ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17/WG8
Contactless Integrated circuit(s) cards / ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17/WG8 N 1887 R1
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17 N 4515

Summary Report of the 51st meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17/WG8,

held in Graz, Austria, 2012-04-18/20

The meeting was hosted by Infineon and held at its facilities in Graz, Austria. It was chaired by the WG8 Convener Michael Hegenbarth, Germany.

The following 28 participants from 8 countries and from 1 Liaison Organization attended the meeting:

Given name / Family name / Country / Role / WG8
attending on:
April / 18 / 19 / 20
Mr. Giuliano / Manzi / Austria / X / X / X
Mr. Reinhard / Meindl / Austria / X / X / X
Mr. Erich / Reisenhofer / Austria / X / X / X
Mr. Gerhard / Raimann / Austria / X / X / X
Mr. Michael / Stark / Austria / X / X / X
Mr. Pierre / Benet / France / X / X / X
Mr. Jean-Paul / Caruana / France / X / X / X
Mr. Christophe / Cataldo / France / X / X / X
Mr. Olivier / Conet / France / X / X
Mr. Stéphane / Jobard / France / X / X / X
Mr. Jean-Luc / Meridiano / France / X / X / X
Mr. Romain / Palmade / France / X / X / X
Mr. Pascal / Roux / France / X / X / X
Mr. Iftekhar / Alam / Germany / X / X / X
Mr. Klaus / Finkenzeller / Germany / X / X / X
Mr. Uwe / Schnabel / Germany / X / X / X
Mr. Florian / Peters / Germany / X / X / X
Mr. Peter / Raggam / Germany / X / X / X
Mr. Hemy / Itay / Israel / X
Mr. Hiroshi / Karibe / Japan / X / X / X
Mr. Kenichi / Nakamura / Japan / X / X / X
Mr. Akihiro / Toriyama / Japan / X / X / X
Mr. Hideaki / Yamamoto / Japan / X / X / X
Mr. Maksimiljan / Stiglic / Slovenia / X / X / X
Mr. Antonio / Candel Bello / Spain / X / X
Mr. Steve / Kelly / U.K. / X / X
Mr. Chris / Stanford / U.K. / X / X / X
Mr. David / Main / Liaison (VISA Europe) / X / X / X

Resolutions and Notes (unanimously agreed, unless otherwise noted):

51.01 New WG8 Secretary

WG8 welcomed the new Secretary of WG8, Mr. Andreas Lamm, DIN, Germany, via conference call. Mr. Lamm has started the secretariat tasks from 1st January 2012.

Convener and Secretary have decided to allow a migration period until end of June 2012, in which WG8 members are requested to register their membership with their related NBs, unless done so already. During the migration period WG8 members will get notice about newly posted WG8 and TF2 documents in the usual way like in the past. Also the retrieval of documents from the current WG8 website will remain possible during that period. WG8 members may additionally receive messages from the WG8 Secretary, e.g. for further guidances and notices. For testing purpose he will also post WG8 and TF2 documents onto the DIN Livelink system during that period, so that WG8 members have sufficient time for getting familiar with the facilities of the new WG8 secretariat.

From 1st of July 2012 on, the usual WG8 messages will be sent out by Mr. Lamm. New documents will only get available via the new WG8 document server, i.e. the DIN Livelink system. The current (old) WG8 website will remain available further on for reference purpose, but will not anymore be updated.

51.02 Thanking the former WG8 Secretary

WG8 forwards its thanks to the former WG8 Secretary, Mr. Béla Gipp, who had voluntarily served WG8 from 2001 until 2011. WG8 wishes Mr. Gipp a pleasant and successful continuation of his professional career.

51.03 WEBEX test

In the course of introducing new meeting methods in ISO/IEC, WG8 will consider using the WEBEX system of ISO/IEC, and plans to hold WEBEX meetings in the future, when appropriate. For getting familiar with the WEBEX system and to check the technical equipment WG8 members wish to join a WEBEX test meeting. WG8 Secretary will therefore organize a 30-minutes test meeting, to be started on the 16th of May 2012, at 1p.m. (European time = UTC+2:00).

