ISO/IEC 24789-1:2012

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 24789-1
First edition
2012-04-15
Identification cards — Card service life —
Part 1:
Application profiles and requirements
Cartes d'identification — Durée de vie des cartes —
Partie 1: Profils d'application et exigences

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Contents Page
Foreword . iv
Introduction . v
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 1
3.1  Terms and definitions . 1
3.2  Abbreviated terms . 2
4  Card applications and their profiles . 2
4.1  Determination of the application profile . 2
4.2  Determination of the aging and usage classes . 7
5  Determination of the evaluation regime . 7
5.1  General . 7
5.2  Evaluation regime using stand alone methods . 8
5.3  Evaluation regime using evaluation sequences . 9
Annex A (informative) Example application profiles . 15
Annex B (informative) Example evaluation regimes . 44

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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical
Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of
ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees
established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC
technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, governmental
and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information
technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International
Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as
an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO/IEC 24789-1 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 17, Cards and personal identification.
ISO/IEC 24789 consists of the following parts, under the general title Identification cards — Card service life:
 Part 1: Application profiles and requirements
 Part 2: Methods of evaluation
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Introduction
This part of ISO/IEC 24789 comprises a methodology for determining application profiles, their requirements
and corresponding examples.
These application profiles and requirements are intended to guide the reader of this part of ISO/IEC 24789 on
the comparative rigour of various ID card service life applications. These profiles and requirements provide a
means for ranking and comparing the main factors affecting ID card service life in a manner that is suitable for
evaluation using the methods defined or referenced in ISO/IEC 24789-2.
In order to accommodate existing cards, the simplest class uses, at least, characteristics and criteria defined
in ISO/IEC 7810 and test method equipment and procedures defined in ISO/IEC 10373-1. Two types of cards
are taken into account, cards that contain an integrated circuit and cards that do not contain an integrated
circuit.
Although the equipment and parts of the procedures of certain ISO/IEC 10373-1 test methods are referenced
for employment in the simulation of aging or usage in ISO/IEC 24789, such references are clearly
distinguished from the normal use of ISO/IEC 10373-1. In normal use, these ISO/IEC 10373-1 test methods
are applied to determine conformity to ISO/IEC 7810 and do not explicitly address application-specific
requirements for card service life.
Due to a lack of field/laboratory correlation data, only limited acceptance criteria (normative application profiles
and requirements) can be provided in the 2010 edition of this part of ISO/IEC 24789. However, it is anticipated
that a more comprehensive set of values for acceptance levels will be available in future editions.
At the time of publishing this first edition, there is limited data to show direct equivalence to any measure of
actual field use conditions. It will not be possible to establish any such equivalence until and unless a degree
of quantitative correlation has been established for the ID card construction in question.
For the convenience of certain users, non-SI equivalents are given for some quantity values where these are
in common use in the ID card industry. These equivalents appear in parenthesis and are for information only.

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 24789-1:2012(E)

