JMRTD

JMRTD: An Open Source Java Implementation of Machine Readable Travel Documents

JMRTD is an open source Java implementation of the Machine Readable Travel Document (MRTD) standards as specified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The electronic passport (or "ePassport"), which by now has been introduced in many countries, is an implementation of these standards.

JMRTD provides both a card side application (the "passport applet") and a host side API for accessing ePassports. The passport applet makes it possible to create your own passports (in case you're starting your own country). The applet is written in Java Card.

The host side Java API can be used in different scenarios:

Inspection system: The API makes it possible to read, decode, and validate the information on the chip (for some of these tasks JMRTD will need access to the issuing country's country signing root certificates).
Enrollment / personalization system: The API also allows to encode information by complying to the relevant standards.
Testing framework: JMRTD was developed initially to test conformance and security of ePassport implementations.

The main features of JMRTD:

A (100% pure) Java API for accessing ICAO compliant eMRTDs and ePassports
A Java Card eMRTD/ePassport emulator
Java and Android supported
Extended access control (EAC) and supplemental access control (SAC/PACE) supported
LDS 1.7 decoding and encoding
CBEFF datagroups fully supported
JPEG2000 and WSQ encoded biometric images supported

Downloads

Use Maven Central for the current version of the host side API.