Six new standards bring the Digital Product Passport into practice
The publication of the first six European standards for the Digital Product Passport (DPP) marks an important milestone. They establish a common technical framework for key components of the DPP – from unique identifiers and data carriers through to data exchange and the interoperability of different systems.
The new standards are now available from DIN Media and cover the key functions of the Digital Product Passport:
DIN EN 18219 Digital Product Passport – Unique identifiers
DIN EN 18220 Digital Product Passport – Data carriers
DIN EN 18223 Digital Product Passport – System interoperability
DIN EN 18216 Digital Product Passport – Data exchange protocols
DIN EN 18221 Digital Product Passport – Data storage, archiving and data persistence
DIN EN 18222 Digital Product Passport – Application programming interfaces (APIs) for life-cycle management and searchability of the product passport
The standards were developed within CEN-CENELEC JTC 24 – two further DPP standards will follow shortly. This establishes the technical framework at European level that enables the uniform and interoperable implementation of the Digital Product Passport.
Turning product data into usable digital infrastructure
The Digital Product Passport is intended to make product information available digitally, reliably, and across system boundaries in future. For businesses, this means that data can be exchanged more easily along the supply and value chains and reused for different applications.
This is particularly crucial for companies operating internationally. Common standards are intended to ensure that DPP solutions are compatible with one another and that existing systems can be integrated. This means that product information does not have to be reprocessed time and again for different markets. At the same time, it will become easier to utilise information from global supply chains and to make a company’s own product data available internationally.
From Europe to the world
Through CEN-CENELEC JTC 24, Europe has laid important technical foundations for the DPP system. To ensure that the Digital Product Passport functions beyond the European single market, internationally harmonised standards are now required. To this end, DIN and DKE have launched ISO/IEC JTC 5. It builds on the work of CEN-CENELEC JTC 24 and coordinates international standardisation across the entire DPP system and ecosystem.
Setting the course for the DPP now
With the first European standards, the technical foundations of the Digital Product Passport are taking shape. At the same time, work on the international framework is getting underway. Companies and experts can now contribute their practical knowledge to the standardisation process – and thus help shape how the Digital Product Passport will function worldwide in the future.