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ACQUIRER 4.1.9 Usability Exhibit 4.1-7 Batch Transfer Process 804 814 240 240 250 804 814 N times BATCH ISSUER ISO 8583 is a standard developed in ISO Technical Committee #68, which is represented by the Accredited Standards Committee X9, Inc., also referred to as ASC X9, in the US. Due to the organizational structure of ISO, APTA can pursue its adoption efforts by becoming a member of X9. The following fee schedule is based on the membership level and effective the fiscal year of September 1 – August 31: Category A – Board Membership and Full Privileges $8,000 Category B - Voting Privileges $4,750 Category C - Limited Voting $2,500 Category D – Non Voting $1,150 Category E -- Workgroup Only $ 400 Membership applications are usually processed in 24-48 hours. There is no cost involved in obtaining (or adapting to transit) the standard for membership categories A, B and C. However, the members can only distribute the standard within their own organization. Members can request changes to the standard and the length of the change process depends upon urgency of the change. Typically, the review and approval process takes somewhere between three months to a year, based on the type of changes to the standard, which are reviewed every 5-6 years. The use of the standard by non-members is subject to royalties, which are based on the amount of information extracted from the standard. The process of using the standard for non-members involves a written request identifying the parts of the standard intended for use. Page 22

Phone interviews and/or email correspondence were used to obtain this information, and it is accurate as of July 2004. However, if APTA is interested in using any parts of the standard, formal negotiations are necessary. 4.2 Integrated Transport Smartcard Organization (ITSO) 4.2.1 Description of the Specification The International Ticketing Smart Card Organization (ITSO) was founded in 1998 as collaboration between various UK Passenger Transport Authorities addressing the lack of suitable standards for interoperable smart card ticketing. ITSO was formed to build and maintain a specification for secure end-to-end interoperable ticketing transactions, utilizing relevant ISO/IEC and emerging European Committee for Standardization (CE N ) standards. The ITSO set of specifications is advisory and not binding. They aim to provide a platform and the toolbox for the provision of interoperable contactless smart card public transport ticketing and related services in the UK. The specification is divided into ten parts to cover the various entities involved in a typical fare payment system: • Part 0 – Concept and Content • Part 1 – General Reference • Part 2 – Customer Media Data and Customer Media Architecture • Part 3 – Terminals • Part 4 – Host Operator or Processing System (HOPS) • Part 5 – Customer Media Data Record Definitions • Part 6 – Message Data • Part 7 – ITSO Security Subsystem • Part 8 – ITSO Specific SAM Module (ISAM) Detailed Operation • Part 9 – Communications • Part 10 – Customer Media Definitions The emphasis of this analysis is on the Parts 4, 5 and 6 due to the scope of this project and the objectives of the WP4. The back office messages are designed to allow flexibility for adopting the specification for either peer-to-peer, or central system clearing and settlement operations. ITSO has deliberately opted to minimize data storage space requirements in order to allow organizations the most flexibility. This is especially critical where the data storage space is at a premium, such as in a bus driver controller module. To achieve this, data fields mainly have fixed sequences and lengths, freeing them from the requirements of a TLV type of encoding such as the one defined in ANS.1 specification. However, the specification still allows the use of TLV coding in number of ways at several levels when desired. Page 23

ACQUIRER<br />

4.1.9 Usability<br />

Exhibit 4.1-7 Batch Transfer Process<br />

804<br />

814<br />

240<br />

240<br />

250<br />

804<br />

814<br />

N times<br />

BATCH<br />

ISSUER<br />

ISO 8583 is a standard developed in ISO Technical Committee #68, which is represented<br />

by the Accredited Standards Committee X9, Inc., also referred to as ASC X9, in the US.<br />

Due to the organizational structure <strong>of</strong> ISO, APTA can pursue its adoption efforts by<br />

be<strong>com</strong>ing<br />

a member <strong>of</strong> X9.<br />

The following fee schedule is based on the membership level and effective the fiscal<br />

year <strong>of</strong> September 1 – August 31:<br />

Category A – Board Membership and Full Privileges $8,000<br />

Category B - Voting Privileges $4,750<br />

Category C - Limited Voting $2,500<br />

Category D – Non Voting $1,150<br />

Category E -- Workgroup Only $ 400<br />

Membership applications are usually processed in 24-48 hours. There is no cost<br />

involved in obtaining (or adapting to transit) the standard for membership categories A,<br />

B and C. However, the members can only distribute the standard within their own<br />

organization. Members can request changes to the standard and the length <strong>of</strong> the change process<br />

depends upon urgency <strong>of</strong> the<br />

change. Typically, the review and approval process takes<br />

somewhere between three months to a year, based on the type <strong>of</strong> changes to the<br />

standard,<br />

which are reviewed every 5-6 years.<br />

The<br />

use <strong>of</strong> the standard by non-members is subject to royalties, which are based on the<br />

amount <strong>of</strong> information extracted from the standard. The process <strong>of</strong> using<br />

the standard<br />

for non-members involves a written request identifying the parts <strong>of</strong> the standard<br />

intended<br />

for use.<br />

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