BrickRed strictly adheres to standards wherever they materialize. This is seen as
the best way to design a modular system as when we stick to standards our customers
are not solely dependent on a specific card or a hardware vendor. Customers are
able to replace hardware or software modules that don't satisfy them.
Though nothing is more important than a good and healthy relationship with one’s
suppliers, but hardware and software interfaces should be defined according to standards
to give a loose coupling between software, hardware, and supplier.
The following list contains links to important smartcard related standards that
we adhere to:
ISO7816 identification card standard
from the International Organization for Standardization.
ISO 14443 RFID cards; contactless
proximity cards operating at 13.56 MHz in up to 5 inches distance
ISO 15693 RFID cards; contactless
vicinity cards operating at 13.56 MHz in up to 50 inches distance
EMV 2000 version 4.00, Europay, MasterCard
and Visa worked jointly over the last few years to develop specifications that define
a set of requirements to ensure interoperability between chip cards and terminals
on a global basis, regardless of the manufacturer, the financial institution, or
where the card is used. The latest version of the specifications, EMV 2000 version
4.0, was published in December 2000. It is envisaged that the specifications will
in the near future be supplemented with support for lower voltage cards and a definition
of a contact-less interface to EMV chip cards.
Java Card Platform Specification 2.2.2
Java Card technology is the leading open, interoperable platform for smart cards
and secure tokens. Providing the basis for cross-platform and cross-vendor applet
interoperability, the Java Card Platform Specification includes The Java Card Virtual
Machine Specification, The Java Card Runtime Environment Specification, and APIs
for the Java Card Platform complements the Java Card RE Specification, and describes
the application programming interface of the Java Card technology. It contains the
class definitions required to support the Java Card VM and the Java Card RE.
PC/SC Builds upon existing industry
smart card standards - ISO7816 and EMV - and complements them by defining low-level
device interfaces and device-independent application APIs as well as resource management,
to allow multiple applications to share smart card devices attached to a system.
GSM 11.11 & 1.14, Global System
for Mobile Telecommunications standard
