NIST/ITL CSD Biometric Conformance Test Software for Biometric Data Interchange Formats

BioCTS 2012 and BioCTS Web were demonstrated at the NIST Booth (Booth 110) during the Biometric Technology Expo held concurrently with the Biometric Consortium Conference on September 18-20 2012 in Tampa, FL.

Downloads

NIST/ITL CSD Biometric Conformance Test Software 2012 (BioCTS 2012) tests implementations for conformance to various biometric data interchange format standards. BioCTS 2012 for ISO/IEC tests for conformance to biometric standards developed by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 - Biometrics and selected PIV profiles. BioCTS 2012 for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 tests for conformance to the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 standard.

To download a specific version of BioCTS 2012 and the associated documentation, select the applicable panel below. For legacy software, including the Conformance Test Architecture (CTA) and Conformance Test Suite (CTS) for implementations of the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007 standard and the CTA and CTSs for biometric data interchange format standards developed by INCITS M1 - Biometrics, see the links in the side panel.

Overview

NIST/ITL Computer Security Division (CSD) supports the development of national and international biometric standards and promotes conformity assessment through:

Participation in the development of biometric standards
Sponsorship of conformance testing methodology standard projects
Development of associated conformance test architectures and test suites
Leadership in national and international standards development bodies

Documentation

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

Need for Conformance Testing

Conformance testing captures the technical description of a standard and measures whether an implementation faithfully

implements the standard. Read more.

Software Description

BioCTS 2012 includes several features for testing implementations for conformance to biometric standards, including:

Batch testing: allows a large number of implementations to be tested quickly.
Editor: allows data to be edited, retested, and saved in order to make failing files compliant.
Detailed results: results feature pass/fail/warning messages, test names, and descriptions when appropriate. The editor allows the results to be displayed in a hierarchical, expandable format.

Software Disclaimer

NIST/ITL CSD BioCTS 2012 Disclaimer

Software Requirements

BioCTS 2012 runs under Microsoft® Windows® (XP, Vista, 7) and the .NET 4.0 Framework.

Sponsor

The BioCTS 2012 work was sponsored in part by the Department of Homeland Security/US-VISIT Program.

Contact

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