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Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 NIST Special Publication 500-290

Published

Author(s)

Bradford J. Wing

Abstract

This is the 2011 update to the ANSI/NIST-ITL standard
Citation
NIST Special Publication 500-290

Keywords

biometrics, face, fingerprint, palm print, plantar, DNA, standard, ANSI/NIST-ITL, extended feature set, EFS, forensics, face, iris, scar, mark, tattoo, latent print, information assurance, CBEFF

Citation

Wing, B. (2011), Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 NIST Special Publication 500-290, NIST Special Publication 500-290, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910136 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created November 13, 2011, Updated June 24, 2021
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