ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 Automatic identification and data capture techniques is a subcommittee of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Joint Technical Committee (JTC) 1, and was established in 1996. SC 31 develops and facilitates international standards, technical reports, and technical specifications in the field of automatic identification and data capture techniques. The first Plenary established three working groups (WGs): Data Carriers, Data Content, and Conformance. Subsequent Plenaries established other working groups: RFID, RTLS, Mobile Item Identification and Management, Security and File Management, and Applications.

As of 2017, SC 31 has the following working groups:

·       WG 1: Data carrier

·       WG 2: Data and Structure

·       WG 4: Radio communications

·       WG 8: Application of AIDC standards

The international secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) located in the United States

Scope
The scope of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 is “Standardization of data formats, data syntax, data structures, data encoding, and technologies for the process of automatic identification and data capture and of associated devices utilized in inter-industry applications and international business interchanges and for mobile applications.”

Structure
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 is made up of, and four active working groups (WGs), each of which carries out specific tasks in standards development within the field of automatic identification and data capture techniques. Working groups can be disbanded if the group’s working area is no longer applicable to standardization needs, or established if new working areas arise. The focus of each working group is described in the group’s terms of reference. Active working groups of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 are:

Collaborations
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 works in close collaboration with a number of other organizations or subcommittees, both internal and external to ISO or IEC, in order to avoid conflicting or duplicative work. Organizations internal to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 include:
 * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6, Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
 * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17, Cards and personal identification
 * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17/WG 8, Integrated circuit cards without contacts
 * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, IT security techniques
 * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics
 * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41, Internet of Things and related technologies
 * ISO/PC 246, Anti-counterfeiting tools
 * ISO/TC 104, Freight containers
 * ISO/TC 122, Packaging
 * ISO/TC 184/SC 4, Industrial data
 * ISO/TC 204, Intelligent transportation system
 * ISO/TC 247, Fraud countermeasures and controls

Some organizations external to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31, include: Electronics Engineers, (IEEE)]]
 * AIM Global Inc., Association for automatic identification and mobility
 * CENELEC TC 106X, electromagnetic fields in the human environment
 * CEN/TC 225, AIDC technologies
 * CEN/TC 310, Advanced manufacturing technologies
 * CEN/TC 331, Postal services
 * Ecma International
 * European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
 * International Air Transport Association (IATA)
 * [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|Institute of Electrical and
 * ITU
 * GS1, GS1 Global Office/EPC Global
 * Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Member countries
Countries pay a fee to ISO to be members of subcommittees. The 31 "P" (participating) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States.

The 12 "O" (observer) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 are: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Ghana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Romania, Serbia, and Thailand.

Standards
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 currently has 107 published standards within the field of automatic identification and data capture, including:

Standards currently under development by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 include standards for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC W31/WG 1, standards for bar code symbols on mobile phone displays, and reading and display of ORM by mobile devices.