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ID-Services: an RFID middleware architecture for mobile applications

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The use of RFID middleware to support application development for and integration of RFID hardware into information systems has become quite common in RFID applications where reader devices remain stationary, which currently represents the largest part of all RFID applications in use. Another field for applying RFID technology which is offering a huge set of novel possibilities and applications are mobile applications, where readers are no longer fixed. In order to address the specific issues of mobile RFID-enabled applications and to support developers in rapid application development, we present ID-Services, an architecture for an RFID middleware that is designed to support mobile applications. The ID-Services approach has been used to implement MoVIS (Mobile Visitor Information System), a mobile application which allows museum visitors to request individually adapted multimedia information about exhibits in an intuitive way.

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  1. CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture)

  2. EPCglobal Inc.: http://www.epcglobalinc.org

  3. The NFC Forum: http://www.nfc-forum.org

  4. The NFC Forum Specifications: http://www.nfc-forum.org/specs/

  5. OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative)

  6. Microsoft .NET Compact Framework: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa497273.aspx

  7. Microsoft Windows CE: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/default.mspx

  8. EPC (Electronic Product Code)

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  1. European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Münster, Leonardo-Campus 3, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Joachim Schwieren & Gottfried Vossen

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A preliminary version of this paper appeared in the Proc. 2nd Int. Workshop on RFID Technology—Concepts, Applications, Challenges (IWRT), Barcelona, Spain, 2008, pp. 19–31.

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Schwieren, J., Vossen, G. ID-Services: an RFID middleware architecture for mobile applications. Inf Syst Front 12, 529–539 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-009-9214-8

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