The basic contact smart card standard is the ISO 7816 series, part 1- 10 while contactless cards will be governed by the ISO 14443 standard. These standards are derived from the identification card standards and detail the physical, electrical, mechanical, and application programming interface. Below is a list of the contact card standards. Please visit the links below for further information and for the latest version of the standards, ISO charges a nominal processing fee. 
 

	IS 7816 - 1 (1987) : Physical characteristics  --- Amendment 1 (1998) : Revised edition March 1998
	IS 7816 - 2 (1988) : Dimension and location of contacts  --- Revised edition March 1998
	IS 7816 - 3 (1989) : Electronic signals and transmission protocol  --- Amendment 1 (1992) : Protocol T=1 --- Amendment 2 (1994) : Revision of Protocol Type Selection --- Amendment 3 (1998) : Introduction of 3 Volts ICCs
	IS 7816 - 4 (1995) : Inter-industry commands and responses  --- Amendment 1 : (1998) : Revision Secure Messaging
	IS 7816 - 5 (1994) : Registration system for application identifiers  --- Amendment 1 (1996) : Registration of identifiers
	IS 7816 - 6 (1995) : Data elements for interchange  --- Amendment 1 (DIS) : Registration of IC Manufacturers
	IS 7816 - 7 (1998) : Smart Card Query Language commands
	DIS 7816 - 8 : Inter-industry Security Commands
	CD 7816 - 9 : Inter-industry Enhanced Commands
	ISO 7816 -10 (1999) : Synchronous cards

Updated January 10, 2000

Note: IS denotes standards which have been approved, while DIS refers to drafts pending approval.

	A basic description of ISO 7816 1 - 3 on the SCIA web site.
	Link to good description of all the smart card related standard groups.
	Llink to ISO's list of card related standards
	Link to International Organization for Standardization (ISO Home Page)
	Link to American National Standards Institute (ANSI Home Page)
	Link to International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
	Link to National Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS)
	Link to ISO/IECJTC1/SC17/WG8-Contactless Integrated Circuit(s) Cards