Interoperability and Standardization
MC2 / OMA / GSMA (PDF from December 17, 2007)

This month, the GSMA, the global trade association representing 700 GSM mobile phone operators, and OMA, the leading industry forum for developing market driven, interoperable mobile service enablers, will embark on a landmark exercise, which aims to deliver technology and marketing industry standards for mobile codes. The GSMA is launching a work stream to encourage mobile operators to adopt interoperable business models for mobile codes and raise the profile of this technology within the industry, while the OMA will work simultaneously to specify the technical standards.

We are quite confident that the MC2 as well as OMA and GSMA will vote for QR Code and Datamatrix. QR Code has the big advantage that it is the mobile code which is currently the one most used worldwide.

As for interoperability, we believe that the URL/Short Code URL is the best and easiest way for rapid interoperability whereas a global short code system will take months and maybe years. As for offline codes text , phone, SMS and email are trivial, but the contact/vcard needs one global standard.


Security and Mobile Tags
In response to security concerns mentioned here, I recommend reading our german presentation Mobile Tags and Security? at Swiss Infosec 2007 (PDF, 1,8 MB)


Kaywa's QR Code Guide and Mobiletags.biz
Scan, Buzz, Beep, Ok! A Guide to Kaywa's QR Code Solutions (PDF, 1.59 MB) *
Mobiletags.Biz