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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/guides/product-condition-sensor-history",
 "title": "What Changes When a Product Can Report Its Condition?",
 "description": "Persistent item identity plus sensor history can turn product condition into a decision input for quality, warranty, routing and service.",
 "territory": "impl",
 "category": null,
 "direct_answer": "Software can make decisions from **what that specific item experienced**, not only from what the product specification says should be true. That needs persistent product identity and a measured condition that follows the item through time.",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-04",
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 "datePublished": "2026-09-04",
 "dateModified": "2026-09-04",
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  {
   "url": "https://ref.gs1.org/standards/epcis/2.0.1/",
   "name": "GS1: EPCIS 2.0.1. Used for identified event history, sensor elements and event-context capability."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.gs1.org/standards/epcis",
   "name": "GS1: EPCIS and CBV overview, accessed 4 September 2026. Used for the wider visibility model covering product status, location, movement and sensor data."
  }
 ],
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#digital-product-passport",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#epcis",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#gs1",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#gs1-digital-link"
 ],
 "watch": [],
 "decisions": [],
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