smart card
Let an agent explain smart cards and how they work, relay standards, applications and security from technical and standards sources, describe the transport cards and frameworks the registry aliases name, and distinguish smart cards from magnetic stripe cards, RFID tags, mobile wallets and the Opencard software framework, without giving circumvention detail.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain smart cards and how they work, relay standards, applications and security from technical and standards sources, describe the transport cards and frameworks the registry aliases name, and distinguish smart cards from magnetic stripe cards, RFID tags, mobile wallets and the Opencard software framework, without giving circumvention detail.
A pocket-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit that stores and processes data, used as a contact card or contactless proximity card for payments, identity, telecommunications SIMs and public transport, such as Singapore s CEPAS standard cards including EZ-Link and NETS FlashPay, Stockholm s SL Access card and the Belgian Opencard framework; smart cards follow standards such as ISO/IEC 7816 and 14443 and include security features against cloning.
What it is for: Secure storage and processing for payments, identity and access.
It can be explain technology and standards; relay applications; describe named systems; distinguish related technologies.
Distinguishing features
Embedded microcontroller
Contact or contactless
Cryptographic security
Many applications
What it looks like
A plastic card with gold contacts or an embedded antenna.
Physical character
contact standard: ISO/IEC 7816 note
contactless standard: ISO/IEC 14443 note
card size: 85.60 x 53.98 mm - ID-1
CEPAS: Singapore standard SS 518 note
How it is recognised
Card with an embedded chip
CEPAS, EZ-Link, NETS FlashPay, SL Access, public transport proximity cards; OpenCard framework
Magnetic stripe cards store data without processing; RFID tags may lack security; mobile wallets use phones
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
follows - and ISO/IEC 14443
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
payment cards with EMV chips
SIM cards
identity and health cards
contactless transit cards such as EZ-Link, NETS FlashPay and SL Access
access control cards
middleware frameworks such as OpenCard
Standards and regulation
ISO/IEC 7816 and 14443
EMV payment specifications
Data protection and eID regulations
Failure modes and hazards
Card cloning and relay attacks
Agents giving circumvention detail
Registry aliases mixing specific cards and a software framework
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a smart card is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a smart card, and how does it differ from magnetic stripe cards, RFID tags and mobile wallets? definition
- Is the question about technology, an application, a specific card or a request to bypass security, which the model refuses? boundary
Named
Named systems.
Named
Named.
- What are CEPAS, EZ-Link, NETS FlashPay, SL Access and the OpenCard framework? definition
- Which entry fits the specific system? action
Technology Technology.
Science.
Standards
Standards.
Standards
Standards.
- What do ISO/IEC 7816 and 14443 define? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Security
Security.
Security
Security.
- How do smart cards protect data with cryptography and secure elements, at a general level? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Applications Applications.
Application.
Transit
Transport.
Transit
Transit.
- How are smart cards used in public transport fare systems? provenance
- Which entry fits contactless smart card? action
Payments
Payments and identity.
Payments
Payments.
- How are smart cards used for EMV payments and electronic IDs? provenance
- Which entry fits EMV? action
Context History.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did smart cards develop from 1970s French and German patents? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of smart cards? action
Future
Future.
Future
Future.
- How are phones and virtual cards replacing physical smart cards? provenance
- Which entry fits mobile payment? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should contactless transit card be a separate primary entry?
- How should standards sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific cards and a framework; should they be split off?