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IST/44/-/3 - Biometric data interchange formats

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: | Information coding. Character sets | Identification cards and related devices

Overview: Under the direction of IST/44, is responsible for the UK input to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37/WG 3 for standards in the field of Biometric Data Interchange Formats

Committee standards activity

In Progress (14)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/IEC/TR 25722	Demographic variability of face image quality measures Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2026-10-19	Drafting
BS ISO/IEC 39794-16	Information technology -- Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Part 16: Full body image data Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO/IEC 24357	Performance evaluation of face image quality algorithms Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2021-04-13	Drafting
BS ISO/IEC 24186	Information technology -- Full body personal data Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2020-10-02	Drafting
BS EN ISO/IEC 59794-5	Information technology — Compact biometric samples for 2D barcodes. Part 5: Face image data Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS EN ISO/IEC 59794-1	Information technology — Compact biometric samples for 2D barcodes. Part 1: Framework Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS EN ISO/IEC 39794-5:2019/Amd 1	Information technology — Extensible biometric data interchange formats —. Part 5: Face image data — Amendment 1 Categories: Identification cards and related devices Drafting begins : 2025-02-20	Drafting
BS EN ISO/IEC 39794-12	Information technology — Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Part 5: Design and assessment of indoor air quality Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS EN ISO/IEC 29794-5	Information technology — Biometric sample quality. Part 5: Face image data Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2026-12-21	Drafting
BS EN ISO/IEC 29794-12	Information technology — Biometric sample quality. Part 12: Fingermark image data Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/IEC TS 19795-9:2019	Information technology. Biometric performance testing and reporting. Testing on mobile devices Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2020-01-08	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 39794-9:2021	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Vascular image data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2021-06-23	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 39794-6:2021	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Iris image data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2021-03-11	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 39794-5:2019	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Face image data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2020-01-16	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 39794-4:2019+A1:2023	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Finger image data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2023-08-17	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 39794-2:2023+A1:2026	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Finger minutiae data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2026-11-13	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 39794-17:2021	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Gait image sequence data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2021-06-23	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 39794-16:2021	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Full body image data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2021-06-23	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 39794-1:2019	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Framework Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2020-01-15	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 30137-4:2021	Information technology. Use of biometrics in video surveillance systems. Ground truth and video annotation procedure Categories: Identification cards and related devices Published standard begins : 2021-06-29	Published standard

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO/IEC 39794-4:2019	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Finger image data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Withdrawn begins : 2023-08-17	Withdrawn
BS ISO/IEC 39794-2:2023	Information technology. Extensible biometric data interchange formats. Finger minutiae data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Withdrawn begins : 2026-11-13	Withdrawn
BS ISO/IEC 30107-4:2020	Information technology. Biometric presentation attack detection. Profile for testing of mobile devices Categories: Identification cards and related devices Withdrawn begins : 2024-02-19	Withdrawn
BS ISO/IEC 19794-14:2022	Information technology. Biometric data interchange formats. DNA data Categories: Identification cards and related devices Withdrawn begins : 2025-06-20	Withdrawn