PIV Middleware and PIV Card Application Conformance Test Guidance (SP 800-73 Compliance)

Published

April 5, 2006

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Levent Eyuboglu, Ketan Mehta

Abstract

[Superseded by SP 800-85A-1 (March 2009): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902200] This document provides derived test requirements and test assertions for generating conformance tests for the following classes of specification in SP 800-73: (a) End-Point Client-Application Programming Interface (Chapter 6 of SP 800-73). (b) End-Point PIV Card Application Card Command Interface (Chapter 7 of SP800-73). (c) End-Point Data Objects (Chapter 4 of SP 800-73) and End-Point Data Types and their Representations (Chapter 5 of SP 800-73) and (d) PIV Authentication Use Cases (C.1.2 and C.1.4 of Appendix C of SP 800-73). [Supersedes SP 800-85 (October 2005): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=150377]

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-85A

Report Number

800-85A

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Supercedes Publication

PIV Middleware and PIV Card Application Conformance Test Guidance (SP 800-73 Compliance)

Superceded By Publication

PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP800-73-2 compliance)

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Keywords

conformance test, derived test requirement, Personal Identity Verification, SP 800-73, test assertions

Citation

Chandramouli, R. , Eyuboglu, L. and Mehta, K. (2006), PIV Middleware and PIV Card Application Conformance Test Guidance (SP 800-73 Compliance), Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-85A (Accessed October 13, 2025)