Call-to-Action

GDSN Multiple Expressions of Price Work Group

This is a GSMP Step 2 Call-to-Action to recruit business and technology users to continue the GSMP Step 1 effort for the GDSN Multiple Expressions of Price Work Group.   This group will define business requirements in the form of a BRAD around Multiple Expressions of Price  determining the scope of the project. The group must also determine if there is a solution path that allows multiple expressions of a price to be exchanged without disrupting the current install base of the GDSN Price Sync Message Standard. The experts should represent trading partners from both sides of the trading relationship, third parties, and solution providers to have proper representation on the WG. For more information and instructions to join the group, click here to read the full CTA. 

News

New GSMP News - Standards Maintenance Groups (SMGs) Charters in Review

This is an announcement is to inform you that SMG Charters have been sent to the various Business Requirements Groups (BRGs) and related EPCglobal Groups for their input and finalisation. If you would like to read them, click here. Upon finalisation of the charters, more information will be communicated about the timeline and transition.  Please refer to the Governance and Work Transition webpage for more information.

Public Reviews

Public review of the Guidelines for Local Data Quality Processes

This document has been developed by the Data Quality Steering Committee with input from GS1 Member Organisations. The purpose of this document is to provide general guidelines to GS1 MO's that operate any data quality services. These guidelines help to maintain the application of standards and practices consistent across different regions in order to eliminate barriers for the adoption of data synchronisation and data quality. This document has been developed for GS1 MO's, Data Pools and its adoption is voluntary. We will  appreciate all feedback from the full community on this topic.

The public review ends on Friday 10 September 2010. For any comments or questions, please reach out to: gabriel.sobrino@gs1.org. To place a comment, please add it on this document's page in the community room: Access the public review

Public Review

10-120 Data Accuracy BRG Public Review

The Public Review for CR 10-120 Data Accuracy BRG Work Order if approved will become a part of the next issue of the standard "GDSN Package Measurement Rules i1.11 draft". Submitter Nadine Radomski of Dean Foods - Proposal: Frozen Package Case Level Dimensional & Weight  Tolerances :

A.  All dimensions (Height, Width and Depth) for Frozen Products at the Case level will have a 5% tolerance for Frozen products in Hard packaging at the case level:

Examples:
• A Case of Flexible Frozen product in a hard Case Packaging would use 5%
• A Case of Hard Frozen product at the Each Level in a Hard Case Level Package would use 5%.
• A case of Flexible Frozen products where the "case" is composed of 4 Shrink Wrapped Ice Cream cartons in flexible packaging you would use our various Tolerance for Case Level Flexible Packages based on the size of that Case as shown in Table 6-2 in the GDSN Package Measurement Rules.

B. The Case Weight Tolerance for frozen packages is 6%.

The Public Review will begin on August-20-2010 and ends on September-20-2010.  This Public Review a link to the original CR 10-120 in the CR System. Please use the croom public review comment feature by Sep-20-2010 (close of Public Review).  Link to CR 10-120 Frozen Package Tolerances Public Review

Public Reviews

10-241 Public Review, GDSN BRG

The 30 day Public Review for CR 10-241 begins Aug-19-2010 and ends Sep-20-2010 extended due to USA Holiday. CR 10-241 Proposal: 05-Aug-2010: Enable the ability to communicate the following information in the "foodAndBeverageMicrobiologicalInformation" class of attributes:
A. Organism Reference Value - Reference values give an indication of which product specific ranges of micro organisms are to be expected and which micro organism contents in the appropriate food products are acceptable due to hygiene rules. Per definition this value reflects A microbiological limit which, in a 2-class plan, separates good quality from defective quality or, in a 3-class plan, separates good quality from marginally acceptable quality. With regard to the audit of the production processes exceeding the microbiological reference limit means, it indicates there are leak points in the production process and the hygienic situation needs to be increased.

B. Organism Warning Value- Exceeding the limits of the allowed content of micro organisms defined as warning values indicating there is a poor quality of the hygiene standard in the food production. This would probably lead to health hazards. A microbiological limit which, in a 3-class plan, separates marginally acceptable quality from defective quality.

Both attributes are "optional" and not repeatable. Both attributes require a measurement data type. Typically they are expressed in NIU's (Number of International Units). The UOM code list category for NIU is "count". This Public review contains a Link to CR 10-241 in the CR System, An AVP spreadsheet and the BR Queue for CR 10-241. Please make any comments by 3:30 PM ET on Sep-20-2010 (Close of Public Review). - Simple Level of Impact 2. Link to CR 10-241 Public Review

