Published March 2006 - This is the latest GlobalPlatform Card Specification. It is central to all GlobalPlatform card technology activity, and is core to the technical documents outlined in this section. Of interest to card and application developers, it defines card components, command sets, transaction sequences and interfaces. The technology also supports dynamic post-issuance card management, which facilitates the addition and modification of applications. This specification is hardware, operating system, vendor and application neutral, enabling it to be applicable to any type of deployment and industry.

Published October 2007 - This amendment to Card Specification v2.2 defines the mechanism for an application provider to confidentially and securely manage its applications while using a third party’s infrastructure. This ensures that the application provider’s trusted data and codes remain confidential and cannot be accessed without authorization. The third party network could be a standard ETSI over-the-air platform.

Published June 2009 - This document defines a mechanism for an application provider to perform remote application management (RAM) of its applets – such as loading, installing and personalization - using the HTTP protocol and PSK TLS over-the-air security.

Published February 2010 - This document defines an extension of the GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 to significantly advance the management of multiple contactless applications within a secure element – such as a SIM, secure memory card / embedded secure element in a mobile device or a simple contactless card. It defines mechanisms, parameters, and interfaces to set-up and maintain the configuration of contactless applications by the card issuer, application providers and the end user.

Published September 2009 - This document creates the first step of the migration of the GlobalPlatform secure framework to AES by defining a new secure channel protocol associated with a new mechanism to generate session keys and the extension of the Put KEY. This specification allows GlobalPlatform cards to be compliant to the cryptographic strength required by FIPS 201 and NIST 800-57 and also 2010 mandate of SP 800-78.

Published September 2009 - This specification is based on the same security architecture as defined by GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2. It introduces new concepts that will enable the administration of a new generation of GlobalPlatform cards which can utilize TCP/IP communications, support web applications similar to those found on IT servers, and offers an execution environment with concurrent application execution. The application programming interface (API) proposed is based on Java Card™ 3 Connected Edition Runtime Environment.

Published March 2003 - Please note that GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 is the latest version of the card specification.

GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.1.1 is still widely deployed and is core to the technical documents outlined in this section. Of interest to card and application developers, it defines card components, command sets, transaction sequences and interfaces. The technology also supports dynamic post-issuance card management, which facilitates the addition and modification of applications. This specification is hardware, operating system, vendor and application neutral, enabling it to be applicable to any type of deployment and industry.

Published March 2004 - This document provides optional features, such as an extension to support application data format and data encryption management in the STORE DATA command, a pseudo-random generation algorithm for the Secure Channel Protocol '02' and data element alignment with ETSI Smart Card Platform.

Published June 2001 - Please note that GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 is the latest version of the card specification.

This document defines card components, command sets, transaction sequences and interfaces. The technology also supports dynamic post-issuance card management, which facilitates the addition and modification of applications. This specification is hardware, operating system, vendor and application neutral, enabling it to be applicable to any type of deployment and industry.

Published April 2000 - Please note that GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 is the latest version of the card specification.

This specification defines card components, command sets, transaction sequences and interfaces. The technology also supports dynamic post-issuance card management, which facilitates the addition and modification of applications. This specification is hardware, operating system, vendor and application neutral, enabling it to be applicable to any type of deployment and industry.