PC/SC Workgroup Membership Benefits

Participate with your peers in Member Forums, to ensure that the particular concerns of your industry sector are addressed by the PC/SC Specifications. Notices about Member Forums are provided in the Member Activities pages.
Add your comments or concerns throughout the year to the Online Forum, in the Member Activities pages.
Provide input and feedback to technical work-in-process, which is available from the Specifications Update table in the Member Activities pages.
Keep current with the latest PC/SC activities: you will be informed about all new Specifications releases and pre-releases, and receive notice of Member Forums.
Your company name and PC/SC Compatible Products listing at the website, and link to your company website help lead potential customers to your product offerings.
You are encouraged to display the PC/SC membership logo on your website and at trade shows, additionally ensuring your customers that your company is participating in working toward a common standard. Logo is available in the Member Activities pages.
As a member, you have access to the PC/SC Workgroup email List-Serve, which allows you to communicate directly with all of the members. List-serve information is available to members in the Member Activities pages.

How your company will benefit from working toward and promoting common PC/SC standards:

SMART CARD READER MANUFACTURERS: Any PC/SC compliant smart card application will work with a PC/SC compliant reader.
SMART CARD MANUFACTURERS: PC/SC standards simplify development and maintenance of interface libraries.
APPLICATION DEVELOPERS: PC/SC smart card APIs and device management infrastructure are used to rapidly develop and maintain applications - which will work with any compliant smart card reader, via attachment to PCs.
OTHER INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS: The entire industry ultimately benefits from PC/SC Workgroup standardization, due to investment protection and lower costs. End users will have a large number of smart card-enabled applications that will use the same interface device, and the cost of the devices will be market-driven, based upon a standardization / volume effect.