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.. |vsmartcard| replace:: Virtual Smart Card Architecture

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Welcome to the |vsmartcard| documentation!
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Welcome to the |vsmartcard|. |vsmartcard| is an umbrella project for various
projects concerned with the emulation of different types of smart card readers
or smart cards themselves.

.. tikz:: The Virtual Smart Card Architecture connects different aspects of smart card handling
    :stringsubst:
    :libs: arrows, calc, fit, patterns, plotmarks, shapes.geometric, shapes.misc, shapes.symbols, shapes.arrows, shapes.callouts, shapes.multipart, shapes.gates.logic.US, shapes.gates.logic.IEC, er, automata, backgrounds, chains, topaths, trees, petri, mindmap, matrix, calendar, folding, fadings, through, positioning, scopes, decorations.fractals, decorations.shapes, decorations.text, decorations.pathmorphing, decorations.pathreplacing, decorations.footprints, decorations.markings, shadows

    \input{%(wd)s/bilder/tikzstyles.tex}
    \tikzstyle{bla}=[box, klein, rounded rectangle,  inner sep=.3cm]
    \node (a) {};

    \node[bla, above left=.5cm of a]
    (usb) {USB Terminal};

    \node[bla, below left=.5cm of a]
    (nfc) {NFC Terminal};

    \node[bla, rounded rectangle left arc=concave, above right=.5cm of a]
    (sc)  {Real Smart Card};

    \node[bla, rounded rectangle left arc=concave, below right=.5cm of a]
    (vsc) {Virtual Smart Card};

    \begin{pgfonlayer}{background}
    \path[line width=.8cm,color=hublue!20]
    (a.mid) edge [out=180, in=0] (usb.center)
    edge [out=180, in=0] (nfc.center)
    edge [out=0, in=180] (sc.center)
    edge [out=0, in=180] (vsc.center)
    ;
    \end{pgfonlayer}


Currently the following projects are part of |vsmartcard|: 

.. toctree::
   :titlesonly:

   virtualsmartcard/README
   remote-reader/README
   pcsc-relay/README
   ccid/README
   npa/README

Looking for a feature the included programs do not offer? Want to extend the
functionality of some library? Apart from requesting a new feature, you can
have a look at these programming guides and try yourself:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   virtualsmartcard/api
   npa/api


Download
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You can download the latest release of the |vsmartcard| `here
<https://github.com/frankmorgner/vsmartcard/releases>`_. Older releases are
still available at the `old project
location <http://sourceforge.net/projects/vsmartcard/files>`_.

Alternatively, you can clone our git repository::

    git clone https://github.com/frankmorgner/vsmartcard.git


References
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.. bibliography:: references.bib
   :all: