Overview
ISO/IEC 18013-4:2019/Amd 1:2024 is an amendment to the international standard for personal identification - ISO‑compliant driving licence, Part 4: Test methods. This Amendment 1 introduces normative test methods for compact encoding (CE) of the logical data structure (LDS) used on ISO-compliant driving licences. It updates references (notably to ISO/IEC 18013-2:2020), adds the CE abbreviation, expands interoperability requirements, and adds a new normative Annex D containing detailed CE test case specifications.
Key topics and technical requirements
- Reference updates: All occurrences of ISO/IEC 18013-2 are replaced with the dated version ISO/IEC 18013-2:2020.
- New term: CE defined as compact encoding and included in the document’s abbreviations.
- IUT (Implementation Under Test): Extended to include an IDL with CE in addition to SE for SIC (secure integrated circuit).
- Test coverage expansion: Clause changes require availability of equipment described in Annexes A–D for the relevant machine‑readable technology; Commands and LDS conformity tests are defined in those annexes.
- Annex D - CE test cases (normative):
- General preconditions: tests require a fully personalized IDL (all mandatory data groups present) and a read device that can read all data at once.
- Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS): profiles (e.g., SIC, BAP, PACE, NO‑SIC, DG2, DG3, DG11, SOD variants, NMA) must be declared so tests run only against supported options.
- File and header tests: check EF.CE template tag, absence of EF.COM for CE, CE constructed object structure (first/last byte), AID values for NO‑SIC/SIC, version and ASN.1 length encodings.
- Data group (DG1) tests: verify presence and encoding of fields (family/given names, dates in YYYYMMDD BCD, issuing country per ISO 3166‑1, issuing authority format, licence number limits, vehicle categories formatting and sub‑field rules).
Practical applications and users
This amendment is intended for:
- Conformance test laboratories validating machine‑readable driving licences with compact encoding.
- Government agencies and DMV authorities implementing ISO‑compliant IDL schemes who need standard test methods.
- Smartcard and mobile ID vendors, reader manufacturers, and system integrators ensuring interoperability of CE-formatted LDS data.
- Security auditors and certification bodies assessing conformance to ISO/IEC 18013 series.
Adopting these test methods improves interoperability, data integrity, and predictable behavior of CE-enabled driving licences across readers and backend systems.
Related standards
Keywords: ISO/IEC 18013-4, compact encoding, CE, driving licence test methods, ISO/IEC 18013-2:2020, DG1, LDS, Annex D.
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