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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"