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 Smartcard
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Standards for smartcards
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* FIPS 201.
* NIST SP 800-78 (Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for PIV).
* X.509 Certificate for Digital Signature.
* X.509 Certificate for Key Management.
* X.509 Certificate for Card Authentication.
* Card Capability Container.
* Cardholder Unique Identifier.
* X.509 Certificate for PIV Authentication.
* Cardholder Fingerprints.
* Security Object.
* Cardholder Facial Image.
* Printed Information.

United States  federal government standard that specifies Personal Identity
Verification (PIV) requirements for Federal employees and contractors.

* http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/piv/index.html
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_201

Driver for smartcards
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Windows:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/smartcard/default.mspx
  Smart Card Devices - Architecture and Driver Support
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/smartcard/usb_ccid.mspx
  Microsoft Class Drivers for USB CCID Smart Cards
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee484819.aspx
  USB CCID Smart Card Reader Class Driver with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2, Windows
  Embedded CE

Smart Card Minidriver:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/smartcard/sc-minidriver.mspx
  Smart Card Minidriver Specification
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976832
  Error message when you insert a smart card in a reader on a Windows 7-based or
  Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer: "Device driver software was not successfully
  installed"