Identification cards — Card service life —
Part 1:
Application profiles and requirements
1 Scope
This part of ISO/IEC 24789 comprises a methodology for determining application profiles, their requirements
and corresponding examples. It contains no additional or changed requirements for the ID card properties
defined in other applicable standards. It seeks to define the relative rigour of each application defined herein in
terms of a set of simple but justifiable methods of evaluation.
The purpose of ISO/IEC 24789 is to provide guidance on methods and their use to simulate a card's service
life. In order to achieve this purpose, two parameters of card service life are defined: age and usage. This can
be represented as a two-dimensional matrix in which each age/usage combination corresponds to a card
service life class. The two parts of ISO/IEC 24789 together describe the evaluation methods to be used and
their criteria.
ISO/IEC 24789 was originally developed for ID-1 cards conforming to ISO/IEC 7810, but might be found
useful in whole or in part for other types and form factors.
References are given to the corresponding methods of evaluation in ISO/IEC 24789-2 and elsewhere.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 7810, Identification cards — Physical characteristics
ISO/IEC 10373-1, Identification cards — Test methods — Part 1: General characteristics
ISO/IEC 10373-2, Identification cards — Test methods — Part 2: Cards with magnetic stripes
ISO/IEC 24789-2, Identification cards — Card service life — Part 2: Methods of evaluation
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms, definitions and abbreviated terms given in ISO/IEC 7810,
ISO/IEC 10373-1, ISO/IEC 10373-2, ISO/IEC 24789-2 and the following apply.
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3.1.1
card service life
CSL
period of time and usage for which a card retains the set of characteristics specified for its application under
the conditions of use specified for that application from the time it is issued to the card holder
3.1.2
application profile
set of parameters that, in total, define the conditions of use specified for an application
3.1.3
evaluation regime
set of evaluation methods, together with their manner of combination and application
3.2 Abbreviated terms
ATM Automated Teller Machine
IC Integrated Circuit
PICC Proximity Integrated Circuit Card
VICC Vicinity Integrated Circuit Card
4 Card applications and their profiles
4.1 Determination of the application profile
4.1.1 Raw application profile
Three variables are used to establish the raw application profile. These are:
 environment;
 storage;
 reader profile.
Raw application profiles have two parameters:
 age (A);
 usage (U).
NOTE Age is the time dependent parameter and usage is the stress dependent parameter (see 4.2).
To determine the application profile, define the environmental, storage and reader factors in Table 1, Table 2
and Table 3 respectively by defining the probability for each condition in the column “Probability p”. The sum
of probabilities for each factor shall be 1.
Next, for each condition with a probability greater than 0, calculate the age points in column “Age points” by
multiplying the value in the column “Age” with the probability p in the column “Probability p”. Then calculate
the usage points in columns “Usage points” by multiplying the value in the column “Usage” with the probability
p in the column “Probability p”.
Then, calculate the sum A of all age points and the sum U of all usage points. This pair of values (A, U) is the
raw application profile for the application.
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Table 1 — Environmental factors
Factor Condition Age Usage Probability p Age points Usage points Examples
of condition (p x age) (p x usage) and
(sum=1) guidance
Temperature Normal (5°C to 0 0
30°C)
Low (below 1 0
5°C)
High (30°C to 2 0
50°C)
Very high 5 0
(above 50°C)
Temperature changes <=1 per week 0 0
(transition between
> 1 per week 2 0,6
any two of the above
and <=1 per
temperature ranges)
day
> 1 per day 3 0,9
and <=3 per
day
>3 per day 5 1,5
Relative humidity Normal 0 0
(30% - 70%)
Dry (< 30%) 1 0
Humid 3 0
(> 70%)
Daylight None 0 0    Normally carried
in a wallet or a
bag.
Indoor 1 0    Worn visibly as
an ID badge
indoors.
Outdoor 5 0    Worn visibly as
an ID badge
outdoors, e.g. at
a building site or
as a ski-pass.
Chemicals and Low 0 0    Residential,
particulate exposure office or retail
(e.g. sand and dust, environment.
oils and fats,
Medium 2 0    Light factory
corrosive gases, salt)
environment;
outdoor ID badge
usage.
High 5 0    Car repair or
heavy factory
environment.
Sum (A, U)
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Table 2 — Storage factors
Factor Condition Age Usage Probability p Age points Usage points Examples
of condition (p x age) (p x usage) and
(sum=1) guidance
Physical stress None 0 0    Hard plastic
(bending) holder.
Low 0 1    Wallet in purse
or handbag;
inserted in
reader in vehicle.
Medium 0 2    Multiple cards
stacked in soft
plastic holder or
wallet in trouser
pocket.
High 0 5    Multiple cards
shingled in wallet
in trouser pocket;
single card loose
or in paper
sleeve or in soft
plastic holder in
pocket or bag.
Physical stress None 0 0    Card always
(friction) remains in
holder, e.g.
PICC.
Low 1 0    Wallet in purse
or handbag;
cards stacked in
holder or wallet;
paper sleeve.
Medium 2 0    Hard plastic
holder; cards
shingled in
holder or wallet;
wallet in trouser
pocket; soft
plastic holder.
High 5 0    Inserted in
reader in vehicle;
loose in pocket
or bag.
Physical stress None 0 0    Hard plastic
(compression) holder.
Low 0 1    Wallet in purse
or handbag;
cards stacked in
holder or wallet;
inserted in
reader in vehicle.
Medium 0 2    Multiple cards
shingled in
holder or wallet;
wallet in trouser
pocket.
High 0 5    Loose in bag or
pocket.
Sum (A, U)
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Table 3 — Reader factors
Factor Condition Age Usage Probability p Age points Usage points Examples
of condition (p x age) (p x usage) and
(sum=1) guidance
Physical stress None 0 0    PICC or VICC
(bending, e.g. reader.
pressure by roller))
Low 0 1    Magnetic stripe
or contact IC
card reader with
st
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