3GPP TSG-T WG2#3
Yokohama, Japan, 19-21 April 1999	TSGT2#3(99)429

To:	SMG9

Source:	MExE

Title:	Java Smart Card API’s from Open Card Forum for MExE  

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Java Smart Card API’s to access smart cards other than the SIM card has been proposed by MexE . We request SMG9 to review the Smart Card API specifications and provide feedback on the functionality, usability, and scope of the API’s with respect to smart cards. Please note that the API’s are for access to third parties and does not include access to the SIM card. We greatly appreciate your response.

The smart card API’s are available from the following URL http://www.opencard.org/index-docs.html.

The following is the quote from Stage 2 (03.57) of the MexE specs.

SmartCard API – OpenCard , available from http://www.opencard.org/index-docs.html.  If the  ME supports smartcards other than the SIM, and the smartcard is open to 3rd party applications, then the  opencard.core.terminal section of the OpenCard API shall be used to access the card.