The current edition of the following document is adopted as International Standard ISO/IEC 7501-3:1997:
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Doc 9303 Part 3 - Size-1 and Size-2 Machine Readable Official Travel Docume nts, Sections III and IV, Technical Specifications.
This International Standard specifies generic formats and minimum data elements for visual inspection and machine reading of official travel documents in the ID-1 and ID-2 card formats containing a single form of machine readable data (optical character recognition, OCR), which may at the option of Governments, be accepted in lieu of a passport as defined in Annex 9 (Chapter 3, paragraph 3.4) to the Convention on International Civil Aviation year 1946 (as revised).
ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 is maintained by a Technical Advisory Group on Machine Readable Travel Documents (TAG/MRTD). ISO/IEC JTC1 has provided liaison during the TAG/MRTD meetings on Doc 9303 Part 3 and considered the technical specifications to which the endorsement notice applies.
Information on the TAG/MRTD for ICAO 9303 Part 3 may be obtained on application to the Secretary General, International Civil Aviation Organization, 999 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 5H7.
Note - Copies of ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 may be obtained from the International Civil Aviation Organization, 999 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 5H7.
Technical Specifications defined in Sections III and IV of ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 refers to a number of International Standards. Specifically,
ISO 1073-2:1976, Alphanumeric character sets for optical recognition - Part 2: Character set OCR-B - Shapes and dimensions of the printed image.
ISO 1831:1980, Printing specifications for optical character recognition.
ISO/IEC 7810:1995, Identification cards - Physical characteristics.
ISO 8601:1988, Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of dates and times.
ISO 3166:1993, Codes for the representation of names of countries.
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