The ANSI/NIST-ITL Stand

Forensic Data Interchan
Existing Capabilitie

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 
Latent Friction Ridge Pr

Extended Feature 

Markups 

 Cores  Deltas  Distinctive Characteris Minutiae  Dots  Incipient Ridges  Creases & Linear Disto Ridge Edge Features  Pores & Ridge edge fie

-- Automated Match-- Forensic Analysis 

Comparison 
Body Images 

Face Prior -- Ante-mortem: * Passport, driver license, family photos, etc. * Try to get frontal and fairly recent Post-mortem or for living amnesiacs: * All angles •Mark eye locations using 2D markups -- Automated Matching -- Forensic Analysis & 

Comparison 

Other Parts, Scars, TattoosPrior -- Ante-mortem: * As available * Distinctive features (e.g. club foot, extra fin

nose, etc.) Post-mortem or for living amnesiacs: * With ruler -- Forensic Analysis & Comparison 
Image Markups 

 Forensics: 

 2D and 3D anthropomorphic facial image markup 
DNA 

Rapid DNA an

Laboratory Processing 

Pedigree tree 

 Claimed and Va

relationships 

 Data on victim 

relatives in one transaction 

 X-STR, Y-STR

Mitochondrial 
Conformance Test Too

Biometric Conformance 

Test Software for 

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 

(AN-2011) Transactions* 

 Test assertions b

NIST SP 500-29

 CTM for AN-20

 Tests for selecte

Types in traditioencoding: 

 Installer  Command Line I

 Under developm

to test XML enc

* Developed by NIST/ITL Computer Security Division. Sponsored, in part, by D
Dental

Pattern Injury

Perioral /Cheiloscopic 

Imagery

New Image Types

Palatine Descriptors

Voice

Mobile Biometrics

Object Oriented 

(Ballistics)

DVI Guidelines

General Updates and 

Revisions

What more do we need to d

Dental Record Type-12 Supplement to ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 WG formed; Draft Circulating Vote in 2013 

Pattern Injury Supplement to Type-10 ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 WG formed; Draft Circulating Vote in 2013 

Perioral /Cheiloscopic

Imagery 

Supplement to Type-10 

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 

WG formed; 

Draft 

Circulating 

Vote in 2013 

New Image Types Supplement to Type-10 ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 WG formed; Draft Circulating Vote in 2013 

Palatine Descriptors Modification to ADA Specification 1058 WG formed; Draft Circulating Vote in late 2013 ? 

Voice Record Type 11Supplement to ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 WG formed; Draft Circulating Vote in 2013 

Mobile Biometrics Unknown format Need to form WG Unknown timetable 

Object Oriented

(Ballistics) Unknown format 

Gather data; 

Define 

protocols 

Unknown 

timeframe 

DVI Guidelines Best Practice Recommendation Work with SWG-DVI Unknown timeframe 

General Updates and

Revisions 

Amendment to ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-

2011 

Receiving

input now Vote in 2013 

Combined in

one Supplement 
Dental Forensics? 

Identify deceased individuals when facial featur

or fingerprints are not available or DNA cannmatched 

Decomposition of soft tissue Extreme trauma Co-mingling of samples in a mass disaster 

Of the victims identified in Phuket, nearly 75% 

traced through dental records, about 15% throfingerprints and 10% through a combination otwo. Just a fraction was identified through DN

Above statistics from: Triodent, June 2011, Dentistry still p

vital role in victim identification 
Dental Working Group 

 Dental Forensics 

 Working with the Am

Dental Association t12 record upon their 

 Meetings held in Arg

Washington, D.C., N(with SWG-DVI), LyINTERPOL), AtlantAAFS), and San FranADA) 

 FBI has done the upd

ANSI/NIST-ITL XMfor the current draft 

 Will be presented as 

to ANSI/NIST-ITL 1voting 
Dental Forensics 

Draft available at 

http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/ansi_standard_drensics.cfm 

Based on ADA Specification 1058 

Familial Data Set 

Dental History Data Set Tooth Data Set Mouth Data Set Visual Image Data Set Radiograph Image Data Set 

Includes DICOM data & images (Electronic Health R
Key Challenges : Dental Foren

Teeth numbering not the same in US and other n

Decision: Use ISO standard for transmission 

Dental Forensic Systems all use different data 

definitions and levels of detail 

Decision: 

* Use the ADA Spec 1058 as a ‘translato* State the level of aggregation for each 

(i.e. NamUS, WinID, NCIC, UDIM, Plass & 

* Include original encoding with transmi

help resolves ambiguities 
Pattern Injury 

New Fields added to Type-10 

Field 10.046: Victim / VIC 

current subject status 

living deceased unknown 

body status 

Class 1 Natural Tissue (Whole or Fragment) Class 2 Decomposed (Whole or Fragment) Class 3 Skeletal (Whole or Fragment) 

Field 10.047: Data collection organization / DCO 
Pattern Injury 

Field 10.048: Pattern injury description 

Image location (using NCIC codes to define body parts) 

Type of injury (Avulsion, laceration, etc.) 

