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OpenCard  
 
OCF, the OpenCard Framework is a standard Java framework for working with Smart Cards.  
 
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The OpenCard@Gemplus Portal

Latest News: In early 2003 a group of Opencard users on the original Opencard mailing list decided [1] to move the existing Opencard codebase to the SourceForge open source repository to reinvigorate the development (see the SourceForge opencard project page).

Resources

Technical Documents for OpenCard Developers
Technical Documentation
(General Information Web Document, CTST2000 White Paper, Programmer's Guide, Code Samples, ...)

Download Drivers for Gemplus Card Readers!
CardTerminal Downloads
(Generic Gemplus, PC/SC wrapper, Apduio)
Frequently Asked Questions => Start Here!
FAQs
(General FAQ, Installation FAQ,
Applets FAQ, Tips & Known Problems,
Prerequisites, ...)
Download Drivers for Gemplus Smart Cards!
CardService Downloads
(File-System, GPK, SIM, ...)
Off-Site Resources About OpenCard
OpenCard Links
(OCF Home-Page, Download Area, Work-in-Progress, Mailing-Lists, ...)

What is OpenCard

OCF, i.e., the "OpenCard Framework", is a standardized, easy-to-use framework for implementing Smartcard-enabled solutions and Smartcard based services.

OCF capitalizes on the broad, cross-platform benefits of Java, providing an open architecture and a set of common APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) geared for this purpose. The OpenCard Framework is Open Source and freely available on the web, it is specified and distributed by an industry consortium: the OpenCard Consortium.

Logo of the OpenCard Consortium

For more details about the basic architecture, concepts, and objectives of the OpenCard Framework, see the official "General Information Web Document" in the OpenCard Links page.

Besides Internet links, Gemplus provides also freely available Open Source components for its Cards and Readers (see their respective CardServices and CardTerminals Download pages), as well as numerous White Papers, Code Samples, User's Guides, etc. in the Technical Documentation page.

Updates

  • 09 Feb 2000 - GPK8000 CardServices released!
  • 29 Mar 2000 - Overhaul of OpenCard@Gemplus pages as well as of the entire developer's web! New Portal style.
  • 07 Apr 2000 - GPK8000 CardServices 0.2 released! Many problems fixed and new features.
  • 13 Jun 2000 - The OpenCard Tips and Known Problems page, is created.
  • 13 Jun 2000 - The Prerequisites page, is created.
  • 13 Jun 2000 - CTST 2000 PRESENTATION : A WhitePaper and a Slides Presentation from CardTech/SecurTech, Miami Beach, May 1, 2000.
  • 7 Jun 2001 - Overhaul of the FAQs pages. Now includes General, Installation, and Browser Applet FAQs and HOWTOs, as well as the Prerequisites and Known Problems pages.
  • 14 Jun 2001 - Patched PC/SC Wrapper CardTerminal released! (fixes the long APDU chaining problem -00000057 error- plus other new features).
  • 10 Jul 2001 - Apduio CardTerminal 0.1 released! It allows to communicate with a process running the Sun's JavaCard simulator V2.1.2.
  • 10 Jul 2001 - New version of the GPK8000 CardServices (0.3) released! (bug fixes plus other new features: management of PKFiles PIN protections, and access conditions).
  • 22 Apr 2005 - Mention of the OpenCard Sourceforge project. Fixed the HTML version of the CTST 2000 whitepaper to include the right Gemplus publications URLs in the Bibliography section.

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