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ISO/IEC 19794 Information technology—Biometricdata interchange formats—Part 5: Face image data, orISO/IEC 19794-5 for short, is the fifth of 8 parts of theISO/IEC standardISO/IEC 19794, published in 2005, which describes interchange formats for several types ofbiometric data. ISO/IEC 19794-5 defines specifically a standard scheme for codifying data describinghuman faces within aCBEFF-compliant data structure, for use infacial recognition systems. Modernbiometric passport photos should comply with this standard.[1] Many organizations and have already started enforcing its directives,[2] and several software applications have been created to automatically test compliance to the specifications.[3]
The standard is intended to allow computer analysis of face images for automated faceidentification andauthentication, as well as human identification of distinctive facial features and human verification of computer identification results.
