ISO/IEC 7816-6:2023

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 7816-6
Fourth edition
2023-04
Identification cards — Integrated
circuit cards —
Part 6:
Interindustry data elements for
interchange
Cartes d'identification — Cartes à circuit intégré —
Partie 6: Éléments de données intersectoriels pour les échanges
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope .1
2 Normative references .1
3 Terms and definitions .1
4 Abbreviated terms and notation . 2
5 Maintenance of interindustry data objects . 3
6 Specific interindustry data elements . 3
6.1 Name of an individual . 3
6.2 Proprietary login data . 3
6.3 Magnetic stripe data . 4
6.4 PIN usage policy . 4
6.5 Login template . 4
6.6 Qualified name template . 5
6.7 Cardholder image template . 6
6.8 Application image template . 6
6.9 Display control template . . 6
7 Identification of integrated circuit manufacturers .6
7.1 General . 6
7.2 Identifier . 6
7.3 Rules for assignment . 7
8 Interchange profile .7
9 Interindustry data elements in alphabetic order .8
10 Interindustry tags in numeric order .15
11 Interindustry templates .23
11.1 Interindustry data objects within interindustry templates . 23
11.2 Interindustry templates defining a context . 25
Annex A (informative) Application for integrated circuit manufacturers number .26
Bibliography .27
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 17, Cards and security devices for personal identification.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition (ISO/IEC 7816-6:2016), which has been
technically revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— The data format of IC manufacturer ID has been extended from a single byte to multiple bytes.
A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 7816 series can be found on the ISO website.
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Introduction
ISO/IEC 7816 is a series of International Standards specifying integrated circuit cards and the use of
such cards for interchange. These cards are identification cards intended for information exchange
negotiated between the outside world and the integrated circuit in the card. As a result of an information
exchange, the card delivers information (computation result, stored data), and/or modifies its content
(data storage, event memorization).
— Five parts are specific to cards with galvanic contacts and three of them specify electrical interfaces.
— ISO/IEC 7816-1 specifies physical characteristics for cards with contacts.
— ISO/IEC 7816-2 specifies dimensions and location of the contacts.
— ISO/IEC 7816-3 specifies electrical interface and transmission protocols for asynchronous
cards.
— ISO/IEC 7816-10 specifies electrical interface and answer to reset for synchronous cards.
— ISO/IEC 7816-12 specifies electrical interface and operating procedures for USB cards.
— All the other parts are independent from the physical interface technology. They apply to cards
accessed by contacts and/or by radio frequency.
— ISO/IEC 7816-4 specifies organization, security and commands for interchange.
— ISO/IEC 7816-5 specifies registration of application providers.
— ISO/IEC 7816-6 specifies interindustry data elements for interchange.
— ISO/IEC 7816-7 specifies commands for structured card query language.
— ISO/IEC 7816-8 specifies commands for security operations.
— ISO/IEC 7816-9 specifies commands for card management.
— ISO/IEC 7816-11 specifies personal verification through biometric methods.
— ISO/IEC 7816-13 specifies commands for handling the life cycle of applications.
— ISO/IEC 7816-15 specifies cryptographic information application.
The ISO/IEC 10536 series specifies access by close coupling. The ISO/IEC 14443 series and the
ISO/IEC 15693 series specify access by radio frequency. Such cards are also known as contactless cards.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 7816-6:2023(E)
Identification cards — Integrated circuit cards —
Part 6:
Interindustry data elements for interchange
1 Scope
This document specifies directly or by reference, data elements, including composite data elements that
are applicable to interindustry interchange.
It identifies the following characteristics of each data element:
— identifier;
— name;
— description and reference;
— format and coding (if not available in other ISO standards or parts of the ISO/IEC 7816 series).
The layout of each data element is described as seen at the interface between the interface device and
the card.
This document provides the definition of data elements without consideration of any restrictions on the
usage of the data elements.
It does not cover the internal implementation within the card and/or the outside world. With the
exception of login data objects (6.5), only application class tags are eligible in this document.
When using an interindustry template, an application is allowed to nest context-specific class tags (see
ISO/IEC 7816-4) under such a template unless it is previously marked as reserved for future use by ISO/
IEC JTC 1/SC 17.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 4909, Identification cards — Financial transaction cards — Magnetic stripe data content for track
ISO/IEC 7813, Information technology — Identification cards — Financial transaction cards
ISO/IEC 10918-1, Information technology — Digital compression and coding of continuous-tone still
images: Requirements and guidelines
ISO/IEC 11544, Information technology — Coded representation of picture and audio information —
Progressive bi-level image compression
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
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3.1
cardholder
end user of the security device
3.2
data element
item of information seen at the interface for which are defined a name, a description of logical content,
a format and a coding
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2020, 3.15]
3.3
data object
information seen at the interface consisting of the concatenation of a mandatory tag field, a mandatory
length field and a conditional value field
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2020, 3.16]
3.4
template
concatenation of BER-TLV data objects (3.3) forming the value field of a constructed BER-TLV data object
Note 1 to entry: The meaning of which is the same when found in ‘XY’ template, template for ‘XY’ DOs or ‘XY’ DOs
template
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 7816-4:2020, 3.59, modified — Note 1 to entry has been added.]
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