Biometrics Standards, Test Methods & Documents
Updated February 6, 2009
Below is a selection of standards and documents addressing biometric profiles, interoperability, exchange formats, performance, compliance, testing, finger-based data interchange and other topics.
These standards were developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), British Standards Institution (BSI), International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA).
| 2008 Standards |
INCITS 381
Information technology – Finger Image Based Data Interchange Format (Revision of INCITS 381:2004) Development work conducted in INCITS M1 - Biometrics-Revision 5 |
INCITS 423.3
Information technology – Conformance Testing Methodology – Part 3: Conformance Testing Methodology for INCITS 377:2004, Finger Pattern Data Interchange Format Development work conducted in INCITS M1 - Biometrics-Revision 6.0 |
INCITS 423.4
Information technology – Conformance Testing Methodology – Part 4: Conformance Testing Methodology for INCITS 381:2004, Finger Image-based Data Interchange Format Development work conducted in INCITS M1 - Biometrics |
| Selected Biometrics Standards |
ANSI INCITS 383
Information Technology - Biometric Profile Interoperability and Data Interchange Biometrics - Based Verification and Identification of Transportation Workers |
ANSI INCITS 394
Information Technology - Application Profile for Interoperability, Data Interchange and Data Integrity of Biometric-Based Personal Identification for Border Management |
ANSI INCITS 395
Information Technology - Biometric Data Interchange Formats - Signature/Sign Data |
ANSI INCITS 398
Information Technology - Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework (CBEFF) |
ANSI INCITS 409.1
Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting Part 1: Principles and Framework |
ANSI INCITS 409.2
Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting Part 2: Technology Testing and Reporting |
ANSI INCITS 409.3
Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting Part 3: Scenario Testing and Reporting |
ANSI INCITS 409.4
Information Technology – Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting – Part 4: Operational Testing Methodologies |
ANSI X9.84
Biometric Information Management and Security for the Financial Services Industry |
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19784-1
Information Technology - Biometric application programming interface Part 1: BioAPI specification |
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19785-1
Information Technology - Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework Part 1: Data element specification |
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19785-2
Information Technology - Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework Part 2: Procedures for the operation of the Biometric Registration Authority |
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-1
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 1: Framework |
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-3
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 3: Finger pattern spectral data |
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-4
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 4: Finger image data |
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-5
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 5: Face image data |
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-6
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 6: Iris image data |
CSA ISO/IEC 7816-11-05
Identification cards Integrated circuit cards Part 11: Personal verification through biometric methods - ISO/IEC 7816-11: 2004 |
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