Seafood Module Commissioning Event
Commissioning events capture the creation of new traceable products within the supply chain. The seafood module extends the commissioning event with additional KDEs required for seafood products.
Event Profile
Seafood commissioning events are identified by the following event characteristics:
KDE | Value |
type | ObjectEvent |
action | ADD |
bizStep | commissioning |
disposition | active |
seafood.KDE Requirements
The following KDEs are required on the root of a seafood commissioning event, in addition to the Core requirements.
| KDE | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|
| readPoint | A readPoint object with an id property equal to a geo formatted coordinate pair |
geo:37.860236,-123.144697 |
| productOwner | A URN formatted PGLN or GDST party identifier | urn:epc:id:sgln:08600031303.0.0, urn:gdst:example.org:party:example_prefix.0 |
| informationProvider | A URN formatted PGLN or GDST party identifier | urn:epc:id:sgln:08600031303.0.0, urn:gdst:example.org:party:example_prefix.0 |
| humanWelfarePolicy | Indicates whether a human welfare policy was in place during the event | internal policy, 3P audit, none |
Certificate Requirements
A seafood commissioning event must carry at least one complete certificate. GDST 2.0 does not name certification types in its normative event profiles; the controlled list of supported values is maintained in the Certification Types article.
A certificate may appear in the event's certificationList or in the certificationList of its ilmd property.
Certificates are required to have the following properties
| Certificate Property | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|
| certificationType | A URN formatted string defining the type of certificate | urn:gdst:certType:harvestCert |
| certificationAgency | The name of the certificate program owner | WHO |
| certificationStandard | The name of the standard associated with the certificate | WHO Human Decency Policy |
| certificationValue | An additional descriptor of the certificate if there are different quality values for the certificate | Quality class 4 |
| certificationIdentification | The ID of the certificate | 0987654321 |
Full JSON Example
{
"@context": [
"https://ref.gs1.org/standards/epcis/epcis-context.jsonld",
{
"gdst": "https://traceability-dialogue.org/epcis"
}
],
"type": "ObjectEvent",
"eventTime": "2026-04-19T01:58:39.4957023+00:00",
"eventTimeZoneOffset": "+00:00",
"eventID": "urn:uuid:a2cab12a-7c7d-419e-9349-9e2462163dbc",
"epcList": [],
"action": "ADD",
"bizStep": "commissioning",
"disposition": "active",
"readPoint": {
"id": "geo:37.7749,-122.4194"
},
"bizLocation": {
"id": "urn:gdst:example.org:location:loc:solution.hatchery"
},
"quantityList": [
{
"epcClass": "urn:gdst:example.org:product:lot:class:solution.fryling.lot1",
"quantity": 1000,
"uom": "KGM"
}
],
"ilmd": {
"cbvmda:certificationList": {
"certification": [
{
"gdst:certificationType": "urn:gdst:certType:harvestCert",
"certificationAgency": "Harvest Agency",
"certificationStandard": "Harvest Certificate Standard",
"certificationValue": "ghi789",
"certificationIdentification": "HARV-0003"
},
{
"gdst:certificationType": "urn:gdst:certType:humanPolicy",
"certificationAgency": "Human Policy Agency",
"certificationStandard": "Human Welfare Policy Standard",
"certificationValue": "pqr678",
"certificationIdentification": "HUMN-0006"
}
]
}
},
"gdst:productOwner": "urn:gdst:example.org:party:solution.hatchery",
"gdst:humanWelfarePolicy": "3P audit",
"cbvmda:informationProvider": "urn:gdst:example.org:party:solution.hatchery"
}