• The object should have a unique tag.
• The UID should be stored in a tag.
• The Tag should have certain characteristics.
• The Tag should be able to talk to a reader (and/or a writer)
• The Reader should be connected to a Control Unit.
• The Unit should impart the underlying system.
• Etc

All links are candidates for standardization. Some are critical, others are only desirable..

THE PRESENT POSITION

EPCglobal has recently approved ”Generation 2” of its regulations that covers storage information, air boundary beacons (including frequencies) as well a part of reader’s functionality. At the present time specifications are only available to EPCglobal license holders. Certain parts of it are already the subject of an infringement of patent law suit. As soon as the copyright problems are solved they have promised to send in the specs to the ISO system process. EPCglobal is also aiming at standards for the rest of the RFID based system
ETSI the European telecom standards organ, has published a specification for the use of RFID on the frequency band 865-868 Mhz. Right now the ”specs” making their way through translation amongst other things and will be published as a European norm (EN). After that, member countries (including Sweden) have 3 months grace to replace the eventual conflicting national standards. According to PTS a special license is still required for applications in the frequency band.
Within ISO/IEC  there are many standards that touch upon RFID. Most of them are published and stable and manage the number in the tag up to the reader. The one that is most discussed is the ISO/IEC s the 18000-6, which regulates the boundary beacons within the so called 900 MHz-band, that is to say the one that is employed by EPCglobal. Neither of the two tag architecture (A and B) fit the EPC. Apart from that, the ISO has recently started an activity to standardize the reader boundary beacon upstream.  

EXAMPLES OF EXISTING STANDARDS

Global Radio frequencies for UHF (862-960MHz):

EUROPE 865 – 868 MHz
USA 902 – 928 MHz
INDIA 865 – 867 MHz
HONG KONG 920 – 925 MHz
PHILLIPINES 915 – 928 MHz
TAIWAN 922 – 928 MHz
JAPAN 950 – 956 MHz proposed
KOREA 910 – 914 MHz proposed
AUSTRALIA 923 – 928 MHz proposed
CHINA ca 900 MHz proposed

Automatic identification
ISO/IEC 15418 Information technology -- EAN/UCC Application Identifiers and Fact Data Identifiers and Maintenance
ISO/IEC 15434 Information technology -- Automatic identification and data capture techniques -- Syntax for high-capacity ADC media
ISO/IEC 15961 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification (RFID) for item management -- Data protocol: application interface
ISO/IEC 15962 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification (RFID) for item management -- Data protocol: data encoding rules and logical memory functions
ISO/IEC 15963 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification for item management -- Unique identification for RF tags
ISO/IEC 18000-1 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification for item management -- Part 1: Reference architecture and definition of parameters to be standardized
ISO/IEC 18000-2 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification for item management -- Part 2: Parameters for air interface communications below 135 kHz
ISO/IEC 18000-3 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification for item management -- Part 3: Parameters for air interface communications at 13,56 MHz
ISO/IEC 18000-4 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification for item management -- Part 4: Parameters for air interface communications at 2,45 GHz
ISO/IEC 18000-6 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification for item management -- Part 6: Parameters for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz
ISO/IEC 18000-7 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification for item management -- Part 7: Parameters for active air interface communications at 433 MHz

Consumer and transportpackageing
ISO 15394 Packaging - Bar code and two-dimensional symbols for shipping, transport and receiving labels
ISO/FDIS 17363 Supply chain applications of RFID - Freight containers
ISO/FDIS 17364 Supply chain applications of RFID - Returnable transport items (RTIs) (Publiceras under 2008)
ISO/FDIS 17365 Supply chain applications of RFID - Transport units (Publiceras under 2008)
ISO/FDIS 17366 Supply chain applications of RFID - Product packaging (Publiceras under 2008)
ISO/FDIS 17367 Supply chain applications of RFID - Product tagging (Publiceras under 2008)

Gasbottles
ISO 21007-1 Gas cylinders -- Identification and marking using radio frequency identification technology -- Part 1: Reference architecture and terminology
ISO 21007-2 Gas cylinders -- Identification and marking using radio frequency identification technology -- Part 2: Numbering schemes for radio frequency identifiaction