ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37/WG 3 - Biometric data interchange formats

This document specifies: — generic extensible data interchange formats for the representation of finger minutia data: — a tagged binary data format based on an extensible specification in ASN.1, — a textual data format based on an XML schema definition that is capable of holding the same information as the tagged binary format, and — an on-card biometric comparison format based on extensible TLV encoding; — on-card biometric comparison parameters based on extensible TLV encoding for constructing valid probe data in the on-card biometric comparison format; — examples of data record contents; — application-specific requirements, recommendations and best practices in determining minutiae location, direction and type; and — conformance test assertions and conformance test procedures applicable to this document. NOTE Whereas ISO/IEC 39794-4 covers finger, palm, toe and foot image data, this document covers only finger minutiae and is not applicable to palms, toes or feet.

This document establishes: — principles and methods for the performance assessment of presentation attack detection (PAD) mechanisms; — reporting of testing results from evaluations of PAD mechanisms; and — a classification of known attack types (Annex A). Outside the scope are: — standardization of specific PAD mechanisms; — detailed information about countermeasures (i.e. anti-spoofing techniques), algorithms or sensors; and — overall system-level security or vulnerability assessment. The attacks considered in this document take place at the biometric capture device during presentation. Any other attacks are considered outside the scope of this document.

This document specifies a data interchange format for the exchange of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) data for person identification or verification technologies that utilize human DNA. Consideration of laboratory procedures is out of scope of this document. This document provides the ability for DNA profile data to be exchanged and used for comparison (subject to privacy regulations) with DNA profile data produced by any other system that is based on a compatible DNA profiling technique and where the data format conforms to this document. This document is intended to cover current forensic DNA profiling or typing techniques that are based on short tandem repeats (STRs), including STRs on the X chromosome (X-STRs) the Y chromosome (Y-STRs), as well as mitochondrial DNA. A single DNA profile for a subject can contain data resulting from more than one of these different DNA techniques. This document enables data from multiple DNA techniques to be presented in a single DNA profile for a given subject. This document has been prepared in light of ongoing efforts to reduce human involvement in the processing (enrolment and comparison) of DNA. In anticipation of the data format requirements for automated DNA techniques, this document describes a format for both processed and raw (electrophoretic) DNA data. A normative XML schema definition (XSD) is provided in Clause A.1 for the syntax of DNA data XML documents. In Clause A.2, there is a sample DNA data XML document. This document is not intended for any other purposes than exchange of DNA for biometric verification and identification of individuals. In particular, it is not intended for the exchange of medical and other health-related information. This document also specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions and test procedures as applicable to this document. It establishes test assertions pertaining to the structure of the DNA data format (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011/Amd. 1:2013) and test assertions pertaining to internal consistency of the values contained within each field (Type A,ind Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011/Amd. 1:2013). This document also specifies test assertions pertaining to the content of DNA data XML documents (Level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011/Amd. 1:2013). The successful completion of Level 1 and Level 2 is a prerequisite for carrying out the tests at Level 3. The conformance testing methodology specified in this document does not establish: — tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security); — tests of systems not claimed to conform to the requirements of this document.

This document specifies data interchange formats for signature/sign behavioural data captured in the form of a multi-dimensional time series using devices such as digitizing tablets or advanced pen systems. The data interchange formats are generic, in that they can be applied and used in a wide range of application areas where handwritten signs or signatures are involved. No application-specific requirements or features are addressed in this document. This document contains: — a description of what data can be captured; — three binary data formats for containing the data: a full format for general use, a compression format capable of holding the same amount of information as the full format but in compressed form, and a compact format for use with smart cards and other tokens that does not require compression/ decompression but conveys less information than the full format; — an XML schema definition; and — examples of data record contents and best practices in capture. Specifying which of the format types and which options defined in this document are to be applied in a particular application is out of scope; this needs to be defined in application-specific requirements specifications or application profiles. It is advisable that cryptographic techniques be used to protect the authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality of stored and transmitted biometric data; yet such provisions are beyond the scope of this document. This document also specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions and test procedures as applicable to this document. It establishes test assertions on the structure and internal consistency of the signature/sign time series data formats defined in this document (type A level 1 and 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 19794-1) and semantic test assertions (type A level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 19794-1). The conformance testing methodology specified in this document does not establish: — tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security); or — tests of conformance of systems that do not produce data records claimed to conform to the requirements of this document.

