TOPPAN Security’s iOS and Android implementations of Photo ID have passed data model testing by Fime, which says the company is the first to complete that testing. Fime tested Photo ID credentials held in TOPPAN Security’s applications against Annex C of ISO/IEC TS 23220-4:2026, and both implementations passed all applicable test cases.
Photo ID is a digital identity document held on a phone and defined in the ISO specification. It can carry the same data as a passport chip, including the holder’s photo. Specifications in the ISO/IEC 23220 series are among the mobile identity standards opened to free read-only access through a sponsored portal whose backers include Fime.
The tested implementations are TOPPAN Security’s goID sample apps. They appear on Fime’s public list of tested digital identity products with an expiry date of October 15, 2027. The same list shows the company’s iOS and Android mobile driving license (mDL) sample apps as tested against ISO/IEC 18013-5:2021, the mDL standard.
Fime is an independent testing laboratory that acquired cybersecurity specialist Red Alert Labs earlier this year. Steve Pannifer, its senior vice president of digital identity, said the completed testing and the listing “provide governments, issuers and ecosystem partners with confidence to adopt Photo ID products that are proven interoperable.”
The reference apps used in the testing are built on the TOPPAN Verifiable Credential Mobile SDK, a software development kit that also underlies the company’s TOPPAN Wallet and TOPPAN SuperApp. TOPPAN Security says the SDK is deployed in live national identity programs and supports Photo ID alongside mDLs and mobile vehicle certificates.
The company says it has issued Photo ID credentials through national identity programs for several years, including before the specification was published, and that its technology has supported mobile identity programs in Argentina and the Philippines. It also takes part in ISO working groups and contributed to the Photo ID specification.
TOPPAN Security is a partner in Aptitude, one of the European Union’s large-scale pilots for the European Digital Identity Wallet. “In its travel pilots, Photo ID is used to create digital credentials from passport data,” said Fabrice Jogand-Coulomb, the company’s vice president of digital solutions. “Alongside the mobile driving license, Photo ID is emerging as a key international digital credential, with applications extending well beyond the EU.”
Sources: Fime
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
