ISO/IEC 7816 is an international standard jointly maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), concerning contact-based electronic identification cards, especially smart cards.
ISO/IEC 7816 has 15 different parts. The numbers and contents of these parts are listed below:
- ISO/IEC 7816-1: 2011 Part 1: Contact cards — Physical characteristics
- ISO/IEC 7816-2: 2007 Part 2: Contact cards — Dimensions and location of the contacts
- ISO/IEC 7816-3: 2006 Part 3: Contact cards — Electrical interface and transmission protocols
- ISO/IEC 7816-4: 2013 Part 4: Organization, security, and commands for interchange
- ISO/IEC 7816-5: 2004 Part 5: Registration of application providers
- ISO/IEC 7816-6: 2016 Part 6: Interindustry data elements for interchange
- ISO/IEC 7816-7: 1999 Part 7: Interindustry commands for Structured Card Query Language (SCQL)
- ISO/IEC 7816-8: 2016 Part 8: Commands and mechanisms for security operations
- ISO/IEC 7816-9: 2017 Part 9: Commands for card management
- ISO/IEC 7816-10: 1999 Part 10: Electronic signals and answer-to-reset for synchronous cards
- ISO/IEC 7816-11: 2017 Part 11: Personal verification through biometric methods
- ISO/IEC 7816-12: 2005 Part 12: Contact cards — USB electrical interface and operating procedures
- ISO/IEC 7816-13: 2007 Part 13: Commands for application management in a multi-application environment
- ISO/IEC 7816-15: 2016 Part 15: Cryptographic information application