Color of injury Surface contour Shape and size (measured using 2D ABFO ruler) Tissue characteristics Underlying structure Possible cause (human, animal, object, etc.) 
Perioral / Cheiloscopic 

Recommend use of Field 10.029: 2D 

facial feature points / FFP to indicate features of the lip print when sending an image of the lips of the possible suspect. 

Add new code to Table 58 (Type-10 

image types) as Perioral. 

Modify Field 10.040 NCIC SMT code 

to use the NCIC codes to specify location of the lip print on the victim’s body. 

Include information about common 

cheiloscopic classifications 
New Image Types 

Modify Field 10.012 Color space / CSP to inclu

possibilities than currently (grayscale, color aundefined) 

Sonogram 

Radiograph (X-ray), including CT scans 

and cone-beams 

Magnetic resonance image (MRI) 
Palatine Descriptors 

Problem: ADA Mouth Data Set does not 

include descriptors for dental arch, rugae ramification or shape. 

Solution: 

Initiate a revision to ADA 

specification 1058 instead of adding descriptors to ANSI/NIST-ITL in the Supplement. 

Impact: 

Descriptors will not be included 

initially when Dental Supplement is adopted. Expected to take more than a year. 
Forensic Voice 

For investigatory and forensic uses 

not intended for applications like access control 

Includes audio recordings, as well as related information 

diarization (when speech occurs during the recording) transcription (what is said) redaction annotation (‘bleeping’ of portions – 

sometimes required by legal authorities) 

snipping annotation (cutting out portions of a longer recording) 

audio characteristics (recording device, CODECs, etc.) geographic location of speakers and recording device(s) 

speaker characteristics (impairment, language, etc.) 

Example: Compare a recording of a ransom call in a kidnapping c

against known voice samples of suspects 
Mobile Biometrics 

Mobile ID Best Practice Recommendation (BPR

* issued in 2009 

* defined subject acquisition profiles * defined military and law enforcement profiles * requires use of ANSI/NIST-ITL standard 

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 

* incorporates key points of the BPR 

Technological advancements and modified oper

needs suggest that a new document is needed 

Key point: What type? 
ANSI/NIST-ITL LITE 



Object Oriented Data 

Bullets and Cartridges 

Issue: Advances in imaging analysis are making new approache

identification of weapons or classes of weapons more accurattopographic data) 

Need: Databases for matcher system development and initial tes

as for sequestered testing (much like is usually done at NIST) 

Problem: How to receive the data (transmission protocols) and h

it accessible 
Disaster Victim Identification Procedures u

ANSI/NIST-ITL for data transmission 

Issue: 

Data to be received from around the world 

Fingerprints, Facial images, Dental records, DNA samples 

Data to be collected together relating to a subject and updated as neede

pedigree trees and established relationships) 

Medical examiners & disaster recovery teams have not worked with po

departments to transmit data in ANSI/NIST-ITL format 

Solution: 

Develop a Best Practice Recommendations document 
NEW PROPOSAL 

2013/2014: Prepare interfaces based upon sta

• 2014: Demonstration at ADA meeting of a sim

disaster with to show receiving information frYork, overseas, INTERPOL to the conference entering it into NCIC, NamUs, WinID and cheresults 

• focus on dental data exchange 

• 2015: Data-exchange simulation of a disaster, 

commemorate the 10th anniversary of Katrina 

• include capabilities for DNA (including Ra

DNA), fingerprints, as well as dental 
WORKSHOP ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO 

ANSI/NIST-ITL STANDARD at NIST 

Monday January 28 

09:00 – 10:00 Welcome and overview of the ANSI/NISTITL 

current status and the standards development process 

10:00 – 10:30 NIEM and the XML Biometrics Domain 10:30 – 11:00 List-driven Programming 11:00 – 12:00 Ballistics Discussion 13:00 – 17:00 Forensic Voice Supplement Discussion 

Tuesday January 29 09:00 – 12:00 Mobile ID Discussion 13:00 – 17:00 Mobile ID Discussion Wednesday January 30 09:00 – 12:00 Dental Forensics Supplement Discussion 13:00 – 15:00 Disaster Victim Identification Best Practices 15:00 - 17:00 Open Forum 
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 

HTTP://biometrics.NIST.

& click for the standard's 

Or 

Brad.Wing@NIST.GOV