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ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 StandardsA presentation of the family of biometric standards

October 2008

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Working Groups

• The standards activities and projects are undertaken by working groups

– WG1 – Vocabulary

• Development of harmonized biometric vocabulary

– WG2 – Interfaces

• Standardization of interfaces and interactions between biometric components and sub-systems, including security mechanisms

– WG3 – Data Formats

• Standardization of the content, meaning and representation of biometric interchange formats

– WG4 – Profiles

• Standardization of biometric base standards to application profiles

– WG5 – Testing

• Standardization of biometric performance metric definitions and calculations, approaches to test performance and requirements for reporting.

– WG6 – Societal

• Study and standardization of technical solutions to societal aspects of biometric implementations

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Interfaces

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 19784 BioAPI• Multi-part standard to standardize the

Biometric application programming interface allowing the communication and utilization of services of one or more biometric technologies.

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 19785 CBEFF• Multi-part standard to standardize

Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework, covering: data element specification, procedures for the operation of the Biometric Registration Authority, patron format specifications, and security block format specifications.

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 24708 BioAPIInterworking Protocol

• Description tbd.

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 24709Conformance Testing for BioAPI

• Multi-part standard to standardize the conformance testing of BioAPI, covering: methods and procedures, test assertions for - biometric service providers, BioAPI frameworks, and biometric applications.

Technical Reports• ISO/IEC TR 24722

– Multimodal and other multi-biometric fusion

• ISO/IEC TR 24741

– Biometrics tutorial

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 29141Tenprint Capture using BioAPI

• Description tbd.

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Data Formats

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 19794Biometric Data Interchange Formats

• Multi-part standard to standardize the Biometric data interchange, covering: finger (in various formats), face, iris, signature, vascular, hand geometry, voice, and DNA.

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 29109Conformance Testing for

Biometric Data Interchange Formats

• Multi-part standard to standardize the conformance testing for each part of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 19794 biometric data interchange format.

Technical Reports• ISO/IEC TR 29794

– Multi-part Technical Report for biometric sample quality, covering: fingerprints, and face.

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 29159Biometric Calibration,

Augmentation and Fusion Data• Multi-part standard for the

standardization of tbd.

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Profiles

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 24713Biometrics profiles for

Interoperability and dataInterchange

• Multi-part standard to standardize the use of base standards when applied to specific applications.

– Part 1: Overview of biometric systems and biometric profiles

– Part 2: Physical access control for employees at airports

– Part 3: Biometrics-based verification and identification of seafarers

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Testing

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 19795Biometric performancetesting and reporting

• Multi-part standard to standardize the evaluation of biometric systems, covering: principles and framework, testing methodologies for technology and scenario evaluation, biometric modality specific testing, interoperability performance testing, biometric device evaluation, and testing methodologies for operation evaluation.

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 29120Machine readable test data

for biometrictesting and reporting

• Multi-part standard to standardize tbd, covering: test reports, biometric system test status, test input data, and biometric test certificates.

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Societal

Technical Reports• ISO/IEC TR 24714

– Multi-part technical report for jurisdictional and societal considerations for commercial applications, covering general guidance, and specific technologies and practical applications.

• ISO/IEC TR 29144

– The role of biometrics in identity management

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37 24779Pictograms, Icons and symbolsfor use with biometric systems

• Multi-part standard to standardize the user interaction with biometric systems, covering general biometric systems, and specific biometric modalities.

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