Common Vocabulary in Mobile Biometric Industry
From Automated Biometric Information System (ABIS) to Deduplication to Watchlist; or organizations such as ICAO, MOSIP or OSIA;
the terminology in the world of Mobile Biometric Solutions can be confusing.
Coppernic has put together a short list of common vocabulary that you can refer to in order to better understand this industry.
ABIS
Automated Biometric Identification System: biometric database for identification purpose
AFIS
Automated Fingerprint Identification System: ABIS supports fingerprints only
Base
In the local or remote database sense
Connexion
Connection status between mobile client and remote server: Online/Offline/Sometimes Connected
Control
1:1 comparison of biometric data capture with document recording
Android application for IDP FAP50, IDP FAP20, Access ER Danno
CopperID Server
Web application to create CopperID Mobile and Server user accounts, and collect data captured by CopperID Mobile
Deduplication
Search for possible duplicates in a biometric database. Requires an adjudication interface to compare candidate duplicates and choose the action to be taken.
Document
Document containing biographical and biometric data (passport, badge, license, card, etc.)
Enrollment
Collection of biographical and biometric data for registration in a database
Biometric file format
Several formats are used, including FBI EBTS, ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-20xx and STANAG 4715…
International Civil Aviation Organization, which, among other things, defined the standards for passports and e-passports (i.e. the face in the photo, mandatory data, MRZ format, chip coding, etc.).
Identification
1:N search based on biometric data capture (1 – 4 – 10 FP, iris, face, mixed…) and search for matches scored in a database
ISO/IEC 19794-n
ISO standard for n-modality biometrics (-4:FP, -5: face, -6:iris)
Modular Open Source Identity Platform: Open Source product enabling the creation of a fundamental identity system for implementing services based on biometric identification (civil status, voting, retirement, social security, etc.).
Open Source Identification APIs: standardized APIs for interfacing biometric systems
Verification
1:1 comparison of a biometric data capture with a base record
Watchlist
Database of records of particular interest. Base distinct from the main database (either an extract or from a completely different source)
