A study of UHF-RFID data model construction in university libraries
| Pages | 726-741 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-10-2013-0177 |
| Date | 30 September 2014 |
| Published date | 30 September 2014 |
| Author | Jing Guo,Qinling Huang,Jiayi Chen |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science,Librarianship/library management,Library technology |
A study of UHF-RFID data model
construction in university
libraries
Jing Guo
System Support Department, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library,
Shanghai, China
Qinling Huang
Reader Service Department, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library,
Shanghai, China; and
Jiayi Chen
System Support Department, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library,
Shanghai, China
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to put forward a Ultra-high Frequency Radio Frequency
Identication (UHF-RFID) data model construction scheme for university libraries, hoping to realize the
opening, uniform, compatible and interoperable RFID application between different libraries and
manufacturers.
Design/methodology/approach – This article uses the practical application needs of university
libraries as the starting point, and proposes the UHF-RFID data model construction scheme for
university libraries based on the study of applicable standards, such as ISO 28560.
Findings – Based on practical application demand of university libraries and some international
standards, the paper puts forward an UHF-RFID data model construction scheme for university
libraries. First, the scheme explains and denes six user data elements different from ISO28560: version,
owner library identiers, temporary item location, subject, International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
and International Standard Book Number (ISBN). Furthermore, different encoding rules for electronic
product code (EPC) data area and user data area are designed to achieve maximum work efciency.
Practical implications – This paper tries to bring forward a set of referential UHF-RFID data model
standards for university libraries. Hopefully, this standard will offer uniform data models for university
libraries to comply with, integrate the disordered market and further make the opening, unied,
compatible and interoperable RFID application possible.
The authors would like to express sincere gratitude to Shanghai Jiao Tong University fund and
the Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences because this research is supported by the
Research Project of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Fund for Social Sciences & Natural Sciences:
Research on Smart Library Service based on Innovative RFID Technology (Grant No. 11JCY07)
and Key Research Project of Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences: Research on
Information Resource Integration and Service under the Environment of Cloud Computing (Grant
No. 12 & ZD220). Many thanks go to the RFID Technology Application Union for University
Libraries who have made this research possible. Moreover, we would like to express our cordial
thanks to the editors, reviewers and colleagues who have given many valuable suggestions to the
paper.
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EL
32,5
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Received 4 October 2013
Revised 16 February 2014
6 May 2014
6 June 2014
12 June 2014
Accepted 13 June 2014
The Electronic Library
Vol. 32 No. 5, 2014
pp. 726-741
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
0264-0473
DOI 10.1108/EL-10-2013-0177
Originality/value – Although there are several formally published RFID standard documents, they
are primarily designed for high frequency RFID technology. Concerning UHF-RFID technology, there
are still no internationally unied data model standards. Hence, this paper brings forward the
UHF-RFID data model construction scheme for university libraries.
Keywords Uibraries, Data model standards, Encoding schemes, ISO 28560, RFID application,
UHF-RFID, Data models
Paper type Research paper
1. Introduction
Radio frequency identication (RFID) technology is a non-contact identication
technology which can perform automatic target recognition through radio frequency
signals by accessing relevant data. This technology is now widely used in civilian areas
such as production automation, road tolls, parking management, logistics and so on. In
the twenty-rst century, RFID technology has widespread applications in libraries.
Currently, in libraries, there are two normal RFID frequencies, high frequency
(HF)-RFID (13.56 MHz) and ultra-high frequency (UHF)-RFID (860 MHz to 960 MHz). As
UHF-RFID has several signicant advantages over HF-RFID, such as longer reading
distance, higher sensitivity, greater development potential and lower cost, with
technological advances in recent years, UHF-RFID technology has gradually occupied
the leading position in libraries.
As the RFID chip itself can store information data, libraries using RFID technology
gradually realized the importance of standardizing the data stored in the RFID chips;
thus, a number of RFID data model standards have been proposed. In 2011, with the
formal and nal version of the international standard ISO 28560-1 (2014),ISO 28560-2
(2014),ISO 28560-3 (2014) formulated and issued, different countries put forward library
data model standards in line with this standard. In 2010, the National Library of China
issued RFID Library Draft for the Data Model and submitted it to the Ministry of Culture
of the People’s Republic of China in 2012. Afterwards, the draft became a standard for
the cultural eld (WH/T 43-2012 and 44-2012, 2012).
Looking back through history, the Danish RFID library data model Danish
Standards Foundation (DS/INF) 163, the earliest library RFID data model known to the
public, was issued online. This model put forward data element names, sequence
numbers for the tags and a scheme of tag marking which is an encoding program using
the mixed model of xed-length data and variable-length data. In September 2006,
Australia made public their Library RFID Data Model Proposal which advanced the
“content parameter” and “dynamic encoding” schemes. Additionally, Australia
introduced the code system in the ONIX media format to the publication eld, and set
optional data elements and order. This proposal is the turning point that provided for
non-xed-length encoding schemes to be available in the library RFID data model
proposals. In December 2007, the National Information Standards Organization released
RFID in American Libraries (Application Guide), which showed its approval of the
Australian “content parameter” and “dynamic encoding” schemes, and set free data
elements and sequence. During 2003 and 2007, RFID standard organizations of
Netherlandish, Finnish, French and German and English, issued their own library RFID
application standards in succession. Under the inuence of the Danish data model
published earlier, a number of countries in the north of Europe, such as Netherland,
Finland and France, all issued “xed-length encoding” schemes similar to the Danish
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