10-243 Public Review, GDSN BRG

The 30 day Public Review for CR 10-243 begins Aug-19-2010 and ends Sep-20-2010 extended due to USA Holiday. CR 10-243 Proposal: 10-Aug-2010: Add additional codes to the attribute contactType.
   •    RECALL_SUPPORT-  The contact where information about recalls for the item can be obtained.
   •    GDS_CONTACT- The contact where information in relation to Data Synchronisation can be obtained.
   •    PACKAGING_ENGINEERING- The contact where information in relation to the packaging for the item.
This Public review contains a Link to CR 10-243 in the CR System and the BR Queue for CR 10-243. Please make any comments by 3:30 PM ET on Sep-20-2010 (Close of Public Review). - Simple Level of Impact 3
Link to CR 10-243 Public Review

BarCodes & ID BRG WO# 10-000159
 
The BCID BRG is posting the GSCN for WO# 10-000159 Resolve Conflict: 5.3.1.3 vs Symbol Spec Tables 2 & 8. The REVIEW PERIOD STARTS on Thursday, 19 August 2010 and ENDS on Friday, 17 September 2010. The purpose of this change is to resolve the conflict by correcting Section 5.3.1.3 so the section and the tables are not in conflict. Link to WO#10-159 Public Review
 
BarCodes & ID BRG WO#10-176
 
The BCID BRG is posting the GSCN for WO# 10-000176 Clarify Symbols Carrying AIs. The REVIEW PERIOD STARTS on Thursday, 19 August 2010 and ENDS on Friday, 17 September 2010. The intention is to provide more detailed explanations within the General Specification adding clarity to describe the selection of symbology for symbols that can carry Application Identifiers (AIs) and thus reducing the possibility of divergent interpretations. 
Link to WO#10-176 Public Review

BarCodes & ID BRG WO# 10-000220 

The BCID BRG is posting the GSCN for WO# 10-000220 Correct Two Errors in HC GTIN Allocation Rules. The REVIEW PERIOD STARTS on Thursday, 19 August 2010 and ENDS on Friday, 17 September 2010. The purpose of this change is to correct two errors within Section 2.1 to align with the Healthcare GTIN Allocation Rules. Link to WO#10-220 Public Review

Call-to-Action

Join the newly formed Tag Data & Translation Standards Mission Specific Working Group

This working group is a Mission Specific Working Group that will produce updates to an existing GS1 EPCglobal Standards, or specifically a Standards Development Group under the New GSMP. This is not a maintenance group and the scope of work is considered to be complex. To start with, this scope of work is driven by user input from primarily two areas that impact the forthcoming  issuance of the Tag Data Standard (version 1.5) to produce a new version of the TDS, Version 1.6:
a.  Add two new EPCglobal headers to meet Statement of Business Needs for Aerospace and Defense Industry User Group
b.  Address Consumer Choice requirements from the EPCglobal Tag Alterations, Item Level Tagging, and EAS Joint Requirements Groups
 
Other scope of work items are as follows:
1. Updating the Tag Data Translation (TDT 1.4) to make it current with all headers defined in TDS 1.6 as listed above
2. Develop Conformance Requirements to provide the basis for certifying suppliers of software and encoders of EPC tags  per the TDS 1.6
 
If you have technical experience with developing previous versions of the Tag Data Standard, Tag Data Translation, the General Specification; or you have business experience associated with the develop of the requirements that lead to the creation of this charter, you are encouraged to join. Please note: This Working Group will operate under the EPCglobal IP Policy. This was a board approved deviation for the purpose of expediting this work effort in the new GSMP process.  To join this group, your company must first submit one of the following:
    • EPCglobal IP Policy and TDTS MSWG Opt-In Agreement  
or
    • GS1 IP Policy, GS1 to EPCglobal Acknowledgement Form and TDTS MSWG Opt-In Agreement

Please refer to the Opt-In Agreement for more information about the scope of this group and instructions to join. If you have questions, please contact Mark Frey at mark.frey@gs1.org

Also note, that we plan to have a Face-to-Face kick-off meeting at the GS1 Industry and Standards Event in Amsterdam. This group will meet on Monday afternoon, September 27 and again on Tuesday morning on September 28.  For information about the Amsterdam event, click here.

New Releases

GS1 EPCglobal Tag Data Standard v 1.5
 
This standard defines  EPC tag data, including how key GS1 key identifiers are encoded on the tag and how they are encoded for use in the information systems layers of the EPC Systems Network. Version 1.5 further defines Tag Identification including the XTID header as well as the EPCglobal User Memory Bank which provides a variable size memory to store additional data attributes such as those defined by the GS1 Application Identifiers and related to the object identified in the EPC Memory Bank of the tag. For a more detailed summary of the changes since TDS 1.4 was published, read the informative overview presentation or refer to the beginning of the section in TDS 1.5 titled, &quotifferences From EPC Tag Data Standard Version 1.4."
Access the Tag Data Standard v1.5
Access the overview presentation

GS1 EPCglobal Certificate Profile v2.0 Standard

On June 10th,  the EPCglobal Board Ratified version 2 of the Certificate Profile Specification. The previous version of this standard used GLNs as part of the digital certificate to identify RFID readers. In order to support additional identification keys, this version deprecates the GLN in favour of the EPC URN defined in the Tag Data Standard.  With the URN notation, any GS1 key, including the GLN, may be included in the digital certificate in a standard form.
Access the Certifcate Profile v2.0 Standard
Access the oveview presentation

