BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL

In April 2017, NIST released BioCTS AN MRT, which supports configurable XML files to define requirements and parsing rules.

Supporting ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 (AN-2011) and ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update: 2013 (AN-2013) Traditional and NIEM XML Encoding

September 2016

BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL supports Conformance Test Suites (CTSs) for AN-2011 and AN-2013; testing both Traditional Encoding, and NIEM-XML Encoding.

The Traditional CTSs support testing for the following record types:

• Type 1, Transaction Information Record
• Type 2, User-defined descriptive text
• Type 4, High-resolution grayscale fingerprint image
• Type 7, User-defined image
• Type 8, Signature image
• Type 9, Minutiae data
• Type 10, Facial and SMT image (AN-2013 Name: Photographic body part imagery (including face and SMT))
• Type 11, Forensic and investigatory voice data (AN-2013 only)
• Type 12, Forensic dental and oral data (AN-2013 only)
• Type 13, Variable-resolution latent image
• Type 14, Variable-resolution fingerprint image
• Type 15, Palm print image
• Type 16, User-defined variable-resolution testing image
• Type 17, Iris image
• Type 18, DNA data
• Type 19, Variable-resolution plantar image
• Type 20, Source representation
• Type 21, Associated context
• Type 22, Non-photographic imagery (AN-2013 only)
• Type 98, Information assurance
• Type 99, CBEFF biometric data record

The NIEM-XML CTSs support testing for the following selected record types:

• Type 1, Transaction Information Record
• Type 4, High-resolution grayscale fingerprint image
• Type 10, Photographic body part imagery (including face and SMT)
• Type 12, Forensic dental and oral data (AN-2013 only)
• Type 13, Variable-resolution latent image (AN-2011 only)
• Type 14, Variable-resolution fingerprint image (AN-2011 only)
• Type 15, Palm print image (AN-2011 only)
• Type 17, Iris image (AN-2011 only)
• Type 22, Non-photographic imagery (AN-2013 only)

Development of additional Record Types for the NIEM-XML CTSs is ongoing.

Software Downloads

BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL contains everything required to test implementations of AN-2011 and AN-2013. Read the instructions contained in the associated documentation.

Current Versions:

To see what has changed since the initial release, please review the Changelog.

• BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL Install File (Beta 2.0.6107.19926) – September 20, 2016 (Hash Summary File)
• AN-2011 and AN-2013 Sample data - September 20, 2016
• ANSI/NIST-ITL Formatted Record and Field Extractor (Beta 1.1.6107.20009) – September 20, 2016 (Hash Summary File)
• BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL NIEM XML Modified Schema - September 20,  2016- To read the rationale behind, and a summary of the modifications, please refer to the BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL v2 User Guide, September 2016, below.

Old Versions:

• BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL Install File (Beta 2.0.5791.13139) - November 9, 2015 (Hash Summary File)
• ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Formatted Record and Field Extractor - March 2014
• BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL Install File (Beta 2.0.5724.16724) - September 3, 2015 (Hash Summary File)
• BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL Install File - (Beta 2.0.5701.16353) August 10, 2015 (Hash Summary File)
• BioCTS for AN-2011 and AN-2013 Install File - (Beta 1.2.5353.15785) September 10, 2014 (Hash Summary File)
• BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File - (Beta 1.1.4961.21207) August 1, 2013
• BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File - (Beta 1.0.4771.15880) January 23, 2013
• BioCTS for AN-2011 Command Line Interface - (Beta 1.0.4771.15880) January 23, 2013 - Documentation
• BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File - (Beta 1.0.4681.16434) November 5, 2012
• BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File - (Beta 1.0.4653.19915) September 27, 2012
• BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File - (Beta 1.0) August 2012

Documentation

• BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL v2 User Guide, Christofer J. McGinnis and Dylan Yaga, September 2016
• DRAFT NIST Special Publication 500-304 Rev. 1: Conformance Testing Methodology Framework for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update: 2013, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information with Errata, Christofer J. McGinnis, Dylan Yaga and Fernando L. Podio, November 2015
• NIST SP 500-304 Annex D: Test Notes and Exceptions for the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update 2013 Conformance Testing Methodology Framework, Christofer J. McGinnis and Dylan J. Yaga, November 2015
• NIST Special Publication 500-304: Conformance Testing Methodology Framework for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update: 2013, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information, Christofer J. McGinnis, Dylan J. Yaga and Fernando L. Podio, June 2015
• BioCTS for AN-2011 and AN-2013 Traditional and NIEM XML Encoding User Guide, Dylan Yaga, Fernando L. Podio and Christofer J. McGinnis, September 2014
• DRAFT NIST SP 500-295 Revision 1 - Conformance Testing Methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information, Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, and Christofer J. McGinnis, October 2013
• ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Formatted Record and Field Extractor User Guide – Dylan Yaga, Fernando L. Podio, Christofer J. McGinnis, March 2014
• NISTIR 7957 Conformance Test Architecture and Test Suite for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 NIEM XML Encoded Transactions, Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, and Christofer J. McGinnis, September 2013
• BioCTS for AN-2011 NIEM XML User Guide, Dylan Yaga, Fernando L. Podio, Christofer J. McGinnis, August 2013
• BioCTS 2012 for AN-2011 User Guide, Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis, August 2012
• NIST Special Publication 500-295 Conformance Testing Methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information (Release 1.0), Editors: Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis, August 2012
• NISTIR 7877 BioCTS 2012: Advanced Conformance Test Architectures and Test Suites for Biometric Data Interchange Formats and Biometric Information Records, Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, and Christofer J. McGinnis, September 2012

Sponsor

The BioCTS work was sponsored in part by the Department of Homeland Security/Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)

Contact

Send comments/errors on the tool, sample data and documentation to BioCTS [at] nist.gov

Screen Captures

The following screen captures were taken from BioCTS for AN-2011 and AN-2013. Batch testing and the Editor are shown in the examples below:

Batch Testing: Overall results (left panel), Detailed results (right panel)

Editor: All supported record types shown. Arrows allow user to expand results

Editor With Expanded Results: Field 1.001 (LEN) expanded to show containing data