scope:

This part of ISO/IEC 19795 establishes a mechanism for measuring the core algorithmic capabilities of biometric comparison algorithms running on ISO/IEC 7816 integrated circuit cards. Specifically, this part of ISO/IEC 19795 - instantiates a mechanism for on-card biometric comparison testing; - standardizes procedures for the measurement of the accuracy of on-card biometric comparison implementations running on object-based, test-specific sample cards; - standardizes procedures for the measurement of durations of the various operations; and - gives examples for matching ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 compact card minutiae templates. The following are specifically not within the scope of this part of ISO/IEC 19795: - procedures for securing the communications channel, including cryptographic protection of the biometric templates; - procedures for protection of sample or template integrity using digital signatures; - authentication of the card and reader; - selection or use of transmission protocols (e.g. contactless); - profiles of specific data interchange standards; - procedures for evaluation of readers, including performance, conformance and interoperability; - procedures for evaluation of ruggedness or durability of the card; - on-card template generation (e.g. extraction of minutiae from images), - template update or adaptation; - formal conformance tests of ISO/IEC 7816-4 and ISO/IEC 7816-11; - testing of devices not conforming to ISO/IEC 7816, including all system-on-card devices.