Hello,
VISA OPTF consists both of a chip card and terminal software architecture.
Probably, for off-card aplications, both frameworks will complement.
Best regards,
Melchor Varela
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> Asunto: Re: [OCF] OpenCard/JavaCard vs. Visa Open Platform
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> >Is Visa Open Platform just an "extended" OpenCard with defined
> >Smartcard-capabilities ?
>
> No, VOP is a standard that defines things like how applications
> can be loaded to and managed on smart cards, e.g. for JavaCards.
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> >What is VOP "more" than OpenCard ? Is it "more" ?
>
> VOP is an on-card standard, while OCF is a standard interface for
> programming off-card applications in Java.
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> For example, we used OCF on the PC to access VOP Compliant Java Cards.
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> >If not: what the hell is Visa Open Plarform ? :-)
>
> Look at the Visa Pages in the Internet, I guess they have some
> overview there.
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> Best regards,
>
> Thomas
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> Thomas Schaeck
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> Erik-Oliver Blass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 22.02.2000 15:10:11
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> Please respond to Erik-Oliver Blass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: [OCF] OpenCard/JavaCard vs. Visa Open Platform
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> Dear all,
>
> although this is mentioned in the OpenCard FAQ, I do not understand
> the difference in concept between OpenCard with a JavaCard and
> Visa Open Platform.
>
> Is Visa Open Platform just an "extended" OpenCard with defined
> Smartcard-capabilities ?
> What is VOP "more" than OpenCard ? Is it "more" ?
> If not: what the hell is Visa Open Plarform ? :-)
>
> Maybe this is a philosophic question ?
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>
> Regards,
> Erik
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