US-VISIT Biometrics Standards Requirements for US-VISIT
CI:
March 15, 2010
Table I-1. Types of Biometric Standards
Type of Standard Function Examples
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Data Exchange and
Storage Formats
· Specify the content, meaning,
and representation of formats
for the interchange of biometric
data.
· Specify notation and transfer
formats that provide platform
independence.
· Separate transfer syntax from
content definition.
· ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007 – Data
Format for the Interchange of
Fingerprint, Facial, and Other
Biometric Information
· ANSI/NIST-ITL 2-2008 Type-10 –
Capture and Storage of Face
Images with SAP ≥ 10
· ISO/IEC 19794-6:2005 Biometric
Data Interchange Formats – Part 6:
Iris Image Data
Technical Interfaces
· Specify interfaces and
interactions between biometric
components and subsystems.
· Add plug-and-play capability to
integrate system components
into functioning systems and
swap components as needed
without losing functionality.
· ANSI INCITS 358-2002 BioAPI
Specification (Version 1.1)
· ANSI INCITS 398-2008 Common
Biometric Exchange Formats
Framework (CBEFF)
Transmission Profiles
· Facilitate interoperability.
Specify application-specific
criteria onto a base standard to
establish definitive values for
performance-related
parameters in the base
standard (e.g., resolution,
maximum compression) or
enumerating values for optional
or conditional requirements
(e.g., full-frontal face vs. token
face).
· FBI Electronic Biometric
Transmission Specification (FBI
EBTS) v9.0
· DOD Electronic Biometric
Transmission Specification (DOD
EBTS) v2.0
· Interpol Implementation of
ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007 (INT-I) v5.0
· IDENT Exchange Messages (IXM)
Specification
Testing and Reporting
· Specify biometric performance
metric definitions and
calculations, approaches to test
performance, and requirements
for reporting the results of these
tests.
· ANSI INCITS 409-2005 Biometric
Performance Testing and Reporting
Part 1: Principle Framework
Part 2: Technology Testing
Methodology
Part 3: Scenario Testing
Methodologies
Cross-Jurisdictional and
Societal
· Address study and
standardization of technical
solutions to societal aspects of
biometric implementations.
· ISO/IEC 24714, Cross-
Jurisdictional and Societal Aspects
of Implementation of Biometric
Technologies
· ISO/IEC 24779, Pictograms, Icons,
and Symbols for Use with Biometric
Systems
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See the Registry of USG Recommended Biometric Standards, Version 2.0, August 10, 2009, for additional
examples.