This document establishes requirements for the annotation of humans, human faces and other body parts, and arbitrary objects appearing in imagery. It specifies the following: — metadata to be inserted in a video stream; — encoding of full and partial spatial and temporal ground truth information for: — objects present in a video, and — objects absent in a video; — procedures for different annotation of known and unknown subjects. This document does not specify: — encoding of video data.

This document specifies examples of application-specific requirements, recommendations and best practices in data acquisition applicable to gait image sequence data. Its typical applications include: a) support for human examination of high-resolution video and still images; b) support for human biometric verification and identification based on video and still images; c) automated gait image sequence verification and identification. This document ensures that image sequences are suitable for human identification and human verification generated by video surveillance and other similar systems. The following topics are not in scope of this document: — Definitions for facial and/or full body image related biometric profiles, which are fully covered in ISO/IEC 39794-5 and ISO/IEC 39794-16 respectively. — Security aspects like digital image sequence electronic signature, Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) and morphing prevention.

This document is intended to provide a generic extensible full body image data format for biometric recognition applications requiring exchange of human full body image data. Typical applications are: a) automated body biometric verification and identification of an unknown individual or cadaver (one-to-one as well as one-to-many comparison); b) support for human verification of identity by comparison of individuals against full body images; and c) support for human examination of full body images with sufficient resolution to allow a human examiner to verify identity or identify a living individual or a cadaver. This document ensures that full human body images and image sequence data generated by video surveillance and other similar systems are suitable for identification and verification. The structure of the data format in this document is compatible with ISO/IEC 39794-5. In addition to the data format, this document specifies application-specific profiles including scene constraints, photographic properties and digital image attributes like image spatial sampling rate, image size, etc. These application profiles are contained in a series of annexes. The 3D encoding types "3D point map" and "range image" are not supported by this document.

This document specifies — generic extensible data interchange formats for the representation of vascular image data: a tagged binary data format based on an extensible specification in ASN.1 and a textual data format based on an XML schema definition that are both capable of holding the same information, — examples of data record contents, — application specific requirements, recommendations, and best practices in data acquisition, and — conformance test assertions and conformance test procedures applicable to this document.

This document specifies: — generic extensible data interchange formats for the representation of iris image data: a tagged binary data format based on an extensible specification in ASN.1 and a textual data format based on an XML schema definition that are both capable of holding the same information, — examples of data record contents, — application specific requirements, recommendations, and best practices in data acquisition, and — conformance test assertions and conformance test procedures applicable to this document. The iris image information is stored as: — an array of intensity values optionally compressed with ISO/IEC 15948 or ISO/IEC 15444-1, or — an array of intensity values optionally compressed with ISO/IEC 15948 or ISO/IEC 15444-1 that can be cropped around the iris, with the iris at the centre, and which can incorporate region-of-interest masking of non-iris regions. This document also specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures, as applicable to this document. It establishes: — test assertions pertaining to the structure of the iris image data format, as specified in Clauses 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this document, — test assertions pertaining to internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field, and — semantic test assertions. The conformance testing methodology specified in this document does not establish: — tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security), or — tests of conformance of systems that do not produce data records conforming to the requirements of this document. This document does not establish: — requirements on the optical specifications of cameras, or — requirements on photometric properties of iris images, or — requirements on enrolment processes, workflow and use of iris equipment.

