2.2. Identification Card Units

Class Name IDC

Class Identifier WFS_SERVICE_CLASS_IDC = 2

The WOSA/XFS Identification Card service allows for the operation of the following categories of units:

• motor driven card reader/writer

• pull through card reader (writing facilities only partially included)

• dip reader

• contactless chip card readers

The following tracks/chips and the corresponding international standards are taken into account:

Track 1 ISO 7811

Track 2 ISO 7811

Track 3 ISO 7811 / ISO 4909

Chip (contacted) ISO 7816

Chip (contactless) ISO 10536.

National standards like Transac for France or Watermark for Sweden are not considered, but can be easily included via a forms mechanism.

In addition to the pure reading of the tracks mentioned above, security boxes can be used via this service to check the data of writable tracks for manipulation. These boxes (such as CIM or MM) are sensor-equipped devices that are able to check some other information on the card and compare it with the track data.