Auto-ID Labs, previously known as the Auto-ID Center, is a federation of research universities working on an open standard for creating a "seamless global network" of physical objects. The federation was established in 1999; the network they've developed is at the heart of a proposal sponsored by EPCglobal and supported by European Article Numbering-Uniform Code Council, Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard, and others to use RFID and the Electronic Product Code in the identification of items in the supply chain for companies.
