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.