EPC Tag Data Standard

This document defines standardized EPC tag data, including how it is encoded on the tag and how it is encoded for use in the information systems layers of the EPC Systems Network. This version only applied to tag types in common use at the time of publication and does not provide specific guidance on Gen 2 tags. Includes specific encoding schemes for:

GTIN: the EAN.UCC Global Trade Item Number, (here, a serialized version)
SSCC: the EAN.UCC Serial Shipping Container Code
GLN: the EAN.UCC Global Location Number
GRAI: the EAN.UCC Global Returnable Asset Identifier
GIAI: the EAN.UCC Global Individual Asset Identifier
GID: General Identifier

For revision 1.27, click here.

This latest revision adds the DoD construct header and the hexadecimal expression for raw URI representation. For the full text of the standard, click here.