Welcome to the INCITS B10 Technical Committee

INCITS B10 TC ID Cards and Related Devices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B10 Honor Roll

The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) is accredited by ANSI to develop standards for Information Technology. INCITS B10, ID Cards and Related Devices is responsible for Standardization in the area of identification cards, and devices associated with their use in inter-industry 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, access control 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 and Test Methods1 B10.11 WG1
Machine Readable Travel Documents (For Border Crossing, such as Passports & Visas) B10 WG3
Integrated Circuit Cards with Contacts2 B10.12 WG4
Registration  policies and approval of  Issuer Identification Numbers (IIN) ANSI USRC3 WG5
Financial Transaction Cards B10 WG7
Contactless Integrated Circuit Cards B10.5 WG8
Optical Memory cards B10 WG9
Drivers License4 B10.8 WG10
Card Related Biometrics B10 WG11
Health Care Payment Cards B10 None5

Notes:
  1. INCITS Task Group B10.11 Physical Characteristics was formed on 1 December 2007 through the merger of Task Groups B10.3 Card Durability and related Test Methods and B10.6 Physical Characteristics, Magnetic Stripes, and Test Methods
  2. INCITS Task Group B10.12 Integrated Circuit Cards with Contacts was formed on 1 December 2007 through the merger of Task Groups B10.1 Integrated Circuit Cards with Contacts and B10.9 Interoperability for Smart Cards
  3. 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.
  4. The INCITS B10 Project for US drivers License Standard has been canceled.  Work continues on the International Drivers License standard.
  5. SC17 has established a liaison with ISO TC 215 Health Informatics  to receive drafts of health Care ID Cards standards for comment by SC17 (See ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 October, 2003 Resolution 487)

B10 Documents

  
B10 Plenary Meeting Minutes  
B10 2008 Documents SC17 2008 Reference Documents
B10 2007 Documents SC17 2007 Reference Documents
B10 2006 Documents  
B10 2005 Documents  
B10 2004 Documents  
B10 2003 Documents  
B10 2002 Documents  
B10 2001 Documents  


Documents are available directly from the index, some documents are password protected.

Membership

B10 Members (Password Required)

How to Join

Standards

 B10 International standards developed in ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 are summarized in the  special report  located at the SC17 Web site  

B10 ANSI standards are listed in B10 ANSI Standards List

B10's ANSI and ISO/IEC standards are available from the INCITS Standards Store
Also available as downloads at $18 per download from ANSI

Annual Report

Covers Period from May 2006 to May 2007  b10_07n3407 

Meetings

INCITS B10 generally meets three times per year, January, April/May and August/September. 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.

Meeting Calendar

2008

2009
Winter

28 - 30 January, Carson, California

20 - 22 January, Menlo Park, California
Spring

21 - 23 April, Columbus, Ohio

28 - 30 April, Chicago, Illinois
Summer/Fall

19 - 21 August, Redmond, Washington

August/September, Minneapolis, Minnesota  (tentative)
 

Venue details are posted below 2 to 3 months prior to the next meeting

Minutes of all meetings

Next Meeting

When

Next meeting -  30 January 2009 at 8:00 am


Where

Location - The next B10 Plenary and subcommittee meetings will be held in Menlo Park, California

 

 The sponsor for the meeting is Exponent

Complete Venue

 

Meeting Notice

 

Calling notice for August plenary meeting in Menlo Park, California.

 

Meeting  Agenda    

Agenda - B10_07N3xxx
   

Web Page  Information

The SC17  web site has been re-structured. The SC17 work programme link now goes directly to its location on the SC17 Web Site, and thus will always be the most recent SC 17 document.
The Summary of SC17 standards is now available at the SC17 web site, use link above in Standards Row.

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last updated 3 October 2008