System• Manage GS1 partnerships with external standards

bodies• Co-Chair and liaise with the GS1 Architecture Group

3

© 2011 GS1

SSD Role in GS1 Maintenance and Deployment Initiatives

1 of 5 Top Priorities “Continue strengthening our Core: providing Excellent Service to our Core Users by driving the GS1 System”• eCom• GDSN and Data Quality Framework• EPCglobal Standards• Strategic AIDC Projects

• GTIN-14, Databar and DataMatrix Adoption

• MMBC (Extended Packaging for B2C, and Healthcare requirements)

• Barcode Conformance (1D and 2D)• GEPIR

4

© 2011 GS1

SSD Role in GS1 Technology Initiatives

• Federated ONS

• Discovery Services

• GLN Registries Framework

• GS1 Services Architecture

5

GS1 Architecture GroupProtecting the integrity of the GS1 System

© 2011 GS1

GS1 Architecture Group Members

Kevin Dean, GS1 CanadaPierre Georget, GS1 FranceAndeas Fuessler, GS1 GermanyKK Suen, GS1 Hong KongRoberto Matsubayashi, GS1 BrasilHein Gorter de Vries, GS1 NLPere Rosell, GS1 SpainStaffan Olssen, GS1 SwedenAndrew Osborne, GS1 UKSean Lockhead, GS1David Buckley, GS1

Henri Barthel, GS1 – Co‐ChairJohn Duker, P&G – Co‐ChairSue Schmid, GS1 Australia – Co‐ChairMark Harrison, Auto ID Labs Cambridge‐Josef Preishuber Pflügl, CISC‐Ken Traub, Ken Traub ConsultingPaul Michicich, Kraft FoodsJens Kungl, MGI MetroVera Feuerstein, NestleVelumani “Lou” Pillai, PfizerEugen Sehorz, GS1 Austria

© 2011 GS1

GS1 Architecture – Existing Documents

8

GS1 Architecture Principles

GS1 System Landscape

GS1 Integrated Communications

EPCglobal Architecture Framework

The fundamental GS1 System design principles

Comprehensive and logically organised synopsis of all GS1 system components

Explains how Master Data, EDI and EPCIS complement each other

Description and architecture of all EPCglobal standards

© 2011 GS1

Coming soon … The GS1 Architecture

Bar Code Symbologies

RFID Air Interfaces

Master DataBusiness

TransactionsPhysical Visibility

Network

Infrastructure

Communications

GS1 Keys

Supplementary Identification Data

Identification Data Syntax

Capture

Share

Data Transport

Identify

• Architectural view of how the components of the GS1 System fit together and the principles that underlie the entire system

• Will be submitted to Community Review in October 2011 and published by the end of 2011