This document is a profile that provides requirements for testing biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) mechanisms on mobile devices with local biometric recognition. This document lists requirements from ISO/IEC 30107‑3 specific to mobile devices. It also establishes new requirements not present in ISO/IEC 30107‑3. For each requirement, the profile defines an Approach in Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) Testing for Mobile Devices. For some requirements, numerical values or ranges are provided in the form of best practices. This profile is applicable to mobile devices that operate as closed systems with no access to internal results, including mobile devices with local biometric recognition as well as biometric modules for mobile devices. Out of the scope of this document are the following: — mobile devices solely with remote biometric recognition. The attacks considered in this document take place at the sensor during the presentation and collection of the biometric characteristics. Any other attacks are outside the scope of this document.

This document specifies: — rules and guidelines for defining extensible biometric data interchange formats that are extensible without invalidating previous data structures; — the meaning of common data elements for use in extensible biometric data interchange formats; — common data structures for tagged binary data formats based on an extensible specification in ASN.1; — common data structures for textual data formats based on an XML schema definition; and — conformance testing concepts and methodologies for testing the syntactic conformance of biometric data blocks.

This document specifies: — generic extensible data interchange formats for the representation of face image data: A tagged binary data format based on an extensible specification in ASN.1 and a textual data format based on an XML schema definition that are both capable of holding the same information; — examples of data record contents; — application specific requirements, recommendations, and best practices in data acquisition; and — conformance test assertions and conformance test procedures applicable to this document.

This document specifies: — generic extensible data interchange formats for the representation of friction ridge image data: a tagged binary data format based on an extensible specification in ASN.1 and a textual data format based on an XML schema definition that are both capable of holding the same information; — examples of data record contents; — application specific requirements, recommendations, and best practices in data acquisition; and — conformance test assertions and conformance test procedures applicable to this document.

This document specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to two-dimensional face images defined in the ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 biometric data interchange format standard for face image data. This document establishes — test assertions of the structure of the face image data format as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), — test assertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009). This document does not establish — tests of conformance of 3D face records defined in ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005, 5.7.1, codes 0x80, 0x81, and 0x82, — tests of conformance of CBEFF structures required by ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005, — tests of consistency with the input biometric data record (Level 3), — tests of conformance of the image data to the quality-related specifications of ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005, — tests of conformance of the image data blocks to the respective JPEG or JPEG 2000 standards, — tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g., acceptance, performance, robustness, security).

ISO/IEC 19794-13:2018 specifies a data interchange format that can be used for storing, recording, and transmitting digitized acoustic human voice data (speech) assumed to be from a single speaker recorded in a single session. This format is designed specifically to support a wide variety of Speaker Identification and Verification (SIV) applications, both text-dependent and text-independent, with minimal assumptions made regarding the voice data capture conditions or the collection environment. Other uses for the data encapsulated in this format, such as automated speech recognition (ASR), may be possible, but are not addressed in this documnet. This document also does not address handling of data that has been processed to the feature or voice model levels. No application-specific requirements, equipment, or features are addressed in this document. This document supports the optional inclusion of non-standardized extended data. This document allows both the original data captured and digitally-processed (enhanced) voice data to be exchanged. A description of any processing of the original source input is intended to be included in the metadata associated with the voice representations (VRs). This document does not address data streaming. Provisions that stored and transmitted biometric data be time-stamped and that cryptographic techniques be used to protect their authenticity, integrity and confidentiality are out of the scope of this document. Information formatted in accordance with this document can be recorded on machine-readable media or can be transmitted by data communication between systems. A general content-oriented subclause describing the voice data interchange format is followed by a subclause addressing an XML schema definition. ISO/IEC 19794-13:2018 includes vocabulary in common use by the speech and speaker recognition community, as well as terminology from other ISO standards.

ISO/IEC 29794-4:2017 establishes - terms and definitions for quantifying finger image quality, - methods used to quantify the quality of finger images, and - standardized encoding of finger image quality, for finger images at 196,85 px/cm spatial sampling rate scanned or captured using optical sensors with capture dimension (width, height) of at least 1,27 cm × 1,651 cm.

