The popular standard ISO/IEC-7810 3rd Edition has just been modified by a new Amendment 2, which is now available from Document Center Inc. The 6 page amendment, titled “Identification cards — Physical characteristics, Opacity,” updates opacity requirements by providing criteria to match a new test method that is published in ISO/IEC 10373-1, “Identification cards — Test methods — Part 1: General characteristics.”
ISO/IEC 7810:2003 is one of a series of standards describing the characteristics of identification cards. It is the purpose of ISO/IEC 7810 3rd Edition to provide performance criteria for these cards and to specify the requirements for cards used for international interchange. It takes into consideration both human and machine aspects and states minimum requirements.
ISO/IEC 7810:2003 specifies:
- four different sizes of identification cards with a nominal thickness of 0,76 mm and dimensions of:
- ID-000 25 mm x 15 mm,
- ID-1 85,60 mm x 53,98 mm,
- ID-2 105 mm x 74 mm,
- ID-3 125 mm x 88 mm;
- the conditions for conformance;
- the dimensions and tolerances of the identification cards;
- the construction and materials of the identification cards; and
- the physical characteristics of the cards such as bending stiffness, flammability, toxicity, resistance to chemicals, dimensional stability, adhesion or blocking, warpage, resistance to heat, surface distortions, and contamination.
ISO/IEC 7810:2003, together with the ISO/IEC 10373 series for test methods, provides for interchange between various types of identification card processing devices and systems.
FYI: The ISO/IEC 7810 Amendment 1 covers criteria for cards containing integrated circuits. Both amendments provide pen and ink changes to the original 2003 Edition of ISO/IEC 7810 so that the standard is not current without the 2 modifying documents.
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