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The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) B10 ID Cards and Related Devices is responsible for Standardization in the area of identification cards, and devices associated with their use in interindustry applications and international interchange.

Specific areas include test methods, physical characteristics, card service life, embossing, magnetic stripe, Integrated circuit cards with contacts, contactless integrated circuit cards, optical memory cards, machine readable travel documents, driver license ID cards, health care payment ID cards, and other aspects of personal identification cards.

Most of B10's work is International in scope as it is the US TAG to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 ID Cards and personal identification.

B10 is organized as follows:

Work Description	B10 Task Group	SC 17 Working Group
Physical Characteristics, Mag Stripe, Embossing, Test Methods, Coexistent Technologies	B10.6	WG1
Card Durability and related Test Methods	B10.3	WG1
Machine Readable Travel Documents (For Border Crossing, such as Passports & Visas)	B10	WG3
Integrated Circuit Cards with Contacts	B10.1	WG4
Registration policies and approval of Issuer Identification Numbers (IIN)	ANSI USRC¹	WG5
Financial Transaction Cards	B10	WG7
Contactless Integrated Circuit Cards	B10.5	WG8
Optical Memory cards	B10	WG9
Drivers License²	B10.8	WG10
Card Related Biometrics	B10	WG11
Health Care Payment Cards	B10	None⁴
Interoperability for Smart Cards³	B10 Ad Hoc	TBD

Notes:
1.	USRC (US Registration Committee) is not an INCITS organization, however, since it is the US TAG for SC17 WG5, it meets with B10 and provides recommendations related to SC17 WG5 issues. Its expertise is also used for guidance on financial transaction card issues such as SC17 WG7 issues.
2.	The INCITS B10 Project for US drivers License Standard has been canceled. Work continues on the International Drivers License standard.
3.	A New Work proposal "Interoperability for Smart Cards" has been approved by ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17. It is likely that a new B10 Task Group will be established to conduct the work. The NP submitted by B10 is b10_03n3033 and the SC17 Ballot result can be found in 17N2468 (password protected) at the SC17 website. A "way forward" meeting will be conducted by the SC17 Chair on March 5, 2004.
4.	SC17 will establish a liaison with ISO TC 215 Health Informatics to recieve drafts of health Care ID Cards standards for comment by SC17 (See ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 October, 2003 Resolution 487)

B10 Honor Roll

B10 has been fortunate to have many talented and hard working members who have contributed to its success. Some have recieved recogniton from INCITS, the parent organization:

INCITS Chairman's Award	1996	Chris Dybal	Drexler Technology
INCITS Merit Award	1998	Tom McGeary	Mag-Tek
INCITS Technical Award	2000	Denny Warwick	DataCard
INCITS Merit Award	2000	John Rodakis	Rodakis & Associates
INCITS Merit Award	2001	Kevin Tall	Eclipse Laboratories

Standards

B10 International standards developed in ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 are summarized in the SC17 Work Programme

NOTICE: The latest Workpramme has been posted to this site

B10 ANSI standards are listed in B10 ANSI Standards List

Annual Report

b10_03n3007

Meetings

INCITS B10 generally meets three times per year, January, April/May and August. The B10 Plenary meeting is preceded by the Task Group meetings in the early part of the week, and the Plenary scheduled as the last meeting, normally on Thursday.

Next Meeting

When

May 3 - 6, 2004 B10 on Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 8:00AM.

Where

Axalto/Schlumberger Campus

8311 North FM 620 Road

Austin, TX 78726

Phone: 1 512 331 300

See b10_04n3058_map for details

Special Hotel rates have been contracted by Axalto, refer to b10_04n3058_text for details.

Deadline for special rates is March 31, 2004

Meeting Notice

Venue info:
Text and Map

Meeting Agenda

Not available at this time

Web Page Information

The 2004 documentation list is up to date.

The membership list with contact information is now available, password required.

The SC17 Work Programme been has updated to the October 2003 release.