25-05-2012, 04:28 PM
Biometrics Design Standards For UID Applications
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Introduction
The UID Authority of India (UIDAI) has been setup by the Govt. of India with a mandate
to issue a unique identification number to every resident in the country. The UIDAI
proposes that it create a platform to first collect the identity details of residents, and
subsequently perform identity authentication services that can be used by government
and commercial service providers. A key requirement of the UID system is to
minimize/eliminate duplicate identities in order to improve the efficacy of the service
delivery.
The UIDAI has selected the biometrics feature set as the primary method to check for
duplicate identity. In order to ensure that an individual is uniquely identified in an easy
and cost-effective manner, it is necessary to ensure that the captured biometric
information can be used to carry out de-duplication. Consequently, for government and
commercial providers to authenticate the identity at the time of service delivery, it is
necessary that biometric information capture and transmission are standardized across
all partners and users of the UID system.
Tailoring of Fingerprint Image Standard
The UIDAI Fingerprint Image Standard will adopt ISO/IEC 19794-4 Fingerprint Image
Data Standard as Indian Standard and specify certain implementation values (tailoring)
Iris Image Best Practices
Summary
Compared to fingerprinting, iris capture is less studied and less standardized. For
example, fingerprint scanners are tested and certified per EFTS/F standard. No such
equivalent iris device certification is available. It is necessary to provide greater number
of parameter specifications to ensure quality iris capture.
and best practices.