This part of ISO/IEC 7811 is one of a series of standards describing the characteristics for identification cards as defined in the definitions clause and the use of such cards for international interchange. This part of ISO/IEC 7811 specifies requirements for a low coercivity magnetic stripe (including any protective overlay) on an identification card, the encoding technique and coded character sets. It takes into consideration both human and machine aspects and states minimum requirements.
ANSI/ISO/IEC 7811-2:2001 history
2001ANSI/ISO/IEC 7811-2:2001 Identification cards Recording technique Part 2: Magnetic stripe Low coercivity Adopted by INCITS