ISO/IEC 7811-7:2018

Identification cards — Recording technique — Part 7: Magnetic stripe: High coercivity, high density

This document is one of a series of standards describing the characteristics for identification cards as defined in the definitions clause and the use of such cards for international interchange. This document specifies requirements for a high coercivity magnetic stripe (including any protective overlay) on an identification card and encoding technique. It takes into consideration both human and machine aspects and states minimum requirements. Coercivity influences many of the quantities specified in this document but is not itself specified. The main characteristic of the high coercivity magnetic stripe is its improved resistance to erasure. This is achieved with minimal probability of damage to other magnetic stripes by contact while retaining read compatibility with magnetic stripes as defined in ISO/IEC 7811-2. This document provides for a card capacity of approximately 10 times that of a card conforming to ISO/IEC 7811-6. The number of tracks has been increased to 6, each track being approximately half the width of tracks conforming to ISO/IEC 7811-6, located so that readers designed to read these high density tracks will also be able to read cards conforming to ISO/IEC 7811-2 and ISO/IEC 7811-6. Data is encoded in 8 bit bytes using the MFM encoding technique. Data framing is used to limit error propagation and error correction techniques further improve reliability of reading. It is the purpose of the ISO/IEC 7811 series of standards to provide criteria to which cards shall perform. No consideration is given within these standards to the amount of use, if any, experienced by the card prior to test. Failure to conform to specified criteria is negotiated between the involved parties. ISO/IEC 10373-2 specifies the test procedures used to check cards against the parameters specified in this document. NOTE Numeric values in the SI and/or Imperial measurement system in this document may have been rounded off and are consistent with, but not exactly equal to each other. Using either system is correct but intermixing or reconverting values can result in errors. The original design was made using the Imperial measurement system.

Cartes d'identification — Technique d'enregistrement — Partie 7: Bandeau magnétique: Haute coercivité, haute densité

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 06-Aug-2018
• ICS: 35.240.15 - Identification cards. Chip cards. Biometrics
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 - Cards and security devices for personal identification
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17/WG 1 - Physical characteristics and test methods for ID-cards
• Current Stage: 9060 - Close of review
• Start Date: 04-Mar-2029

Relations

• Revises: ISO/IEC 7811-7:2014 - Identification cards — Recording technique — Part 7: Magnetic stripe — High coercivity, high density
• Effective Date: 29-Apr-2017

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 7811-7
Third edition
2018-08
Identification cards — Recording
technique —
Part 7:
Magnetic stripe: High coercivity, high
density
Cartes d'identification — Technique d'enregistrement —
Partie 7: Bandeau magnétique: Haute coercivité, haute densité
Reference number
ISO/IEC 7811-7:2018(E)
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ISO/IEC 2018

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ISO/IEC 7811-7:2018(E)

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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope .1
2 Normative references .1
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions . 2
3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms. 4
4 Conformance .4
5 Physical characteristics of the identification card .4
5.1 General . 4
5.2 Magnetic stripe area warpage. 4
5.3 Surface distortions . 4
6 Physical characteristics of the magnetic stripe .5
6.1 Height and surface profile of the magnetic stripe area . 5
6.1.1 Surface profile of the magnetic stripe area . 6
6.1.2 Height of the magnetic stripe area . 7
6.2 Surface roughness . 7
6.3 Adhesion of stripe to card . 7
6.4 Wear of magnetic stripe from read/write head . 8
6.5 Resistance to chemicals . 8
7 Performance characteristics for the magnetic material .8
7.1 General .
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