NISTIR 7933: Requirements and Conformance Test Assertions for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Record Type 18-DNA Record

The Computer Security Division (CSD) of NIST/ITL develops conformance test architectures (CTAs) and test suites (CTSs) to support users that require conformance to selected biometric standards. Product developers as well as testing laboratories can also benefit from the use of these tools. This project supports the possible establishment of conformity assessment programs for biometrics and also supports NIST/ITL’s Forensic Science Program by making conformance testing tools available that provide developers, users, and purchasers with increased levels of confidence in product quality and increases the probability of successful interoperability of biometrics and forensic data. One of the test tools is a CTA/CTS designed to test implementations of ANSI/NIST-ITL 1- 2011 (AN-2011) “Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information” for selected Record Types based on twelve hundred test assertions previously developed.