This document
defines and describes the EPCglobal Architecture Framework. The EPCglobal
Architecture Framework is a collection of interrelated standards for hardware,
software, and data interfaces, together with core services that are operated by
EPCglobal and its delegates, all in service of a common goal of enhancing the
supply chain through the use of Electronic Product Codes (EPCs). This document
has several aims:
- To enumerate, at a high level, each of the hardware, software, and data
standards that are part of the EPCglobal Architecture Framework and show how
they are related.
- To define the top level architecture of core services that are operated by
EPCglobal and its delegates.
- To explain the underlying principles that have guided the design of
individual standards and core service components within the EPCglobal
Architecture Framework.
- To provide architectural guidance to end users and technology vendors
seeking to implement EPCglobal standards and to use EPCglobal core
services.
This document exists only to describe the overall architecture, showing how
the different components fit together to form a cohesive whole. It is the
responsibility of other documents to provide the technical detail required to
implement any part of the EPCglobal Architecture Framework.