This International Standard defines test methods for characteristics of identification cards according to the definition given in ISO/IEC 7810. Each test method is cross-referenced to one or more base standards, which may be ISO/IEC 7810 or one or more of the supplementary standards that define the information storage technologies employed in identification cards applications. NOTE 1 – Criteria for acceptability do not form part of this International Standard but will be found in the International Standards mentioned above. NOTE 2 – Test methods described in this International Standard are intended to be performed separately. A given card is not required to pass through all the tests sequentially. This part of ISO/IEC 10373 defines test methods which are common to one or more card technologies. Other parts of the standard define technology-specific test methods.