Earl, it depends on the tag that is being used. Some tags take in infomration like temperature, humidity, etc. For companies taking in 852 info, those files are going to blow up like Vesuvius. Again though it depends on which tag is used, for what purpose, and level (ie. pallet, case item) of application it will be used that will determine the amount of data. Jim
Earl Wertheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Terry > The amount of data that's going to be generated from RFID is going to be > voluminous. I, for one, don't want to send it through a VAN and pay per > kilo-character. The RFID reads coming from a retailer will have to be > communicated outside of the normal VAN traffic. I don't see that happening. My understanding is as follows: Each RFID tag has a unique ID number, in addition to all the other stuff stored inside. I'm not sure how long the ID is, but lets assume 50 characters. All the other information in the Tag, is for the Retailer to use. The company that issued the tag already has all the information encoded inside that tag, so that the only thing they need back is the Unique tag ID. That's an increase of 30 characters per tag (assuming a 50 character unique ID). Unless I really don't understand this, the problem is with the equipment that has to read the tags at the retailer. Not with what gets sent via EDI. Earl Wertheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spe-edi.com . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Sponsor Get unlimited calls to U.S./Canada --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
