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Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification, Version 2.1
Published
Author(s)
Teresa T. Schwarzhoff, James F. Dray Jr., John P. Wack, Eric Dalci, Alan H. Goldfine, Michaela Iorga
Abstract
This Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification (GSC-IS) provides solutions to a number of the interoperability challenges associated with smart card technology. The original version of the GSC-IS (version 1.0, August 2000) was developed by the GSC Interoperability Committee led by the General Services Administration (GSA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in association with the GSA Smart Access Common Identification Card contract.
Schwarzhoff, T.
, Dray, J.
, Wack, J.
, Dalci, E.
, Goldfine, A.
and Iorga, M.
(2003),
Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification, Version 2.1, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6887e2003
(Accessed October 10, 2025)