---
schema-version: v1.2.8
id: OASISPKCS-P-v3.1
title:
- content: 'PKCS #11 Profiles Version 3.1'
  language:
  - en
  script:
  - Latn
  format: text/plain
  type: main
link:
- content: https://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-profiles/v3.1/os/pkcs11-profiles-v3.1-os.docx
  type: doc
- content: https://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-profiles/v3.1/os/pkcs11-profiles-v3.1-os.html
  type: src
- content: https://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-profiles/v3.1/os/pkcs11-profiles-v3.1-os.pdf
  type: pdf
type: standard
docid:
- id: OASIS PKCS-P-v3.1
  type: OASIS
  primary: true
docnumber: PKCS-P-v3.1
date:
- type: issued
  value: '2023-07-23'
contributor:
- organization:
    name:
    - content: OASIS
    contact:
    - uri: https://www.oasis-open.org/
  role:
  - description:
    - content: Standards Development Organization
    type: authorizer
  - type: publisher
- organization:
    name:
    - content: PKCS 11 TC
    contact:
    - uri: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/pkcs11/
  role:
  - description:
    - content: Committee
    type: authorizer
- person:
    name:
      given:
        forename:
        - content: Tim
          language:
          - en
          script:
          - Latn
      surname:
        content: Hudson
        language:
        - en
        script:
        - Latn
  role:
  - type: editor
language:
- en
script:
- Latn
abstract:
- content: Defines a platform-independent API to cryptographic tokens, such as hardware
    security modules and smart cards. The API itself is named “Cryptoki” (from “cryptographic
    token interface”) and pronounced “crypto-key”. Profiles define the use of PKCS#11
    data types, objects, functions and mechanisms within specific contexts of provider
    and consumer interaction. These profiles define a set of normative constraints
    for employing PKCS#11 within a particular environment or context of use.
  language:
  - en
  script:
  - Latn
  format: text/plain
doctype:
  type: standard
editorialgroup:
- name: PKCS 11 TC
ext:
  schema-version: v1.0.1
technology_area:
- Security