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A fluid supply package is described, which includes a fluid storage and dispensing vessel, and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the vessel and configured to enable discharge of fluid from the vessel under dispensing conditions, wherein the fluid supply package includes an informational augment

A fluid supply package is described, which includes a fluid storage and dispensing vessel, and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the vessel and configured to enable discharge of fluid from the vessel under dispensing conditions, wherein the fluid supply package includes an informational augmentation device thereon, e.g., at least one of a quick read (QR) code and an RFID tag, for informational augmentation of the package. Process systems are described including process tools and one or more fluid supply packages of the foregoing type, wherein the process tool is configured for communicative interaction with the fluid supply package(s). Various communicative arrangements are described, which are usefully employed to enhance the efficiency and operation of process systems in which fluid supply packages of the foregoing type are employed.

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1. A fluid supply package, comprising a fluid storage and dispensing vessel, and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the vessel and configured to enable discharge of fluid from the vessel under dispensing conditions, wherein the fluid supply package comprises an informational augmentation device

1. A fluid supply package, comprising a fluid storage and dispensing vessel, and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the vessel and configured to enable discharge of fluid from the vessel under dispensing conditions, wherein the fluid supply package comprises an informational augmentation device thereon, the fluid supply package further comprising a storage medium wherein the storage medium comprises a physical adsorbent material which comprises an adsorbent selected from the group consisting of carbon adsorbent, zeolite, molecular sieve adsorbent, metal organic framework (MOF), aerogel, alumina, silica, aluminosilicate, porous metal oxide, and combinations of two or more of the foregoing. 2. The fluid supply package of claim 1, wherein the informational augmentation device comprises at least one of a quick read (QR) code and an RFID tag. 3. The fluid supply package of claim 1, wherein the informational augmentation device comprises an RFID tag. 4. The fluid supply package of claim 3, wherein the RFID tag comprises a tag selected from the group consisting of: an active reader passive tag (ARPT); a passive reader active tag (PRAT); and an active reader active tag (ARAT). 5. The fluid supply package of claim 3, wherein the RFID tag comprises a thermally-resistive RFID device that is effective to provide an output indicative of temperature of fluid in the fluid supply package. 6. The fluid supply package of claim 1, wherein the vessel contains a storage medium that is adapted to retain fluid in a stored state under storage conditions, and to release the fluid for discharge from the vessel under dispensing conditions. 7. The fluid supply package of claim 1, wherein the vessel contains at least one interiorly disposed pressure regulator therein configured to dispense fluid from the vessel to the fluid dispensing assembly at pressure determined by a set point of the pressure regulator. 8. The fluid supply package of claim 1, holding a fluid in the fluid storage and dispensing vessel. 9. The fluid supply package of claim 1, wherein the informational augmentation device is readable by a machine reader to initiate accession of a website, display of a webpage, transmission of an email, or other telecommunication action providing information related to the fluid supply package, a fluid packaged therein, or use of the fluid supply package or fluid. 10. The fluid supply package of claim 1, further comprising an interlock structure configured to preclude fluid dispensing from the fluid storage and dispensing vessel unless unlocked by an unlocking signal requiring for its generation information from the informational augmentation device. 11. The fluid supply package of claim 10, wherein the informational augmentation device comprises a quick read (QR) code, and the interlock structure is unlockable by an unlocking signal requiring information from the quick read (QR) code for its generation. 12. The fluid supply package of claim 1, wherein the informational augmentation device comprises an RFID tag, and the interlock structure is unlockable by an unlocking signal requiring information from the RFID tag for its generation. 13. A process system comprising at least one fluid supply package comprising a fluid storage and dispensing vessel, and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the vessel and configured to enable discharge of fluid from the vessel under dispensing conditions, wherein the fluid supply package comprises a storage medium including a physical adsorbent material which comprises an adsorbent selected from the group consisting of carbon adsorbent, zeolite, molecular sieve adsorbent, metal organic framework (MOF), aerogel, alumina, silica, aluminosilicate, porous metal oxide, and combinations of two or more of the foregoing,an informational augmentation device thereon, anda fluid-utilizing process tool configured to receive fluid from the at least one fluid supply package under the dispensing conditions. 14. The process system of claim 13, wherein the process tool includes at least one communicational device that is communicationally interactive with the informational augmentation device on the fluid supply package for enabling operation of the process tool. 15. The process system of claim 13, wherein the process tool is not operationally competent until communicational interaction of the process tool communicational device with the informational augmentation device on the fluid supply package satisfies a predetermined operational communication protocol. 16. The process system of claim 13, wherein the predetermined operational communication protocol comprises verification of identity of the fluid supply package from fluid supply package information contained in the informational augmentation device on the fluid supply package. 17. The process system of claim 13, wherein the process tool comprises at least one of an ion implantation process tool, a chemical vapor deposition process tool, and etching tool. 18. The process system of claim 13, wherein the at least one fluid supply package comprises a fluid which is adsorbed on the physical adsorbent at subatmospheric pressure, and the at least one fluid supply package is contained in a gas box that is ventilated with ventilation gas, wherein the process tool includes at least one communicational device that is communicationally interactive with the informational augmentation device on the fluid supply package, wherein the informational augmentation device on the fluid supply package comprises information indicative of subatmospheric pressure in the fluid supply package vessel, and wherein said at least one communicational device is configured to receive the subatmospheric pressure information and to output a control signal for controllably adjusting ventilation gas flow rate through the gas box in response to the subatmospheric pressure of the fluid in the fluid supply package. 19. A method of enhancing operation of a process tool receiving fluid from a fluid source for operation of the tool in a process system, said method comprising informationally augmenting the process system by supplying fluid from at least one fluid supply package, wherein the fluid supply package comprises a fluid storage and dispensing vessel including a physical adsorbent material which comprises an adsorbent selected from the group consisting of carbon adsorbent, zeolite, molecular sieve adsorbent, metal organic framework (MOF), aerogel, alumina, silica, aluminosilicate, porous metal oxide, and combinations of two or more of the foregoing, and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the vessel and configured to enable discharge of fluid from the vessel under dispensing conditions, and wherein the fluid supply package comprises an informational augmentation device thereon.