ContactlessNews | OSPT Alliance releases Cipurse v1.0 contactless ticketing standard

Monday, September 12, 2011

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance has published version 1.0 of its Cipurse open ticketing standard to the public for ‘reading and evaluation.’

Designed to give transit authorities ‘future-proof’ fare collection systems, the Cipurse specification will enable technology suppliers to develop and deliver interoperable fare collection solutions via contactless cards, stickers, fobs, mobile phones and other devices. According to the Alliance, Cipurse separates itself from other proprietary ticketing systems due to its “advanced security technologies” and compatibility with legacy systems.

The Cipurse 1.0 defines an authentication scheme, a secure messaging protocol, four minimum mandatory file types and a minimum mandatory command set to access these file types, as well as specifies encryption keys and access conditions.

Cipurse is built on existing ISO 7816 smart card and 128-bit advanced encryption standards, in addition to the ISO/IEC 14443-4 protocol layer. According to the Alliance, this allows the platform to be used within existing application frameworks around the world.

“Because it is an open standard, [Cipurse] promotes vendor neutrality, cross-vendor system interoperability, lower technology adoption risks, higher quality and improved market responsiveness, all of which result in lower operating costs and greater flexibility for transport system operators,” said the Alliance in a release.

OSPT has also invited all stakeholders in the public transit ecosystem to participate in the alliance. Full members will receive an implementation license and software development kit (SDK) to develop commercialized Cipurse products.

Interested parties can view the Cipurse v1.0 standard here after registering as an evaluator.

austriamicrosystems joins OSPT, promotes open standard specs

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that austriamicrosystems has joined as a full member.

Since joining the OSPT Alliance, austriamicrosystems will have access to the CIPURSE open standard specification, leveraging its experience into embedded systems for mobile fare collection applications. The open standard promotes vendor neutrality and cross-vendor system interoperability with reduced technology adoption risks, higher quality and improved market responsiveness.

OSPT Alliance, Solatis launch CIPURSE certification process

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance has teamed up with test tools provider Solatis to begin the first phase of its certification program for the CIPURSE open security standard.

SMARTRAC joins OSPT Alliance to promote vendor-neutral fare collection

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that SMARTRAC has joined the OSPT Alliance as a full member.

As the newest member, SMARTRAC will participate in the Alliance’s activities around the development of next-generation transit fare collection systems based on the CIPURSE open security standard. The CIPURSE open security standard addresses the need by transit authorities for future-proof fare collection systems with more advanced security than currently in use.

Samsung joins OSPT Alliance

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance, an international association chartered to define a new open standard for secure transit fare collection solutions, has announced the admission of Samsung Electronics as a full member.

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