EPC Binary Headers

Header Value (binary)	Header Value (hexadecimal)	Encoding Length (bits)	Coding Scheme
00000000	00	NA	Unprogrammed Tag
00000001	01	NA	Reserved for Future Use
0000001x	02,03	NA	Reserved for Future Use
000001xx	04, 05, 06, 07	NA	Reserved for Future Use
00001000	08	64	Reserved until 64bit Sunset <SSCC-64>
00001001	09	64	Reserved until 64bit Sunset <SSCC-64>
00001010	0A	64	Reserved until 64bit Sunset <SSCC-64>
00001011	0B	64	Reserved until 64bit Sunset <SSCC-64>
00001100to00001111	0C to 0F		Reserved until 64 bit Sunset Due to 64 bit encoding rule in Gen 1
00010000to00101011	10 to 2B	NA NA	Reserved for Future Use
00101100	2C	96	GDTI-96
00101101	2D	96	GSRN-96
00101110	2E	NA	Reserved for Future Use
00101111	2F	96	USDoD-96
00110000	30	96	SGTIN-96
00110001	31	96	SSCC-96
00110010	32	96	SGLN-96
00110011	33	96	GRAI-96
00110100	34	96	GIAI-96
00110101	35	96	GID-96
00110110	36	198	SGTIN-198
00110111	37	170	GRAI-170
00111000	38	202	GIAI-202
00111001	39	195	SGLN-195
00111010	3A	113	GDTI-113
00111011	3B	Variable	ADI-var
00111100to00111111	3C to 3F	NA	Reserved for future Header values
01000000to01111111	40 to 7F		Reserved until 64 bit Sunset
11000000to11001101	C0 to CD		Reserved until 64 bit Sunset <SGTIN-64> (64 header values)
11001110	CE	64	Reserved until 64 bit Sunset <DoD-64>
11001111to11111110	CF to FE		Reserved until 64 bit Sunset Following 64 bit Sunset, E2 remains reserved to avoid confusion with the first eight bits of TID memory (Section 16).
11111111	FF	NA	Reserved for future headers longer than 8 bits

Header Value (binary)
00001000
Header Value (hexadecimal)
08
Encoding Length (bits)
64
Coding Scheme
Reserved until 64bit Sunset <SSCC-64>

Header Value (binary)
00001001
Header Value (hexadecimal)
09
Encoding Length (bits)
64
Coding Scheme
Reserved until 64bit Sunset <SSCC-64>

Header Value (binary)
00001010
Header Value (hexadecimal)
0A
Encoding Length (bits)
64
Coding Scheme
Reserved until 64bit Sunset <SSCC-64>

Header Value (binary)
00001011
Header Value (hexadecimal)
0B
Encoding Length (bits)
64
Coding Scheme
Reserved until 64bit Sunset <SSCC-64>

Header Value (binary)
00001100to00001111
Header Value (hexadecimal)
0C to 0F
Encoding Length (bits)

Coding Scheme
Reserved until 64 bit Sunset Due to 64 bit encoding rule in Gen 1

Header Value (binary)
00111100to00111111
Header Value (hexadecimal)
3C to 3F
Encoding Length (bits)
NA
Coding Scheme
Reserved for future Header values

Header Value (binary)
11000000to11001101
Header Value (hexadecimal)
C0 to CD
Encoding Length (bits)

Coding Scheme
Reserved until 64 bit Sunset <SGTIN-64> (64 header values)

Header Value (binary)
11001110
Header Value (hexadecimal)
CE
Encoding Length (bits)
64
Coding Scheme
Reserved until 64 bit Sunset <DoD-64>

Header Value (binary)
11001111to11111110
Header Value (hexadecimal)
CF to FE
Encoding Length (bits)

Coding Scheme
Reserved until 64 bit Sunset Following 64 bit Sunset, E2 remains reserved to avoid confusion with the first eight bits of TID memory (Section 16).

Header Value (binary)
11111111
Header Value (hexadecimal)
FF
Encoding Length (bits)
NA
Coding Scheme
Reserved for future headers longer than 8 bits

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