ISO/IEC 19794-6:2011/Cor 1:2012

Overview

ISO/IEC 19794-6:2011/Cor 1:2012 is the Technical Corrigendum to the international standard ISO/IEC 19794-6:2011, which specifies biometric data interchange formats for iris image data. The corrigendum was issued to correct a technical discrepancy between the OID repository and the value of the “Full object identifier” shown in Table 7 of Clause 8. The correction ensures the Object Identifier (OID) naming is consistent with the CBEFF/OID registry and SC 37 metadata conventions.

Key topics and requirements

• Purpose: maintain accurate normative metadata and identifiers that enable consistent interpretation and exchange of iris image records across systems.
• Corrigendum action: replaces an incorrect OID component in Table 7, Column 3, Row 2 - changing
  • Old: {iso(1) registration-authority(1) cbeff(19785) organizations(0) jtc1-sc37(257) bdbs(0) iris-image-rectilinear (9)}
  • New: {iso(1) registration-authority(1) cbeff(19785) biometric-organization(0) jtc1-sc37(257) bdbs(0) iris-image-rectilinear(9)}
• Standards governance: prepared by ISO/IEC JTC 1, Subcommittee SC 37 (Biometrics) to resolve technical errors and ambiguities in identifiers.
• Interoperability focus: corrections like this ensure consistent OID usage so disparate biometric systems and CBEFF-compliant implementations can unambiguously recognize iris-image record types.

Applications and users

This corrigendum and the ISO/IEC 19794-6 family are important for:

• Biometric system developers and vendors implementing iris capture, storage, and exchange features.
• Integrators and solution architects designing multi-vendor biometric systems that require standard-compliant data interchange.
• Certification bodies and conformance testers verifying correct OID use and metadata compliance.
• Government agencies and identity programs deploying iris-based enrollment and authentication solutions where standardized identifiers and formats are required.

Related standards

• ISO/IEC 19794 series - Biometric data interchange formats (other biometric modalities).
• CBEFF (Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework) - referenced via the cbeff OID repository and used for biometric record description and packaging.
• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 - the technical committee responsible for biometric standards and OID registrations.

This Technical Corrigendum is primarily an administrative but essential correction to ensure accurate OID semantics and continued interoperability for iris image data exchange in biometric systems. Keywords: ISO/IEC 19794-6, iris image data, biometric data interchange formats, technical corrigendum, OID, CBEFF, interoperability.