NIST Special Publication 1134

Extended Feature Set Profile 

Specification

Will Chapman

Austin Hicklin

George Kiebuzinski

Peter Komarinski

John Mayer-Splain

Melissa Taylor

Rachel Wallner

http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1134
NIST Special Publication 1134

Extended Feature Set Profile 

Specification

Melissa Taylor

Law Enforcement Standards Office

Office of Special Programs

Will Chapman

Austin Hicklin

George Kiebuzinski

John Mayer-Splain

Rachel Wallner

Noblis

Falls Church, VA

Peter Komarinski

Komarinski & Associates, LLC

Rotterdam, NY

http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1134

January 2013

U.S. Department of Commerce

Rebecca Blank, Acting Secretary

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Patrick D. Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director 
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National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 1134

Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 1134, 11 pages (January 2013) 

http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1134

CODEN: NSPUE2
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1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Purpose...............................................................................................................................................................................................1

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1.3 Conformance....................................................................................................................................................................................1

1.3.1 Basic Implementation...........................................................................................................................................2

1.3.2 Optional Implementation....................................................................................................................................2

1.4 EFS feature set profile / FSP (field 9.303).........................................................................................................................2

1.5 Correspondence with implementation domains and application profiles ........................................................3

1.5.1 Correspondence with the FBI Criminal Justice Information Service Electronic Biometric 

Transmission Specification................................................................................................................................3

1.5.2 Correspondence with other implementation domains and application profiles.....................3

2 EFS Profiles............................................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1 EFS Profiles for fundamental latent AFIS transactions ...............................................................................................4

2.1.1 EFS Profile 0: Image-only Profile ....................................................................................................................4

2.1.2 EFS Profile 1: Minimal Markup Profile.........................................................................................................4

2.1.3 EFS Profile 2: Quick Minutiae Search Profile.............................................................................................5

2.1.4 EFS Profile 3: Detailed Markup Profile.........................................................................................................5

2.1.5 Special Cases .............................................................................................................................................................6

2.2 EFS Profiles for maximized accuracy...................................................................................................................................6

2.2.1 EFS Profile 10: Skeleton Profile .......................................................................................................................6

2.2.2 EFS Profile 11: Minutiae Ridge Count Profile............................................................................................7

2.3 Special-purpose and legacy profiles.....................................................................................................................................7

2.3.1 EFS Profile 20: Legacy IAFIS Latent Feature Search Profile ..............................................................7

2.3.2 EFS Profile 21: Quick Minutiae Search Profile Without Image .........................................................7

2.4 Search Response Profiles ...........................................................................................................................................................8

2.4.1 EFS Profile 30: Search Response Profile With All, and Corresponding, Minutiae ...................8

2.4.2 EFS Profile 31: Search Response Profile Without Corresponding Minutiae ..............................8

2.5 Examiner annotation profiles..................................................................................................................................................9

2.5.1 EFS Profile 90: Full Annotation Profile ........................................................................................................9

3 Image/region of interest size requirements.......................................................................................................... 10
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Although friction ridge features defined for fingers also may be applicable to toes, they are explicitly excluded from the scope of this 

document because many of these characteristics, such as pattern classification, are undefined for toes as of this writing.

2 Markup Instructions for Extended Friction Ridge Features. 2013. http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/ansi_standard.cfm.

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ANSI/NIST-ITL. 2011. http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/ansi_standard.cfm.

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ANSI/NIST-ITL 8.9.7.4 Field 9.303: EFS feature set profile/FSP.

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LITS. 2013. http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/ansi_standard.cfm.
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Table 1: Extended Feature Set Profile Codes

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Produces = creates, generates, or exports.

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10 FBI CJIS EBTS. 2011. https://www.fbibiospecs.org/docs/EBTS_v9_3_Final%2012_07_11_clean.pdf.
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11 Transactions may contain Type-9 fields outside of the range of EFS features.

12 For more information concerning IDCs, see Section 7.3.1 of ANSI/NIST-ITL. 2011.

13 DOD EBTS. 2011. http://www.biometrics.dod.mil/files/documents/standards/dod_ebts_v3_0.pdf.

14 Draft Council Decision on the Implementation of Decision 2008/.../JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in 

combating terrorism and cross-border crime. 2008. http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st09/st09152-ad01.en08.pdf.

15 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & SMT Information: INTERPOL Implementation. 2011. 

https://www.interpol.int/Public/Forensic/fingerprints/RefDoc/ImplementationV5.pdf.

16 This requirement stems from EFS Profile 0: Image-only Profile having no Region of interest/ROI (field 9.300), which accommodates obscuring 

background or multiple impressions, nor Orientation/ORT (field 9.301), which accommodates non-upright or unknown orientation.
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Table 2: EFS Profile 1: Minimal Markup Profile Definition

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Table 3: EFS Profile 2: Quick Minutiae Search Profile Definition

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Table 4: EFS Profile 3: Detailed Markup Profile Definition

 

17 For more information concerning EFS code for fraud type assessment, see ANSI/NIST-ITL Table 50 EFS codes for fraud type assessments.

18 ANSI/NIST-ITL 8.9.7.12 Field 9.314: EFS tonal reversal/TRV.
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Table 5: EFS Profile 10: Skeleton Profile Definition

 

19 ANSI/NIST-ITL 8.9.7.15 Field 9.317: EFS possible growth or shrinkage/PGS.

20 ANSI/NIST-ITL 8.9.7.13 Field 9.315: EFS possible lateral reversal/PLR.

21 The maximum number of EFS Profiles that may be contained in a single transaction is nine.
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2.2.2 EFS Profile 11: Minutiae Ridge Count Profile

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Table 6: EFS Profile 11: Minutiae Ridge Count Profile Definition

2.3 Special-purpose and legacy profiles

2.3.1 EFS Profile 20: Legacy IAFIS Latent Feature Search Profile

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Table 7: EFS Profile 20: Legacy IAFIS Latent Feature Search Profile Definition

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2.4 Search Response Profiles

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2.4.1 EFS Profile 30: Search Response Profile With All, and Corresponding, Minutiae

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Table 8: EFS Profile 30: Search Response Profile With All, and Corresponding, Minutiae Definition

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Table 9: EFS Profile 31: Search Response Profile Without Corresponding Minutiae Definition

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2.5 Examiner annotation profiles

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23 Produces = create, generate, or export.

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