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Technical Specification

Connector Hardware Support

  • Android and iPhone Smart Phone devices with NFC chip read capability conforming to ISO/IEC 14443A and B; iPhone 7 or newer devices with native NFC read function

Connector Operating Systems Support

  • Android Version 5 or later (API level 21)
  • iOS Version 15.0 or later

Server Hardware Requirements

  • 2 Core CPU with 2 GHz clock speed, 4GB RAM
  • Scale resources depending on load

Function Description

FunctionFeatureDescriptionContent of Data Object
Chip inspectionRead chip and photo
  • Provides suitable User Interface and API to the DocVal Server
  • Uses MRZ data from Function 2 to provide BAC or PACE to chip
  • Reads chip DG1 and DG2
  • Reads DG11 and DG12 (if populated)
  • Parses, formats and displays data
  • Reads biographic data & photo
  • Highlights any differences between data read from MRZ (function 3) and chip data
  • Creates a data object that can be passed to another application
DG1 (MRZ), DG11 (optional personal details), DG12 (optional additional document details), DG2 (Photo), Chip Authentication, Active Authentication, EF.SOD/EF.COM Consistency, Hash Validity, Document Signature Validity, Document Signer Certificate Validity

If DG11 and/or DG12 are not populated in the chip LDS, these fields of the Data Object will be "null"
Verify chip
  • Provides suitable User Interface and API to the DocVal Server
  • Performs Chip Authentication and Active Authentication where available
  • Checks DG hash values and SOD (Security Object Document) values match
  • Confirms Document Signer Certificate and Country Signing Certificate Authenticity
  • Displays test results in suitable format
  • Creates a data object with the results of these tests so they can be used by another application
Chip Authentication: Unavailable, Successful or Failed
Active Authentication: Unavailable, Successful or Failed
EF.SOD/EF.COM Consistency: Successful or Failed
Hash Validity: Successful or Failed
Document Signature Validity: Successful or Failed
Document Signer Certificate Validity: Successful or Failed
Country Signer Certificate Authority (CSCA): Successful or Failed

Data Group Reference for chip data in the ICAO 9303 LDS1

eMRTD Data Groups