This topic explains items and their importance within Location Awareness Services for WebSphere® Premises Server.
Items represent the entities within a location that can be equipped with tags so that you can track their positions. Each item has attributes, including the tag ID, label, and icon link update interval. An item also has key properties that are required to set the item apart and properties that complete the description. Key properties and properties vary by class. A key property for a person might be a social security number and a property might be a person's first name.
When defining items for the first time, you can use a registration unit or external device to read the tag IDs into the system or you can enter them manually.
People and assets are the most common items that are monitored by Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server; however, tags can also be attached to other items like product parts being consumed in discrete manufacturing processes like vehicle assembly. Therefore, Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server uses the term item for everything that can be equipped with a tag.