INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC STANDARD 8484 Second edition 2014-08-15 Information technology - Magnetic stripes on savingsbooks Technologies de I'information - Zone magnetique des livrets d'épargne Reference number IS0/IEC 8484:2014(E) Tso E @ IS0/IEC 2014 No reproo Not for Resale IS0/IEC 8484:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS0/IEC2014 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 +4122 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0/IEC 2014 - All rights reserved No reproduction or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0/IEC 8484:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv 1 Scope. .1 2 Conformance. 3 Normative references 4 Terms and definitions 5 Physical characteristics of the savingsbook cover 5.1 Magnetic stripe area warpage. 4 5.2 Surface distortions. ..4 5.3 Stiffness. .4 5.4 Materials. ..5 6 Physical characteristics of the magnetic stripe ..5 6.1 Location.. ..5 6.2 Surface profile of the magnetic stripe area ..6 6.3 Height of the magnetic stripe area. .6 6.4 Surface roughness. ..6 6.5 Adhesion of stripe to savingsbook ..6 6.6 Resistance to environment. ..6 7 Performance characteristics for the magnetic material ..6 7.1 General. ..6 7.2 Testing and operating environment .7 7.3 Signal amplitude requirements for magnetic media 7 8 Encoding technique 9 Encoding specification. .9 9.1 Angle of recording. .9 9.2 Nominal bit density .10 9.3 Signal amplitude requirements for track 10 9.4 Bit configuration. .10 9.5 Direction of recording. .10 9.6 Leading and trailing zeroes .10 9.7 Average bit density .11 9.8 Flux transition spacing variation 11 9.9 Coded character set .12 9.10 Maximum number of characters 9.11 Re-recording ..12 10 Error detection. ..13 10.1 Parity ..13 10.2 Longitudinal redundancy check (LRC) ..13 11 Location of encoded track ..13 Annex A (normative) Optional high coercivity magnetic stripe ..15 Bibliography ..16 iii ded by IHS under lic cense with ISt ted without licensefrom IHS Not for Resale