Editing Identity document (section)

==History==
[[File:1941 Italian Blackshirt identity card issued to a Ferroviaria Legion 10 member.jpg|thumb|Italian identity card from 1941]]
A version of the [[passport]] considered to be the earliest identity document inscribed into law was introduced by [[King Henry V of England]] with the [[Safe Conducts Act 1414]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2006/nov/17/travelnews "A brief history of the passport"], The Guardian, November 17, 2006</ref>

For the next 500 years up to the onset of the [[First World War]], most people did not have or need an identity document.

Photographic identification appeared in 1876<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Roger |first2=Gordon |last2=Dodds |first3=Stanley |last3=Triggs|title=The World of William Notman|date=1993|publisher=David R. Godine|pages=46, 47|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mX3CkG8qbmMC&pg=PA45 |access-date=December 31, 2015|isbn=9780879239398}}</ref> but it did not become widely used until the early 20th century when photographs became part of passports and other ID documents, all of which came to be referred to as  "[[photo ID]]s" in the late 20th century. Both Australia and Great Britain, for example, introduced the requirement for a photographic passport in 1915 after the so-called [[Carl Hans Lody|Lody spy scandal]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Doulman|first1=Jane |first2=David |last2=Lee|title=Every Assistance & Protection: A History of the Australian Passport|date=2008|publisher=Federation Press|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J76HvPIBFioC&pg=PA66 |access-date=December 31, 2015|isbn=9781862876873}}</ref>

The shape and size of identity cards were standardized in 1985 by [[ISO/IEC 7810]]. Some modern identity documents are [[smart card]]s that include a difficult-to-forge embedded integrated circuit standardized in 1988 by [[ISO/IEC 7816]]. New [[technology|technologies]] allow identity cards to contain [[Biometrics|biometric]] information, such as a [[photograph]], [[facial geometry|face]]; [[hand geometry|hand]], or [[iris scan|iris]] measurements; or [[fingerprint]]s. Many countries issue [[electronic identity card]]s.