In this paper, I take you on a guided tour through the world of smart card
standards. We briefly touch ISO 7816, the defining standards for smart card
s; then we take a longer look at current de-facto standards for smart card
operating systems (SCOSs) such as JavaCard, MULTOS, BasicCard, and Windows
for Smart Cards. The paper concludes with a discussion of PC/SC, MUSCLE, an
d the OpenCard Framework which are smart card middlewares for smart card-ap
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