Application to Participate in the 

Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation II 

(SlapSegII)

1 Who Should Participate

1.1 Makers of commercially available slap fingerprint segmentation software are invited to 

participate in the Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation II.

1.2 In addition, companies, research organizations, or universities that have developed 

mature prototype or research slap fingerprint segmentation software are invited to 

participate.

1.3 The segmentation software need not be “operational,” nor a production system, nor 

commercially available. However, the system must, at a minimum, be a stable 

implementation capable of being “wrapped” (formatted) as specified in the SlapSegII 

testing plan documentation that National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has 

published1 for this evaluation. 

1.4 Anonymous participation will not be permitted. This means that signatories to this 

agreement acknowledge that they understand that the results (see Sections 6 and 7) of 

the evaluation of the software will be published with attribution to their organization. 

2 Evaluation Procedure 

2.1 In order to request participation in SlapSegII, potential participants must fill out this 

form identifying the Responsible Party and the Point of Contact, print and sign the 

form, and send to the location designated below. 

2.1.1 The Responsible Party is an individual with the authority to commit the organization 

to the terms in this document. 

2.1.2 The Point of Contact is an individual with detailed knowledge of the system to be 

considered for evaluation.

2.2 Upon receipt of the signed form by NIST, the organization will be classified as a 

“Participant”. NIST must receive the form by the due date described in the SlapSegII 

Calendar, as posted on the SlapSegII website. Registered Participants should

download the small Validation Dataset available on the website. Prior to submission 

of their Software Development Kit (SDK) the Participant needs to verify that a) their 

software executes on the validation data, and b) produces segmentation coordinates in 

the format specified in the SlapSegII testing plan document. The output of the 

validation data must be submitted to NIST along with the SDK.

2.3 After the Participant has executed their software on the Validation Data, the 

Participants should send the software (SDK) together with the validation output to 

NIST. Software can be sent by email (must be encrypted using public key 

provided by NIST, procedures will be posted on the website) to 

1 The SlapSegII website is: http://fingerprint.nist.gov/slapsegII

 
slapseg@nist.gov, or on CDROM (recommend using encryption for software on

CDROM) to: 

Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation II (SlapSegII) Liaison 

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Information Access Division (894) 

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8940 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8940 

2.4 Software submitted must be compliant with the SlapSegII testing plan documentation, 

as posted on the SlapSegII website at http://fingerprint.nist.gov/SlapSegII 

2.5 Upon receipt of the SDK and validation output, NIST will attempt to reproduce the 

output by executing the SDK on the validation data, using a NIST computer. In the 

event of disagreement in the output, or other difficulties, the Participant will be 

notified.

2.6 In the event software is found to be non-functional or non-compliant with the 

SlapSegII Documentation (section 4), or where the Validation Dataset results cannot 

be replicated by NIST, Participants will be notified with a detailed description of the 

problem(s) and given a reasonable opportunity to resubmit (as time allows) according 

to the discretion of the SlapSegII Liaison. 

3 Points of Contact

3.1 The SlapSegII Liaison is the government point of contact for SlapSegII. 

3.2 All correspondence should be directed to slapseg@nist.gov , which will be received by 

the SlapSegII Liaison and other SlapSegII personnel.

3.3 These correspondences may be posted on the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) area of 

the SlapSegII website at the discretion of the SlapSegII Liaison. The identity of those 

persons or organizations whose correspondences lead to FAQ postings will not be 

made public in the FAQ. 

4 Access to SlapSegII Validation Data 

4.1 The SlapSegII Validation Data is supplied to Participants to assist in preparing for 

SlapSegII.

4.2 The fingerprints in the SlapSegII Validation Data are representative of the SlapSegII 

Test Data only in format. Image quality, collection device and other characteristics 

may vary between the Validation and Test Datasets. 

5 Access to SlapSegII Test Data

5.1 The SlapSegII Test Datasets are protected under the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), and 

will be treated as Sensitive but Unclassified and/or Law Enforcement Sensitive.

5.2 SlapSegII Participants will have no access to SlapSegII Test Data, either before, during 

or after the test. 
6 Release of Evaluation Results 

6.1 After the completion of the evaluations, the Government will combine all results into 

a Final Report. The Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation II Final Report will 

contain, at a minimum, descriptive information concerning SlapSegII, descriptions of 

each experiment, and evaluation results. 

6.2 Participants will be notified of the public release of the SlapSegII Final Report.

6.3 After the release of the SlapSegII Final Report, Participants may decide to use results 

of these evaluations for their own purposes. Such results shall be accompanied by the 

following phrase: “Results shown from the Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation 

II do not constitute endorsement of any particular system by the Government.” Such 

results shall also be accompanied by the Internet address (URL) of the SlapSegII Final 

Report on the SlapSegII website.

7 Additional Information

7.1 Any data obtained during the SlapSegII evaluations, as well as any documentation 

required by the Government from the participants, becomes the property of the 

Government. Participants will not possess a proprietary interest in the data and/or 

submitted documentation. 

7.2 With the signing of this form, Participants attest that they will not file any SlapSegIIrelated claim against SlapSegII sponsors, supporters, staff, contractors, or agency of 

the U.S. Government, or otherwise seek compensation for any equipment, materials, 

supplies, information, travel, labor and/or other participant provided services.

7.3 The Government is not bound or obligated to follow any recommendations that may 

be submitted by the Participant. The United States Government, or any individual 

agency, is not bound, nor is it obligated, in any way to give any special consideration to 

SlapSegII Participants on future contracts.

7.4 With the signing of this form, Participants realize that any test details and/or 

modifications that are provided in the SlapSegII website supersede the information on 

this form.

7.5 With the signing of this form, Participants realize that they can withdraw from the 

SlapSegII evaluations at any time before the software to be evaluated is received by 

NIST, without their participation and withdrawal being documented in the SlapSegII

Evaluation Report. 

7.6 Please send the completed and signed form to:

Via Mail:

Slap Segmentation Evaluation II Liaison

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Information Access Division (894)

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8940

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8940

Via Facsimile:

(301) 975-5287
 Request to Participate

Company / Organization Name

 Responsible Party 

Title First Name MI Last Name Suffix

 

Street/Mailing Address

City State Zip Code

Phone Number Fax Number Email Address

 Point of Contact: Check if same as Responsible Party above 

Title First Name MI Last Name Suffix

 

Street/Mailing Address

City State Zip Code

Phone Number Fax Number Email Address

With my signature, I hereby request consideration as a Participant in the Slap 

Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation II, and I am authorizing my company or 

organization to participate in SlapSegII according to the rules and limitations listed in 

this document. 

With my signature, I also state that I have the authority to accept the terms stated in 

this document. 

SIGNATURE OF RESPONSIBLE PARTY DATE