ISO/IEC 19794-15:2017 specifies an image interchange format for biometric person identification or verification technologies that utilize human palm crease biometric images and can be used for the exchange and comparison of palm crease image data. It specifies a data record interchange format for storing, recording, and transmitting palm crease biometric information from palm crease imaging. It defines the contents, format, and units of measurement for the image exchange. The format consists of mandatory and optional items, including scanning parameters, compressed or uncompressed image specifications and vendor-specific information. Information compiled and formatted in accordance with this document can be recorded on machine-readable media or may be transmitted by data communication facilities.

ISO/IEC 29794-6:2015 establishes: methods used to quantify the quality of iris images, normative requirements on software and hardware producing iris images, normative requirements on software and hardware measuring the utility of iris images, terms and definitions for quantifying iris image quality, and standardized encoding of iris image quality. Outside the scope is performance evaluation of specific iris quality assessment algorithms.

For the purpose of biometric comparison, ISO/IEC 19794-11:2013 specifies a data interchange format for processed signature/sign behavioural data extracted from a time series, captured using devices such as digitizing tablets, pen-based computing devices, or advanced pen systems. The data interchange format is generic, in that it may be applied and used in a wide range of application areas where handwritten signs or signature/signs are involved. No application-specific requirements or features are addressed in ISO/IEC 19794-11:2013. ISO/IEC 19794-11:2013 contains definitions of relevant terms, a description of what data is extracted, and a data format for containing the data, together with advice on whether a set of user's signature/sign is suitable for identification purposes using ISO/IEC 19794-11:2013. It is advisable that stored and transmitted biometric data is time-stamped and that cryptographic techniques be used to protect their authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality; however, such provisions are beyond the scope of ISO/IEC 19794-11:2013.

ISO/IEC 29109-8:2011 specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to ISO/IEC 19794-8:2006. It establishes test assertions of the structure of the finger pattern skeletal data format as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-8:2006 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), test asssertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009). It does not establish test of conformance of Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework (CBEFF) structures required by ISO/IEC 19794-8:2006, test of consistency with input biometric data record (Level 3), test of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security), test of conformance of systems that do not produce ISO/IEC 19794-8:2006 records.

ISO/IEC 29109-6:2011 specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to ISO/IEC 19794-6:2005. ISO/IEC 29109-6:2011 establishes test assertions of the structure of the iris image data format as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-6:2005 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), test asssertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), tests of semantic assertions (Type A Level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009). ISO/IEC 29109-6:2010 does not establish tests of conformance of CBEFF structures required by ISO/IEC 19794-6:2005, tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security), tests of conformance of systems that do not produce ISO/IEC 19794-6:2005 records.

ISO/IEC 19794-9:2011 specifies an image interchange format for biometric person identification or verification technologies that utilize human vascular biometric images and can be used for the exchange and comparison of vascular image data. It specifies a data record interchange format for storing, recording, and transmitting vascular biometric information from one or more areas of the human body. It defines the contents, format, and units of measurement for the image exchange. The format consists of mandatory and optional items, including scanning parameters, compressed or uncompressed image specifications and vendor-specific information. Information compiled and formatted in accordance with ISO/IEC 19794-9:2011 can be recorded on machine-readable media or can be transmitted by data communication facilities.

ISO/IEC 29109-7:2011 specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to ISO/IEC 19794-7. ISO/IEC 19794-7 defines two data interchange formats for signature/sign time series data, one for general use and one compact format for use with smart cards and other tokens. ISO/IEC 29109-7:2011 establishes test assertions of the structure of both signature/sign time series data formats as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-7 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1), test assertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1), and test assertions on the contents of data records in the signature/sign time series data formats as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-7 (Type A Level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1). ISO/IEC 29109-7:2011 does not establish tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security), and tests of conformance of systems that do not produce ISO/IEC 19794-7 records.

ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011 describes the general aspects and requirements for defining biometric data interchange formats. The notation and transfer formats provide platform independence and separation of transfer syntax from content definition. ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011 defines what is commonly applied for biometric data formats, i.e. the standardization of the common content, meaning, and representation of biometric data formats of biometric types considered in the specific parts of ISO/IEC 19794.

ISO/IEC 19794-9:2007 specifies a data record interchange format for recording, storing, and transmitting one or more hand vascular images. Each image is accompanied by image-specific metadata contained in a header record. ISO/IEC 29109-9:2011 establishes tests for checking the correctness of the binary record. It defines a testing methodology to ensure conformance of a vendor's application or service to ISO/IEC 19794-9:2007. The objective of ISO/IEC 19794-9:2007 cannot be completely achieved until biometric products can be tested to determine whether they conform to those specifications. Conforming implementations are a necessary prerequisite for achieving interoperability among implementations. The conformance test assertions will cover, as much as is practical, the ISO/IEC 19794 requirements (covering the most critical features), so that the conformity results produced by the test suites will reflect the real degree of conformity of the implementations to ISO/IEC 19794 data interchange format records. This is the motivation for the development of this conformance testing methodology.

ISO/IEC 29109-10:2010 specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to ISO/IEC 19794-10. ISO/IEC 29109-10:2010 establishes test assertions of the structure of the hand geometry silhouette data format as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-10:2007 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), test assertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), informative guidance for testing the consistency of selected encoded data fields with the input biometric data (Type B Level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009). ISO/IEC 29109-10:2010 does not establish test of conformance of CBEFF structures required by ISO/IEC 19794-10:2007, test of consistency with input biometric data record (Level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), test of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security), test of conformance of systems that do not produce ISO/IEC 19794-10:2007 records.

ISO/IEC 29159-1:2010 specifies a biometric fusion information format that establishes machine readable data formats to describe the statistics of comparison score inputs to a fusion process. ISO/IEC 29159-1:2010 does not standardize comparison-score normalization processes, nor standardize or define fusion processes.

ISO/IEC 29109-4:2010 specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to ISO/IEC 19794-4. ISO/IEC 29109-4:2010 establishes test assertions of the structure of the finger image data format as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-4:2005 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), test asssertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), tests of semantic assertions (Type A Level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009). ISO/IEC 29109-4:2010 does not establish tests of conformance of CBEFF structures required by ISO/IEC 19794-4:2005, tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security), tests of conformance of systems that do not produce ISO/IEC 19794-4:2005 records.

ISO/IEC 29109-2:2010 specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to the biometric data interchange format standard relating to finger minutiae data (i.e. ISO/IEC 19794-2). It establishes tests of assertions of the structure of the finger minutiae data format as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), tests of assertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), and tests of semantic assertions (Type A Level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009). ISO/IEC 29109-2:2010 does not establish tests of conformance of CBEFF structures embedding ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 biometric data blocks (BDBs), tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security), tests of conformance of systems that do not produce ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 records, or tests for level 3 conformance testing.

For aspects of quality specific to facial images, ISO/IEC TR 29794-5:2010: specifies terms and definitions that are useful in the specification, use and testing of face image quality metrics; defines the purpose, intent, and interpretation of face image quality scores. Performance assessment of quality algorithms and standardization of quality algorithms are outside the scope of ISO/IEC TR 29794-5:2010.

ISO/IEC 19794-10:2007 specifies a data record interchange format for storing, recording and transmitting the information from one or more hand silhouettes within a Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework (CBEFF) data structure. It defines the content, format and units of measurement for the exchange of hand silhouette data that may be used in the verification or identification process of a subject. The information consists of a variety of mandatory and optional items, including data capture parameters, standardized hand position and vendor-specific information. This information is intended for interchange among organizations that rely on automated devices and systems for identification or verification purposes based on the information from hand geometry measurements.

