ISO/IEC 18013-2:2020

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 18013-2
Second edition
2020-06
Personal identification — ISO-
compliant driving licence —
Part 2:
Machine-readable technologies
Identification des personnes — Permis de conduire conforme à l'ISO —
Partie 2: Technologies lisibles par une machine
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ISO/IEC 2020
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 3
3.1 Terms and definitions . 3
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 5
4 Conformance . 5
5 Machine-readable functionality of IDLs . 6
5.1 Overview . 6
5.2 General principles . 6
5.3 Mandatory functions . 6
5.3.1 General. 6
5.3.2 Privilege to drive at time of licensing . 6
5.3.3 Reference to driving privilege database . 6
5.3.4 Age verification . 7
5.4 Optional functions . 7
5.4.1 Identity verification . . 7
5.4.2 Biographical data verification . 7
5.4.3 Evidence of residence . 7
5.4.4 Biometric authentication . 7
5.4.5 Reciprocity of driving privileges . 7
5.4.6 Document authentication and validation . 7
6 Machine-readable technologies supported . 7
7 Organization of data . 8
7.1 Overview . 8
7.2 Mandatory data . 8
7.3 Optional data . 8
8 Data structure . 8
8.1 Conceptualisation . 8
8.2 Data Group 1: mandatory text data elements . 9
8.3 Data Group 2: optional licence holder details .10
8.4 Data Group 3: optional issuing authority details .11
8.5 Data Group 4: optional portrait image .12
8.6 Data Group 5: optional signature/usual mark image .12
8.7 Data groups 6, 7, 8 and 9: optional facial, fingerprint, iris and other biometric
templates .12
8.8 Data Group 10: reserved for future use .14
8.9 Data Group 11: optional domestic data .14
9 Application identifiers .15
Annex A (normative) Assembly rules for categories of vehicles/restrictions/conditions field .16
Annex B (normative) Compact encoding .24
Annex C (normative) Standard encoding for ICCs with contacts and for PICCs .34
Annex D (normative) Images .59
Bibliography .65
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 17, Cards and security devices for personal identification.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 18013-2:2008), which has been
technically revised. It also incorporates the Technical Corrigendum ISO/IEC 18013-2:2008/Cor 1:2011.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— following the revision of ISO/IEC 18013-3 and ISO/IEC 18013-1, magnetic stripe and optical memory
machine-readable technologies are no longer supported by this document;
— the vehicle categories in respect of which driving licence may be issued have been updated to
incorporate the contemplated amendments to the UN Conventions;
— the restrictions which may be applicable to a driving licence have been updated.
A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 18013 series can be found on the ISO website.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www .iso .org/ members .html.
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Introduction
ISO/IEC 18013 (all parts) establishes guidelines for the design format and data content of an ISO-
compliant driving licence (IDL) with regard to human-readable features (ISO/IEC 18013-1), ISO
machine-readable technologies (ISO/IEC 18013-2), and access control, authentication and integrity
validation (ISO/IEC 18013-3). It creates a common basis for international use and mutual recognition
of the IDL without impeding individual countries/states in applying their privacy rules and national/
community/regional motor vehicle authorities in taking care of their specific needs.
This document prescribes requirements for the implementation of machine-readable technology on an
IDL.
One of the functions of an IDL is to facilitate international interchange. Storing IDL data in a machine-
readable form supports this function by speeding up data input and eliminating transcription errors.
Consequently, the automation and productivity of traffic law enforcement and other traffic safety
processes can be improved.
This document allows issuing authorities to customise machine-readable data for domestic use. Apart
from international interchange, the use of an IDL as a domestic driving licence thus provides for
domestic standardisation and creates a domestic infrastructure capable of processing IDLs issued by
other issuing authorities.
Provision is made for issuing authorities to validate the authenticity and integrity of the mandatory
and optional data. In addition, the option of protecting access to optional data (beyond basic access
protection) is provided for. The exact mechanism used to achieve such protection (e.g. encryption and/
or additional access control) is specified in ISO/IEC 18013-3.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 18013-2:2020(E)
Personal identification — ISO-compliant driving licence —
Part 2:
Machine-readable technologies
1 Scope
The purpose of storing IDL data on machine-readable media on the IDL is to:
— increase productivity (of data and IDL use),
— facilitate electronic data ex
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