AFIS Gateway presentatio

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AFIS Gateway objective

The AFIS Gateway is an Open Interface that allows from remote locations to the INTERPOL central AF(Automated Fingerprint Identification System). This Gateway allows INTERPOL member countries • Searches of fingerprints against the central AFIS 

database 

• Searches of latent prints against the same datab
Open Interface AFIS Gatew

190 members 

countries 

AFIS Gateway 

INTERPOL Criminal Information System 

AutomFingeIdentifSyste

I-247 

Open interface 

cand

transmission 

of NIST file 

Message response to the requesting 

Hit notification message for the owner countr
Transactions 

The Gateway can process : • CPS : Criminal Print to Print Search (semi-aut• MPS : Mark to Print Search (manual) • ATP : Add to TenPrint => will be converted The AFIS Gateway will be able to suppotransactions/day at the beginning 
Support different I247 User interfac

1. Mail, as previous AFIS Gateway 

2. AFIS Web services as FIND 

US Gateway 

3. User Form ANSI NIST submission in eASF application 
Search result responses by 

Plain text result 

From : AFISMAIL To : NCB Washington Subject : positive / AFIS / ANSINIST [Forename – Name] - Agency reference number [TCR] THE FINGERPRINTS HAVE BEEN SEARCHED WITH A POSITIVE RESULT : Name : Forename : Sex : Date of birth : COB code : Country of birth : Easf link : Nationality : 

ANSI/NIST SRE or ERR file contathe search result in attachment 
Service availability Operating h

The AFIS gateway is designed to suppservice H24-7/7, 365 days a year. • The system will be operational Mond

through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. frenlegal time, excluding bank holidays. 

• Outside of these operating hours the 

system might be shut down for maintenance, updating or other purp
AFIS gateway support 24

• If problems, please contact Network 

Operation Center 

HELPDESK@interpol.int 

(33) 4-72-44-71-66 or 4-72-44-71-65 
HIT management 

The main objectif is to send hit and no hit replies to remote Enquickly H24-7/7, 365 days a year 

Support an automatic no-hit system in 10 minutes Support an operator no-hit in 60 minutes Support hit validation by 2 operators in 1 hour Monday Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. french legal time Support hit validation by 2 operators in 12 hours MondFriday during the night, 5 p.m to 8 a.m french legal timSupport hit validation by 2 operators in 48 hours durinweekend french legal time 
Urgent search request 

• Please send your request to AFIS 

Gateway 

• If no reply within 30 minutes, send th

request to the INTERPOL Command Coordination Center (CCC) informing that a request has been sent to the AGateway 
ANSI/NIST Compatibility 

• AFIS Gateway will check the compa

with all INTERPOL Implementations ANSI/NIST-ITL. 
ANSI/NIST Type supporte

• Type 4 : TenPrint & Slaps 

& 

• Type 9 : Minutiaes • Type 13 : Latent • Type 16 : Evidence • Type 15 : Palm 
ANSI/NIST Type supported d

The content of each type is defined as follow: · Type 1: Header of the transaction. Define the transaction deta· Type 2: Demographic information of the person or of the crim· Type 4: 1 to 14 finger prints or slap prints images contained b· Type 9: Minutiae data. · Type 13: 1 to 10 latent prints images contained by message. · Type 15: 1 to 4 palm prints images contained by message. · Type 16: 1 to 6 evidences images contained by message. 

TOT TOT 

Title 

Type 1 

Type 2 

Type 4 

Type 9 

Type 13 

Type 14 

Ty15 

Criminal Print-ToPrint Search 

CPS M M O 

O

LatenttoPrint Search 

MPS M M O O 

M = Mandatory 
Horizontal 

(width) 

Finger position or 

Message type and Record type Palmprint position (Remark 1) Min Max M

Type-4 record within 

Finger CPS/ATP message Finger position 1 through 10 (*1) 400 800 4

Type-4 record within 

Slap CPS/ATP message Finger position 13 or 14 (*1) 400 2370 4

Type-4 record within 

Slap thumb CPS/ATP message Finger position 11 or 12 (*1) 400 600 4

Type-15 record within 

Palm CPS/ATP message Palmprint position 21 or 23 (*2) 400 5000 4

Type-15 record within 

Writer palm CPS/ATP message Palmprint position 22 or 24 (*2) 400 3000 4

Type-13 record or Type-9 record within 

Latent MPS message. No test on finger position 200 2370 2

Type-16 record within 

Evidence MPS message. 400 4000 4

Image size for incoming images (all types of messages) 

Below are the minimum and maximum numbers of pixels per images 
Project planning 

• Contract signature : August 2011 • Implementation : 2012 • Pilot tests : 3rd quarter 2012 

• Go live : Last quarter 2012 
Pilot project with 

• USA • UK • Austria • Russia • Canada 
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