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This part of ISO/IEC 19794 standard specifies a data interchange format for the exchange of DNA data for person identification or verification technologies that utilize human DNA. It will provide the ability for DNA profile data to be exchanged and used for comparison (subject to privacy regulations) with DNA profile data produced by any other system that is based on a compatible DNA profiling technique and where the data format conforms to this standard. The standard is intended to cover current forensic requirements based on short tandem repeats (STRs) including STRs on the Y chromosome (Y-STRs) as well as mitochondrial DNA. Each of these different DNA techniques generates a different type of DNA result for the same subject. A single DNA data record for a subject may require data for more than one of these different DNA techniques. This standard shall enable data for multiple DNA techniques to be presented in a single record for a given subject. The data format encompasses the recording of DNA data. It is anticipated that a reduction of human involvement in terms of reduced processing time (enrollment and comparison), so that the identification can be conducted in an automated procedure. This part of ISO/IEC 19794 is intended for applications requiring the exchange of processed and raw (electrophoretic) DNA data. Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) encoding of the data is used to specify DNA data interchange. A normative XML Schema Definition (XSD) specification is provided in the Annex B: DNA XML Schema. This part of ISO/IEC 19794 is not intended for any other purposes than exchange of DNA for biometric verification and identification of individuals, in particular does not exchange medical and other health related information.