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<H1><A NAME="smart_card_subsystem_component_description"></A><SUP></SUP>Smart Card Subsystem Component Description</H1>

<P>The Smart Card Subsystem component is based on Personal Computer/Smart Card (PC/SC) consortium standards and consists of the following sub-components: </P>

<H4>The Resource Manager</H4>

<P>This component manages access to readers and smart cards. To manage these resources, it performs the following three functions:

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	<LI>Identifies and tracks resources. </li>

	<LI>Allocates readers and resources across multiple applications. </li>

	<LI>Supports transaction primitives for accessing services available on a given card. </li>
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<P>The Resource Manager component also exposes a subset of the Microsoft Win32-based application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide applications with access to these functions.</P>

<H4>A Card/Reader Selection UI</H4>

<P>This component allows simple smart card-aware applications to access a card and reader with minimum coding. </P>

<H1>Component Configuration</H1>

<P>There are no configuration requirements for this component.</P>

<H1>For More Information</H1>

<P>For more information about the Smart Card Subsystem component, see this <A HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.htm">Microsoft Web site</A>.</P>

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