scope:

Specifies directly or by reference the Data Elements (DE), including composite DEs, used in inter-industry interchange, based on integrated circuit cards (ICCs). It identifies the following characteristics of each DE: Identifier, Name, Description and ISO reference, Format and coding (if not available in other ISO standards or parts of ISO/IEC 7816). The layout of each DE is described as seen at the interface between the interface device (IFD) and the ICC. This part of ISO/IEC 7816 defines the means of retrieval of the DEs in the card (historical bytes, reset, command(s) to perform and commands defined in this international standard). This part provides the definition of DEs without consideration of any restrictions on the usage of the DEs. It is intended that new inter-industry data objects be incorporated into this standard.