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Doc. No.: PR/97-089
Reply to: Barbara Bennett at bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us
Washington D.C., July 1997 -- NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards) announces approval of this new project being developed within Technical Committee, B10, Identification Cards and Related Devices. The reference number for this project is 1242-D.
The current American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) Best Practices documents will be expanded to include further refinements and formatting so as to be converted into an ANSI standard.
The AAMVA Best Practices embrace digital imaging, printed text, magnetic stripe and bar code technologies. Additional technology standards will be incorporated including integrated circuits and optical memory. Other emerging technologies may be considered so as to continually push the envelope.
The AAMVA Magnetic Stripe Best Practices specifies data contents for the ISO magnetic stripe track 2 location of ISO 7811-2, 4 & 6. The AAMVA magnetic stripe data content track one and three requirements differ from current ISO standards.
Inquiries regarding this project [1242-D] should be sent to the Chairman of B10, Mr. Joseph A. Naujokas, Intl. Card Manufacturers Association, Naujokas and Associates, 3916 Esgarth Way, Owings Mills, MD 21117. Email: 102474.773@compuserve.com
The next meeting of B10 is September 11, 1997 - Philadelphia, PA. (All organizations and individuals who are materially or directly affected are invited to participate.
An initial call for possible patents and other pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is now being issued. Please submit information on these issues to the NCITS Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC 20005. Email: NCITS@itic.nw.dc.us FAX: (202) 638-4922.
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