ISO 7812:1987

Identification cards — Numbering system and registration procedure for issuer identifiers

Cartes d'identification — Système de numérotation et procédure d'enregistrement pour les identificateurs d'émetteur

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 20-May-1987
• Withdrawal Date: 20-May-1987
• ICS: 35.240.40 - IT applications in banking
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 - Cards and security devices for personal identification
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 - Cards and security devices for personal identification
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 01-Dec-1993

Relations

• Revised: ISO/IEC 7812-1:1993 - Identification cards — Identification of issuers — Part 1: Numbering system
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Revised: ISO/IEC 7812-2:1993 - Identification cards — Identification of issuers — Part 2: Application and registration procedures
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Revises: ISO 7812:1985 - Identification cards — Numbering system and registration procedure for issuer identifiers
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

IS0
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
7812
Second edition
1987-06-01
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION
M EXAY HAPOAH AR OPrAH M3AL(MR no CTAH AAPTMSAL(H M
Identification cards - Numbering system and
registration procedure for issuer identifiers
Cartes d'identification - Système de numérotation et procédure d'enregistrement pour les
identificateurs d'émetteur
Reference number
IS0 7812: 1987 (E)

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Foreword
IS0 (the International Organization for standardization) is a worldwide federation of
national standards bodies (IS0 member bodies). The work of preparing International
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IS0 Council. They are approved in accordance with IS0 procedures requiring at
the
least 75 % approval by the member bodies voting.
International Standard IS0 7812 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 97,
Information processing systems.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (IS0 7812 : 19851, of which it
constitutes a technical revision.
Users should note that all International Standards undergo revision from time to time
and that any reference made herein to any other International Standard implies its
latest edition, unless otherwise stated.
@ International Organization for Standardization, 1987 O
Printed in Switzerland

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IS0 7812 : 1987 (E)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
Identification cards - Numbering system and
registration procedure for issuer identifiers
3.1 identification number: The number that identifies the
O Introduction
cardholder.
This International Standard is one of a series of standards
describing the parameters for identification cards as defined in
NOTE - Equivalent to PAN - Primary Account Number as defined in
clause 3 below and the use of such cards for international inter- IS0 4909.
change.
3.2 individual account identification : Personal or in-
1 Scope and field of application
dividual number assigned by the card issuing institution for pur-
poses of identifying an individual account.
This International Standard specifies a numbering system for
the identification of issuers of identification cards. It also
specifies the procedures to be used for the registration and
3.3 issuer identification number : The number that iden-
publication of issuer identification numbers.
tifies the major industry and the card issuer and which forms
the first part of the identification number.
2 References
IS0 3166, Codes for the representation of names of countries.
3.4 issuer identifier: The number that identifies the card
issuing institution within its industry.
ISO4909, Bank cards - Magnetic stripe data content for
track 3.
3.5 major industry identifier (MIII: The number that
IS0 781 O, Identification cards - Physical characteristics.
identifies the industry of the card issuer.
IS0 781 1-3, Identification cards - Recording technique -
Part 3: Location of embossed characters on ID- 1 cards.
1)
4 Numbering system
3 Definitions
The identification number on an identification card is
For the purpose of this International Standard, the definition of composed of three main components as shown in the figure.
”identification card” given in IS0 7810 and the following defi- This International Standard is concerned primarily with the first
nitions apply. of these, that is, the issuer identification number.
I
I
Individual account identification I Checkdigit
Issuer identification number
I
MI1 Issuer identifier
I
4 I Identification number 4-
Figure - Composition of the identification number on identification cards
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IS0 7812 : 1987 (E)
4.1 Issuer identification number NOTES
1 As an aid to human readability it is recommended that a blank
4.1.1 Major industry identifier space be used between the issuer identifier and the individual account
identification on all printed and/or embossed formats.
There are ten single-digit major industry identifiers as follows :
2 Where MI1 9 is used, digits 2 to 4 identify the country of the issuing
institution, using the numeric code specified in IS0 3166.
O - reserved for future assignment
1 - airlines
4.2 Individual account identification
2 - airlines and future assignment
4.2.1 General
3 - travel and entertainment
4 - banking/financial
The individual account identification shall be assigned by the
5 - banking/financial card issuing institution in the remaining positions of the iden-
tification number, except for the last position which shall be
6 - merchandizing and banking
reserved for a check digit (see 4.4).
7 - petroleum
8 - reserved for future assignment
4.2.2 Issuer identification numbers beginning with "59
9 - for assignment by national standards bodies
Issuer identification numbers beginning with "59' are those
issued by financial institutions and not by the registration O
Major industry identifier "9" : Major industry identifier "9'
authority (see 5.3). The issuer identifier is the national routing
has been assigned to national standards bodies for national
number. A numeric country code field (see IS0 3166) shall also
use. In the interests of international conformity, national
be present in the data format.
standards bodies are recommended to assign numbers in
accordance with the recommendations given in annex A.
4.3 Check digit
The numeric country code of the country issuing the issuer
identifier shall immediately follow MI1 9 and precede the issuer The individual account identification is followed by a check
digit character, which is calculated on all the preceding digits of
identifier.
the identification number including the MII. This character is
computed according to the Luhn formula for modulus 10
4.1.2 Is
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