Call-to-Action

GDSN Maintenance Release 5 v2.8 WG

The Call-To-Action is for the Step 2 Maintenance Release BRAD Consolidation and Harmonization effort in GDSN.   The scope of the group is to combine already approved GDSN Simple Level of Impact 1 & 2 Backward Compatible Business requirements into a consolidated  BRAD & then create updated Business Message Solution (BMS) for all effected GDSN BMS messages. Also in scope are any BRADs that create New Extensions like the Furniture BRAD and the Chemical Ingredients BRAD. Also requirements for the Books BRAD and Irregular TI HI may be finished on time to be included. As always any Validation Rules that match up with scope above will also be included.
This Call-to-Action is located on the GSMP Website at: http://www.gs1.org/sites/default/files/docs/gsmp/call_to_action/2010/CTA_GDSN_Maintenance_Release_5_v2.8.doc

News

GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide (Issue 13) Release

The GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide Work Group has released issue 13 of the GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide - the definitive source on how to implement GDSN data. This new issue supports implementation guidelines on Minimum and Maximum Values. It also supports the update of the previous Net Weight guideline to include information on Gross Weight. Please refer to the "Log of Changes" on page 6 of the document for more detailed information. The GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide is located on the GS1 website at: http://www.gs1.org/services/gsmp/kc/gdsn/index.html

GS1 Community Recognition Award - Nominate Someone!

GS1 would like to recognize outstanding performance and tireless commitment by individuals in our community. The award will be chosen by you, our GS1 community, which makes the award even more honorable. The award will be presented at the next GS1 Industry & Standards Event in Amsterdam September 27th. To nominate someone, please email Kelly.Rhoades@gs1.org with the name of the person and why you think they should be recognized. Deadline for submissions is September 8th. (Please exclude global office staff).

Public Reviews

09-142 Public Review, GDSN MR 4 v2.7 Price Sync Maintenance Guideline

The Public review for CR 09-142 MR 4 v2.7 Price Sync Implementation Guideline will launch on August-12-2010 and end on Sep-13-20201. Price Sync change request submitters drafted the updates to the Guideline to reflect the changes in the latest GDSN Maintenance Release.  Please review the draft Guideline then make your comments in the Price Sync Maintenance Guideline document by 3:30 PM ET on Sep-13-2010 (Close of Public Review). As background, the latest approved Price Sync BMS is also available in the CR09-192 review folder.  Zip files have been added for download purposes for your convenience.
Link to CR 09-142 Public Review 

10-187 Public Review, GDSN BRG

The 30 day Public Review for CR 10-187 begins Aug-5-2010 and ends Sep-7-2010 extended due to USA Holiday. Updated Proposal Aug-2-2010: Allow the product to be identified as being a flammable aerosol by adding the following attribute: "flammableAerosolContainmentCode" - Definition: Determines whether the propellant in the trade item is an aerosol and whether the aerosol is considered flammable.
Codes need to created for the following values:
• FLAMMABLE_AEROSOL = Item is an aerosol which contains flammable gas
• NONFLAMMABLE_AEROSOL = Item is an aerosol but does not contain flammable gas
• NOT_APPLICABLE = Item is not an aerosol
This is optional and not repeatable.

In addition the trade item requires an attribute for the weight of the flammable gas as a measurement value:
"flammableGasWeight" - Definition: This is the weight of the flammable gas in the trade item. Note: Per submitter this is expressed in the UK in grammes This attribute is required if the item is an aerosol which contains flammable gas (FLAMMABLE_AEROSOL). This is optional and not repeatable.

These attributes are requested as AVPs as well. This Public review contains a link to CR 10-187 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 3:30 PM ET on 7-Sep-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 2 - Link to CR 10-187 Public Review
 

eCom WO 10-201 Public Review

The eCom BRG is posting WO# 10-201 to enhance the Performance Measurement 2.5.0 BMS based on a conference room pilot. The purpose is to add appointment window for delivery parameters and add implementation consideration.

The Public Review Period STARTS on Thursday, 5 August 2010 and ENDS on Saturday, 4 September 2010.  Link to 10-201 Public Review

The GSMP Serial Number Replacement of Supply Working Group Survey

Additional use cases and support are needed to help the Work Group develop global solutions that can be used across supply chains. So far, we have identified two use cases:
1. Replacing damaged bar codes or RFID tags that contain serialized data or,
2. Supply serialized bar codes or RFID tags anywhere in the supply chain, if the manufacturer has not initially provided serial numbers on items initially, and assuming that the trading partner relationship allows this. In the case of healthcare, certain restrictions apply. 

Complete the online survey to support these use cases or to provide additional ones. To learn more and to access the survey, click here

The survey has been extended until September 15th.  For questions regarding this survey, please contact Mark.Frey@GS1.org.