Architecture for a European interoperable eID system within a smart card infrastructure

This part of the CWA defines the interoperability architecture for the implementation of a smart-card based interoperable public eAuthentication/eID infrastructure across Europe to be primarily used in the eGovernment domain. The workshop considers smart cards as being Integrated Circuits contact cards, Integrated Circuits contactless cards and combined cards with either 2 or more chips on board or 1 chip with both contact and contactless communication capabilities.