Electronic Product Code (EPC) is a 96-bit code, created by the Auto-ID Center, that proponents claim will one day replace barcodes. In this January 2004 article in the RFID Journal by By Jonathan Collins describes an EPC database devised by ObjectStore: 

"Database developer ObjectStore creates a solution that can collect and process in real time the vast amount of data produced by EPC networks."- goto

originally Posted to cep.weblogger.com by David Soul on 2/17/04; 10:25:10 PM in the CEP section.