ANSI/NIST-ITL STANDARD HOMEPAGE

 The ANSI/NIST-ITL standard "Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information" has been updated and is called ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, NIST Special Publication 500-290 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information.

This version supersedes all previous versions and amendments to the standard. The process of updating the standard began in 2010. There were two workshops held at NIST, with summaries and presentation archives available in the ANSI/NIST-ITL Links on this page. The ballot closed on November 9, 2011 and passed unanimously.

Principal features of this version are that it is content-based, with specific encodings (such as Traditional format and NIEM-conformant XML format) handled as associated annexes to the standard. New modalities (DNA and plantars) were added as well as updates to existing record types. The extended feature set was added to Type-9 records; Type-10 was extended to include all body part images and to include anthropomorphic image markups; and compact iris image storage formats were introduced. There were substantial metadata upgrades as well, including geolocation, data handling logs, original source and associated reference data. Information assurance capabilities were added as a separate record type.

The following files are referred to by the standard as being available at this website:

DNA list instructions (informative)
DNA kit ID list (normative)
DNA loci (normative)
Type 98 IA data format owner list (normative)
Type 98 Best Practice Implementation Guidance (informative)
EFS Profile Specification (normative)
XML Biometrics Domain (normative)  

Items of interest:

 Workshop to be held at NIST January 28-30, 2013. This will provide an opportunity to review current developments on

• the Dental and Oral Forensics Supplement to the standard
• the Forensic and Investigatory Voice Supplement to the standard and best practices for data transfer concerning Unknown Deceased and Living Amnesiacs.
• a new approach to mobile biometric data transmission "ANSI/NIST-ITL LITE"
• a concept of having a standard for data transmission concerning object identification, such as cartidges, bullets, tiretracks, shoe prints, and inks  

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The FBI representative at the second ANSI/NIST-ITl 1-2011 update workshop made a major announcement:

• WSQ issue on capturing 2 thumbprints simultaneously on a large platen: See http://biometrics.nist.gov/cs_links/wsq/WSQ_notice.pdf
• 2007-2008 and 2008-2007 conversion routine. This was developed by West Virginia University under an FBI contract. It is at http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/nigos.cfm. Click on the latest version of the NBIS software. It is a zip file. When unzipped, it is a folder. Open the misc folder and there is another folder called an2konvert That's it!

 

The XML-related files referenced in Annex C are included in this zip file.

Contact Information: Brad Wing