BioCTS 2012
BioCTS 2012 for ANSI/NIST 1-2011
CTA and CTS for ANSI/NIST 1-2007
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ANSI/NIST-ITL Standard Homepage
INCITS - International Committee for Information Technology Standards
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
BioCTS 2012 for ISO/IEC includes Conformance Test Suites (CTSs) designed to test implementations of:
The following is a list of the available test tools and the relevant standards used in their development:
First Generation (1G)*Specified by the NIST SP 800-76-2 Patron Format PIV Specification, currently in draft form. BioCTS for ISO/IEC will be updated as NIST SP 800-76-2 progresses through final publication.
To download the demonstration video right click here and select "save as".
BioCTS 2012 for ISO/IEC contains everything required to test implementations for the supported international biometric standards and selected PIV profiles. The installer allows for custom installation so that only the testing software for the desired biometric standards will be installed. Read the instructions contained in the associated documentation.
The single install file found below contains all components of BioCTS 2012 for ISO/IEC and allows for selection of desired components during custom installation.
Send comments/errors on the tool, sample data and documentation to BioCTS@nist.gov
The following screen captures were taken from BioCTS 2012 for ISO/IEC. The Options tab, Batch testing, and the Editor are shown in the examples below:
Options: Selection of the Biometric Data Block (BDB) format
Batch Testing: Overall results (left panel), Detailed results (right panel)
Editor: Format Identifier expanded to show results and data