Object Naming Service
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Object Name Service (ONS) is a mechanism that leverages[dubious – discuss] Domain Name System (DNS) to discover information about a product and related services from the Electronic Product Code (EPC). It is a component of the EPCglobal Network.
Details
The Object Name Service (ONS) is an automated networking service similar to the Domain Name Service (DNS) that points[vague] computers to sites on the World Wide Web.[citation needed] When an interrogator reads an RFID tag, the Electronic Product Code is passed to middleware, which, in turn, goes to an ONS on a local network or the Internet to find where information on the product is stored. ONS points the middleware to a server where a file about that product is stored. The middleware retrieves the file (after proper authentication), and the information about the product in the file can be forwarded to a company's inventory or supply chain applications. [1]
In January 2004, VeriSign was awarded a contract to operate an ONS service on behalf of EPCglobal.[2]
It is published by GS1. GS1 currently supports the ONS service using standards version 1.0.1.[3]
References
- ^ "What is the Object Name Service?". RFID Journal. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- ^ "VeriSign to manage RFID 'root' server". ITWorld. 2004-01-13. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ https://xchange.gs1.org/sites/faq/Pages/what-version-of-ons-is-currently-supported-globally.aspx. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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