Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification Part 1 – PIV Card Application Namespace, Data Model, and Representation

Published

July 15, 2024

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ketan Mehta, Salvatore Francomacaro, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Sarbari Gupta

Abstract

FIPS 201 defines the requirements and characteristics of government-wide interoperable identity credentials for use in applications that provide access to federally controlled facilities and information systems. FIPS 201 supports multiple types of authenticators, including authenticators on smart cards (also known as PIV Cards). The 3-part SP 800-73 contains the technical specifications to interface with PIV Cards to retrieve and use identity credentials. This document — SP 800-73pt1-5, Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification: Part 1 – PIV Card Application Namespace, Data Model, and Representation specifies the PIV Card Application Namespace, the PIV Data Model, and its logical representation on the PIV Card. [Supersedes SP 800-73-4 (February 2016): https://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=920323]

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-73pt1-5

Report Number

800-73pt1-5

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-73pt1-5

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Keywords

authentication, FIPS 201, identity credential, HSPD-12, logical access control, on-card biometric comparison, Personal Identity Verification (PIV), phishing resistant, physical access control, smart cards, secure messaging

Citation

Ferraiolo, H. , Mehta, K. , Francomacaro, S. , Chandramouli, R. and Gupta, S. (2024), Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification Part 1 – PIV Card Application Namespace, Data Model, and Representation, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-73pt1-5, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957973 (Accessed October 15, 2025)