ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 20301 Secondedition 2014-01-15 Health informatics Health cards - General characteristics Informatique de santé - Cartes de santé - Caracteristiques générales Reference number IS0 20301:2014(E) LSO IS02014 IHS under itted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 20301:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 20301:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions ..2 4 Abbreviated terms ..3 5 Physical characteristics. .3 6 Visually readable data. .3 6.1 Purposes of visually readable data .3 6.2 Items of visually readable data .3 6.3 Field identifier of visually readable data .5 7 Recording technique. .5 7.1 Recording technique for visually readable data 5 7.2 Magnetic stripes. 5 7.3 Integrated circuits with contacts .5 7.4 Contactless integrated circuits. .5 7.5 Optical memory .5 7.6 Other recording technique. .6 8 Test method .6 Annex A (informative) Examples of field identifiers written in Latin-1 code ..7 Annex B (informative) Examples of healthcare card layout ..8 Bibliography .12 iii se with ISt thout license from IHS Not for Resale