EFTS
In order to exchange biometric data between different systems, biometric data interchange formats are required. A well-established standard for the interchange of forensic quality biometrics is the ANSI/NIST data format standard for the interchange of fingerprint, facial, and scar mark and tattoo information (ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2000). The specification is open and flexible, providing many optional fields and allowing for user-defined records.
The U.S. Department of Justice has defined an implementation of this standard, for use by law-enforcement agencies. This implementation, the Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification (EFTS), is used worldwide for exchanging and storing rolled and flat fingerprint images. It is used not only by law-enforcement agencies, but also in many civilian identity systems.
Daon products offer full support for EFTS and other ANSI/NIST ITL 1-2000 implementations, such as the Interpol specification. Biometric and biographic information may be extracted from existing records and be re-used as enrollment material for additional applications. For example, if an individual has submitted their fingerprints for a background check, the data collected may be re-used to automatically enroll them into separate physical and logical access systems.
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