4.1.4 Visual Card Topography
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Visual Card Topography
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Before · FIPS 201-2
The information on a PIV Card shall be in visual printed and electronic form. This section covers the placement of visual and printed information. It does not cover information stored in electronic form, such as stored data elements, and other possible machine-readable technologies. Logically stored data elements are discussed in Section 4.2.
As noted in Section 4.1.3, the PIV Card shall contain a contact and a contactless ICC interface. This Standard does not specify whether a single chip is used or multiple chips are used to support the mandated contact and contactless interfaces.
To achieve a common PIV Card appearance, yet provide departments and agencies the flexibility to augment the card with department or agency-specific requirements, the card shall contain mandated and optional printed information and mandated and optional machine-readable technologies. Mandated and optional items shall generally be placed as described and depicted. Printed data shall not interfere with machine-readable technology.
Areas that are marked as reserved should not be used for printing. The reason for the recommended reserved areas is that placement of the embedded contactless ICC module may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, and there are constraints that prohibit printing over the embedded contactless module. The PIV Card topography provides flexibility for placement of the embedded module, either in the upper right-hand corner or in the lower bottom portion. Printing restrictions apply only to the area where the embedded module is located (i.e., upper right-hand corner, lower bottom portion).
Because technological developments may obviate the need to have a restricted area, or change the size of the restricted area, departments and agencies are encouraged to work closely with card vendors and manufacturers to ensure current printing procedures and methods are applied as well as potential integration of features that may improve tamper resistance and anti-counterfeiting of the PIV Card.
After · FIPS 201-3
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As noted in Section 4.1.3, the PIV Card shallSHALL contain a contact and a contactless ICC interface. This Standard does not specify whether a single chip is usedthe ornumber multipleof chips are used to support the mandated contact and contactless interfaces.
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