Opensc provides a set of libraries and utilities to access smart cards. it mainly focuses on cards that support cryptographic operations. it facilitates their use in security applications such as mail encryption, authentication, and digital signature. opensc implements the pkcs#11 api. applications supporting this api, such as iceweasel and icedove, can use it. opensc implements the pkcs#15 standard and aims to be compatible with all software that does so as well.

this package contains files necessary for developing applications with the libopensc libraries from opensc.org.