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This part of ISO/IEC 39794 specifies ¾ generic extensible data interchange formats for the representation of finger minutia data: o a tagged binary data format based on an extensible specification in ASN.1 o a textual data format based on an XML schema definition that is capable of holding the same information as the tagged binary format, and o an on-card biometric comparison format based on extensible TLV encoding ¾ on-card biometric comparison parameters based on extensible TLV encoding for constructing valid probe data in the on-card biometric comparison format ¾ examples of data record contents, ¾ application specific requirements, recommendations, and best practices in data determining minutiae location, direction, and type, and ¾ conformance test assertions and conformance test procedures applicable to this part of ISO/IEC 39794. NOTE - Although ISO/IEC 39794-4 covers finger, palm, toe as well as foot image data, this part of ISO/IEC 39794 only covers finger minutiae and is neither applicable to palms, toes or feet.