Combating Counterfeit and
Substandard ICT Devices
(Geneva, Switzerland, 17-18 November 2014)
Digital Object Architecture-based
Product Quality Safety Information
Traceability System in Infant Formula
Industry: Architecture, Advantages
and Impacts
Dr. Jian Zhou,
Director of Informatization Research
and Promotion Center, ETIRI, MIIT,
China
Geneva, Switzerland, 17-18 November 2014
Index
Background and Motivation
Technology
DOA and the Handle System
Traceability System
Design Ideas
Architecture
Workflow
Advantages and Impacts
Conclusions and Recommendations
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1. Background and Motivation
Key Problem for Food Industry
Quality Safety
Hard to
participate
Many food quality safety accidents
result in serious consequences
BSE (mad cow disease) in Europe
Sudan red and melamine in China
Clostridium botulinum in New Zealand
Lack of management mechanism and
necessary technical support
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1. Background and Motivation
Building a public food quality safety
traceability platform is an urgent and
Consumer
essential task on hand
Public Platform
Collaboration of Internet of Things
(IoT) technologies and traditional
industries has the potential to satisfy
practical requirements and bring
benefits (boosting competitiveness)
for those industries
Front End
System
Front End
System
Front End
System
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Front End
System
Front End
System
Front End
System
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2. Technology
The Handle System is a general-purpose
global identifier service proposed by
Dr. Robert E. Kahn in early 90’s
It is one of the key components of the
Digital Object Architecture (DOA)
It manages handles (unique identifier for
digital object and network resource)
Multiple Advantages of Handle
Every handle consists of two parts:
Handle Prefix/ Suffix
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2. Technology
Digital Object Numbering Authority
(DONA) and MPA China
Coalition of ETIRI (MIIT), CDI and CHC
The Handle System has been selected
by China as the core technology for
major national projects
''National Food Quality Safety Traceability
Platform''
''National Public Service Platform for IoT
Identifier Management''
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2. Technology – Handle System advantage
Secured identifier service
Validation of responsible identifier service
performing the resolution
Integration checking of resolution results
Confidentiality whenever needed
Credibility of the resolution result
Access control per application need
Discretionary administration and
management
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2. Technology – Handle System Advantage
Open service architecture
Extendable data model to support any
state information
Distributed administration/registration for
easy adoption
Distributed resolution to allow for
scalability
Support for any native language character
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3. Traceability System
Design Ideas
1) Conform to the national strategies of the
construction of IoT architecture
2) Good openness and compatibility
3) Low cost, short period and notable effects
4) Legal/convenient tracing of information,
meet the requirements of consumers,
enterprises and the government
5) Secure and manageable system
operation
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3. Traceability System
Architecture
''National Public Food Quality Safety
Traceability Platform'' consists of five
systems, provides services to multiple
categories of users, and serves enterprises
Food Industry Chain
Enterprise Data Exchange System
Public Identifier Service System
Client Terminal Query System
Traceability Service Website
Security Authentication System
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3. Traceability System
Food Industry Chain
All enterprises along the industry chain
can serve as data sources: product coding
adjustment, traceability data integration
YiLi’s Product(DM)
Yashili’s Product(QR)
Support all types of two-dimension codes,
including QR, DM, GM/CM, etc.
Support RFID
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Client
Website
3. Traceability System
Software
Download
Work Flow of the System
Product
Info
Consumption
Info
Enterprise
Info
Simple and efficient
The users initiate traceability requests,
and the requests containing
handles
Public Identifier Service
System are
transmitted to theAllocation
public identifier
Resolution
Query
service system for resolution
The enterprise data exchange system
Enterprise
will get the requests, find the
Data
corresponding
data
that match the
Enterprise
Enterprise
Exchange
Data Upload
Level
Data
System
…
handles,
them
back
to
the
Information and send Exchange
(Different
86.1000.12
System
System
Enterprise)
users
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Food Quality Safety Traceability Platform
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4. Advantages and Impacts
Impacts: Implementation
The public traceability platform has been
built by a technical group consisting of
third-party research institutes and IT
companies, led by ETIRI of MIIT, under
the guidance of MIIT in 2013 and are put
into practical use since June 14th 2014.
“Specification on product quality safety
traceability system for infant formula
industry” will be published in early 2015
as industrial standard in China
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4. Advantages and Impacts
Impacts: Participation of enterprises
Six large infant formula enterprises
have established connection with this
public system, including Yili, the largest
dairy manufacturer in China.
Until Oct 31th 2014, the number of
registered handles for this application is
over 80 million, and the number of
traceability information items is 31.
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4. Advantages and Impacts
Advantages: On Multiple Subjects
Consumers/the Public:
convenient/authentic way to participate,
boost confidence, higher credibility
Enterprises: Avoid duplicate construction,
lower input (information integration along
the industry chain), assist combating
counterfeit, anti-fleeing, and brand
promotion(aided by dynamic info)
Government: Aid emergency measures/
supervision & enforcement on enterprises
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5. Conclusions and Recommendations
A DOA-based product quality safety
traceability system supporting traceability
along the industry chain is introduced
The system has high credibility, can aid
combating counterfeit and the
government's supervision
Similar architectures could be applied in
different industries and scenarios
Collaboration of ICT technologies and
traditional industries could result in
competitiveness improvements
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Combating Counterfeit and
Substandard ICT Devices
(Geneva, Switzerland, 17-18 November 2014)
Thanks for your attention!
Dr. Jian Zhou,
Director of Informatization Research
and Promotion Center, ETIRI, MIIT,
China
Email: zhoujian@cspiii.com
Website: www.cspiii.com
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