51.04 1st WG8 WEBEX meeting

Depending on the amount and difficulty of received comments on the ballot of DIS 10373-6/DAM4 (N 1882) a ballot resolution meeting may be held via WEBEX. A provisional date & time for such a meeting with a maximum duration of 2 hours was scheduled on the 25th of June 2012, at 1p.m. (European time = UTC+2:00). WG8 members will be notified soon after the the ballot end, i.e. the 16th of May 2012, whether the provisionally planned WEBEX meeting will be held.

51.05 Embossing on cards containing «Class 2» antennas

Upon an enquiry from the WG1 Convener WG8 offers to WG1 to check a specification, which WG1 may propose for inclusion into ISO/IEC 7811-1 and 7811-9 in order to provide guidance where to put “Class 2” antennas in cards onto which embossed characters or indications are put.

51.06 Disposition of comments on NP «Alternating PICC and PCD support»

WG8 approves N 1888 R1, the disposition of comments from the ballot result of the NP “Alternating PICC and PCD support”.

51.07 Amendments 14443-3:2011/PDAM3 and 10373-6:2011/PDAM6

«Alternating between PICC and PCD functionalities»

WG8 instructs the WG8 Secretariat to forward the texts of CD ISO/IEC 14443-3:2011/PDAM3 (N 1889 R1) and CD ISO/IEC 10373-6:2011/PDAM6 (N 1890 R1) to the SC17 Secretariat for CD balloting by no later than 22nd of April 2012.

Austria abstains

51.08 Project Editor for 14443-3:2011/Amd.3 and 10373-6:2011/Amd.6

WG8 appoints Mr. Peter Raggam, Germany, the Project Editor for the Amendments 14443-3:2011/Amd.3 and 10373-6:2011/Amd.6.

51.09 Amendment 14443-4:2008/PDAMx «Frame with error correction»

WG8 instructs the WG8 Secretariat to forward the text of CD ISO/IEC 14443-4:2008/PDAMx (N 1891 R1) and the related NP (N 1872 R2) to the SC17 Secretariat for combined NP/CD balloting by no later than 22nd of April 2012.

51.10 Project Editor for Amendment 14443-4:2008/PDAMx

WG8 appoints Mr. Erich Reisenhofer, Austria, the Project Editor for the Amendment 14443-4:2008/Amd.x “Frame with error correction”.

51.11 Amendments 14443-3:2011/DAM6 and 14443-4:2008/DAM3 (VHBR PSK)

WG8 requests PSK technology providers to provide to the WG8 Secretariat with a video demonstrating the feasibility of VHBR-PSK for bit rates higher than 10 Mbit/s, specified in the draft amendments 14443-2:2010/Amd.5, 14443-3:2011/Amd.6 and 14443-4:2008/Amd.3 by no later than end of May 2012, which will be made available to the WG8 members. Further, PSK technology providers are requested to provide a live demonstration of VHBR-PSK at the next WG8 meeting in New Orleans.

WG8 Secretariat is instructed to forward the texts of DIS 14443-3:2011/DAM6 (N 1893) and 14443-4:2008/DAM3 (N 1895), together with their Disposition of comments documents on their CD ballot results, i.e. N 1894 and N 1896, to the SC17 Secretariat for DIS balloting on the 1st of June 2012.

51.12 Amendment 10373-6:2011/PDAM5.2 (VHBR PSK)

WG8 instructs the Project Editor to forward the text of ISO/IEC 10373-6:2011/PDAM5.2 (N 1898), together with its related disposition of comments document on its CD ballot, i.e. N 1899, to the WG8 Secretariat no later than the 15th of May 2012. WG8 instructs the WG8 Secretariat to forward N 1899 and N 1901 to the participants of this meeting no later than 22nd of May 2012 for a three-weeks-checking-period. Editorial corrections, if any, have to be sent to the Project Editor Peter Raggam and to the WG8 Secretariat at no later than the end of the checking period. When comments are received by the WG8 Secretariat it is instructed to forward those comments at once to the participants of this meeting for information. The Project Editor is instructed to send the possibly to be refined text to the WG8 Secretariat one week after the end of the checking period. The WG8 Secretariat shall then at once forward N 1898 and N 1899 to the SC17 Secretariat for 2ndCD balloting no later than the 22nd June 2012.

