NIST Special Publication 500-271

Citation
American National Standard for Information Systems &mdash; Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial, & Other Biometric Information – Part 1 (ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007) (NIST Special Publication 500-271) (May 2007) (full-text).

Overview
This publication sets for a standard for the effectively exchange of identification data (fingerprint, palm print, facial (mugshot), or other biometric information (including iris data)) across jurisdictional lines or between dissimilar systems made by different manufacturers.