ISO/IEC 19794-9:2007 defines the exchange of human vascular biometric image information. It defines a specific definition of attributes, a data record format for storing and transmitting vascular biometric images and certain attributes, a sample record and conformance criteria. ISO/IEC 19794-9:2007 is intended for applications requiring the exchange of raw or processed vascular biometric images. It is intended for applications not limited by the amount of storage required. It is a compromise or a trade-off between the resources required for data storage or transmission and the potential for improved data quality/accuracy. Basically, it is to enable various algorithms to identify or verify the vascular biometric image data transferred from other image sources. Currently available vascular biometric technologies that may utilize ISO/IEC 19794-9:2007 for image exchange are technologies that use the back of the hand, palm and finger.

ISO/IEC 29109-5:2014 specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to two-dimensional face images defined in the ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 biometric data interchange format standard for face image data. ISO/IEC 29109-5:2014 establishes test assertions of the structure of the face image data format as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), test assertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009). ISO/IEC 29109-5:2014 does not establish tests of conformance of 3D face records defined in ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005/Amd.2, tests of conformance of CBEFF structures required by ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005, tests of consistency with the input biometric data record (Level 3), tests of conformance of the image data to the quality-related specifications of ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005, tests of conformance of the image data blocks to the respective JPEG or JPEG 2000 standards, tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security).

ISO/IEC 19794-14:2013 specifies a data interchange format for the exchange of DNA data for person identification or verification technologies that utilize human DNA. It will provide the ability for DNA profile data to be exchanged and used for comparison (subject to privacy regulations) with DNA profile data produced by any other system that is based on a compatible DNA profiling technique and where the data format conforms to ISO/IEC 19794-14:2013. ISO/IEC 19794-14:2013 is intended to cover current forensic DNA profiling or typing techniques that are based on short tandem repeats (STRs), including STRs on the Y chromosome (Y-STRs), as well as mitochondrial DNA. A single DNA data record for a subject may require data resulting from more than one of these different DNA techniques. ISO/IEC 19794-14:2013 enables data for multiple DNA techniques to be presented in a single record for a given subject. This data format has been prepared in light of ongoing efforts to reduce human involvement in the processing (enrolment and comparison) of DNA. In anticipation of the data format requirements for automated DNA techniques ISO/IEC 19794-14:2013 will describe a format for both processed and raw (electrophoretic) DNA data. Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) encoding of the data is used to specify DNA data interchange. A normative XML Schema Definition (XSD) specification is provided in Annex B. ISO/IEC 19794-14:2013 is not intended for any other purposes than exchange of DNA for biometric verification and identification of individuals; in particular it does not exchange medical and other health-related information.

ISO/IEC 29109-5:2012 supports applications using face images formatted according to ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005. It defines conformance test assertions that allow a receiving system to check the encoding requirements of ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 are met and are internally consistent. Formally, ISO/IEC 29109-5:2012 establishes requirements for a conformance test suite that assesses conformity of ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 records from conformant products. It is intended primarily for use by testing organizations, but may be applied by developers and users of test method specifications and test method implementations.

ISO/IEC 29109-5:2011 supports applications using face images formatted according to ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005. It defines conformance test assertions that allow a receiving system to check the encoding requirements of ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 are met and are internally consistent. Formally, ISO/IEC 29109-5:2011 establishes requirements for a conformance test suite that assesses conformity of ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 records from conformant products. It is intended primarily for use by testing organizations, but can be applied by developers and users of test method specifications and test method implementations. It does not establish tests for checking the visual appearance requirements of an ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 face.

For aspects of quality specific to the finger image modality, ISO/IEC TR 29794-4:2010: specifies terms and definitions that are useful in the specification, use, and test of finger image quality metrics; defines the interpretation of finger image quality scores; identifies or defines finger image corpora for the purpose of serving as information for algorithm developers and users; develops statistical methodologies specific to finger image corpora for characterizing quality metrics to facilitate interpretation of scores and their relation to matching performance. Performance assessment of quality algorithms and standardization of quality algorithms are outside the scope of ISO/IEC TR 29794-4:2010.