51.13 Corrigendum 2 for Amendment 14443-4:2008/AM2 (VHBR ASK)

WG8 instructs the WG8 Secretariat to forward the text of ISO/IEC 14443-4:2008/CDCOR2 (N 1878 R2) to the SC17 Secretariat for balloting by no later than 22nd of April 2012. Any ballot result will be processed by the related Project Editor Peter Raggam, Germany.

51.14 Amendment 10373-6:2011/PDAMx «eMRTD test methods»

WG8 instructs the WG8 Secretariat to forward the proposed text for CD ISO/IEC 10373-6/PDAMx (N 1901) to the participants of this meeting no later than the 15th of May 2012 for a three-weeks-checking-period. Editorial corrections, if any, have to be sent to the related Project Editor Mr. Stéphane Jobard and to the WG8 Secretariat at no later than the end of the checking period. When comments are received by the WG8 Secretariat it is instructed to forward those comments at once to the participants of this meeting for information. The Project Editor is instructed to send the possibly refined text to the WG8 Secretariat and to the WG8 Convener by no later than one week after the end of the checking period. WG8 Convener is instructed to consolidate the contents of N 1901 with WG3 and WG3/TF4 at the their next meetings and to report to WG8 the result of those negotiations. In particular WG8 Convener is instructed to clarify with WG3 whether the CD may contain optional test commands regarding EAC (the term EAC is defined in ICAO 9303).

51.15 Project Editor for Amendment 10373-6:2011/PDAMx «eMRTD test

methods»

WG8 appoints Mr. Stéphane Jobard, France, the Project Editor for the Amendment 10373-6:2011/PDAMx "eMRTD test methods".

51.16 RFU values and meanings in WG8 standards

1) WG8 thanks the offer from Mr. David Main, VISA Europe, to revisit the development of the TR “Guidelines on RFU” (N 1311 and N 1327). Depending of the acceptance by the current Project Editor Mr. Mickey Cohen, Mr. Main will become his successor and will develop a TR, also considering the views in N 1874.

2) Mr. Main is asked to provide WG8 with unclarities regarding RFU identified by the sector he is representing, and will send a related document to the WG8 Secretariat.

3) WG8 thanks Mr. Erich Reisenhofer, Austria, for taking the task to develop a list, which will contain all the RFU specifications of the standards 14443-3 and 14443-4 and of their related amendments. That list will help WG8 members to identify RFU specifications which deserve to be made clearer and thus will improve the interoperability of the WG8 standards. That list will be sent to TF2 for further consideration.

51.17  Patents

According to the ISO/IEC rules, all participants of this meeting have been asked, whether they can declare any known patents, unless already done so earlier, which are related to any existing and to be developed standard or draft standard. No declaration has been raised at this meeting.

51.18 Thanking the Project Editors

WG8 thanks the Project Editors Stéphane Jobard, Reinhard Meindl, Peter Raggam, Erich Reisenhofer, for having done an excellent job to guide the WG8 delegates through the various ballot comments and to prepare the documents for the next voting steps.

51.19 Next meetings and venues

The next WG8 and TF2 meetings are scheduled as follows:

- WG8 #51.1 (ConfCall) 2012-06-25, 1 p.m. UTC+02 (to be confirmed)

- TF2 #38 2012-09-24/25, in New Orleans, U.S.A. *)

- WG8 #52 2012-09-26/28, in New Orleans, U.S.A. *)

- TF2 #39 and WG8 #53 2013-01-28/02-01 or 2013-02-04/08
(to be confirmed, location to be defined)

- TF2 #40 and WG8 #54 2013-06-03/07, in Fukuoka, Japan (to be confirmed)

- TF2 #41 and WG8 #55 2013-09 prior to the SC17 plenary

*) Shortly after the meeting it became known that the alternative for moving the meeting times 2 days later will not be possible.

51.20 Host Appreciation

WG8 expresses its sincere thanks and gratitude to Infineon for its kind invitation to hold the meeting of WG8 and its Taskforce TF2 at its Graz facilities. In particular WG8 thanks Peter Raggam, Erich Reisenhofer, and their team, for providing WG8 with excellent arrangements during the meeting.

Further WG8 thanks Infineon and the further sponsors austriamicrosystems, NXP and CISC Semiconductor, for having invited the delegates to a much enjoyable guided tour through Graz and a bus tour outside Graz for a magnificent dinner party on the first day of the WG8 meeting.