ISO 7811

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ISO 7811 is a set of 7 (7811-1 to 7811-7) standards describing the recording technique on identification cards. It is an extension of ISO 7810.

It describes:

• embossing, and especially the position of embossing characters on ID-1 cards
• encoding technique on magnetic stripe: description of the three tracks (ISO-1, ISO-2, ISO-3)
• magnetic stripe standard coercivity (Hi-co and Lo-co)

[edit] External links

• "Magnetic Stripe Technology and Beyond" (404 as of 20 June 2006)
• "7811-7 Abstract"