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# BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL

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### Supporting ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 (AN-2011) and ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update: 2013 (AN-2013) Traditional and NIEM XML Encoding

### September 2016

BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL supports Conformance Test Suites (CTSs) for AN-2011 and AN-2013; testing both Traditional Encoding, and NIEM-XML Encoding.

The **Traditional CTSs** support testing for the following record types:
                  - Type 1, Transaction Information Record
                  - Type 2, User-defined descriptive text
                  - Type 4, High-resolution grayscale fingerprint image
                  - Type 7, User-defined image
                  - Type 8, Signature image
                  - Type 9, Minutiae data
                  - Type 10, Facial and SMT image  (AN-2013 Name: Photographic body part imagery (including face and SMT))
                  - Type 11, Forensic and investigatory voice data  (AN-2013 only)
                  - Type 12, Forensic dental and oral data  (AN-2013 only)
                  - Type 13, Variable-resolution latent image
                  - Type 14, Variable-resolution fingerprint image
                  - Type 15, Palm print image
                  - Type 16, User-defined variable-resolution testing image
                  - Type 17, Iris image
                  - Type 18, DNA data
                  - Type 19, Variable-resolution plantar image
                  - Type 20, Source representation
                  - Type 21, Associated context
                  - Type 22, Non-photographic imagery  (AN-2013 only)
                  - Type 98, Information assurance
                  - Type 99, CBEFF biometric data record

The **NIEM-XML CTSs** support testing for the following selected record types:
                  - Type 1, Transaction Information Record
                  - Type 4, High-resolution grayscale fingerprint image
                  - Type 10, Photographic body part imagery (including face and SMT)
                  - Type 12, Forensic dental and oral data  (AN-2013 only)
                  - Type 13, Variable-resolution latent image  (AN-2011 only)
                  - Type 14, Variable-resolution fingerprint image  (AN-2011 only)
                  - Type 15, Palm print image  (AN-2011 only)
                  - Type 17, Iris image  (AN-2011 only)
                  - Type 22, Non-photographic imagery  (AN-2013 only)

Development of additional Record Types for the NIEM-XML CTSs is ongoing.

## Software Downloads

BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL contains everything required to test implementations of AN-2011 and AN-2013. Read the instructions contained in the associated documentation.

### Current Versions:

To see what has changed since the initial release, please review the Changelog.
                  -  BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL Install File  (Beta 2.0.6107.19926) – September 20, 2016 ( Hash Summary File )
                  -  AN-2011 and AN-2013 Sample data  - September 20, 2016
                  -  ANSI/NIST-ITL Formatted Record and Field Extractor  (Beta 1.1.6107.20009) – September 20, 2016 ( Hash Summary File )
                  -  BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL NIEM XML Modified Schema  - September 20,  2016- To read the rationale behind, and a summary of the modifications, please refer to the BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL v2 User Guide, September 2016, below.

### Old Versions:

                  - BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL Install File  (Beta 2.0.5791.13139) - November 9, 2015 ( Hash Summary File )
                  - ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Formatted Record and Field Extractor  - March 2014
                  - BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL Install File  (Beta 2.0.5724.16724) - September 3, 2015 ( Hash Summary File )
                  - BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL Install File  - (Beta 2.0.5701.16353) August 10, 2015 ( Hash Summary File )
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 and AN-2013 Install File  - (Beta 1.2.5353.15785) September 10, 2014 ( Hash Summary File )
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File  - (Beta 1.1.4961.21207) August 1, 2013
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File  - (Beta 1.0.4771.15880) January 23, 2013
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 Command Line Interface  - (Beta 1.0.4771.15880) January 23, 2013 -  Documentation
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File  - (Beta 1.0.4681.16434) November 5, 2012
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File  - (Beta 1.0.4653.19915) September 27, 2012
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 Install File  - (Beta 1.0) August 2012

## Documentation

                  -  BioCTS for ANSI/NIST-ITL v2 User Guide ,  Christofer J. McGinnis and Dylan Yaga , September 2016
                  - DRAFT NIST Special Publication 500-304 Rev. 1: Conformance Testing Methodology Framework for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update: 2013, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information with Errata ,  Christofer J. McGinnis, Dylan Yaga and Fernando L. Podio , November 2015
                  - NIST SP 500-304 Annex D: Test Notes and Exceptions for the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update 2013 Conformance Testing Methodology Framework ,  Christofer J. McGinnis and Dylan J. Yaga , November 2015
                  - NIST Special Publication 500-304: Conformance Testing Methodology Framework for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update: 2013, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information ,  Christofer J. McGinnis, Dylan J. Yaga and Fernando L. Podio , June 2015
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 and AN-2013 Traditional and NIEM XML Encoding User Guide ,  Dylan Yaga, Fernando L. Podio and Christofer J. McGinnis , September 2014
                  - DRAFT NIST SP 500-295 Revision 1 - Conformance Testing Methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information ,  Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, and Christofer J. McGinnis , October 2013
                  - ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Formatted Record and Field Extractor User Guide  –  Dylan Yaga, Fernando L. Podio, Christofer J. McGinnis , March 2014
                  - NISTIR 7957 Conformance Test Architecture and Test Suite for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 NIEM XML Encoded Transactions ,  Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, and Christofer J. McGinnis , September 2013
                  - BioCTS for AN-2011 NIEM XML User Guide ,  Dylan Yaga, Fernando L. Podio, Christofer J. McGinnis,  August 2013
                  - BioCTS 2012 for AN-2011 User Guide ,  Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis,  August 2012
                  - NIST Special Publication 500-295 Conformance Testing Methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information  (Release 1.0),  Editors: Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis,  August 2012
                  - NISTIR 7877 BioCTS 2012: Advanced Conformance Test Architectures and Test Suites for Biometric Data Interchange Formats and Biometric Information Records ,  Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, and Christofer J. McGinnis , September 2012

## Sponsor

The BioCTS work was sponsored in part by the Department of Homeland Security/Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)

## Contact

Send comments/errors on the tool, sample data and documentation to BioCTS [at] nist.gov (BioCTS[at]nist[dot]gov)

## Screen Captures

The following screen captures were taken from BioCTS for AN-2011 and AN-2013. Batch testing and the Editor are shown in the examples below:

**Batch Testing:** Overall results (left panel), Detailed results (right panel)

**Editor:** All supported record types shown. Arrows allow user to expand results
**Editor With Expanded Results:**

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