scope:

The present document specifies the application independent card related characteristics of card terminals able to process cards complying with TS 101 206-3 [1]. All common characteristics which are necessary for a standardized card use in the terminals are defined. The present document does not preclude letting terminals accept and process cards complying with other standards.

The application-specific characteristics are not defined in the present document. They are defined and described in the relevant application requirements.

The present document does not specify any internal realization of a card-terminal. It describes:

a) the requirements for the physical and environmental specifications on the card terminal, the electronic signals and transmission protocols;

b) the application independent logical model, which should be used as a basic design of the logical structure of card specific requirements supported by the terminal;

c) the description of the application independent functions and general scenarios to be used by most of the applications;

d) the error handling.