ISO 19794-2

File Format
Name	ISO 19794-2
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Forensics and Law Enforcement ISO 19794-2
Released	2005

ISO 19794-2 is a format for storing a description of the minutae (differentiating features) of fingerprints. It is almost identical to, but incompatible with, ANSI 378..

Identification

ANSI 378 files will begin with 46 4D 52 00, which is ASCII "FMR" followed by a zero byte. This is the same signature as ANSI 378; gives an algorithm to tell them apart.

Specifications

• Official specification (Paid)
  • 2005 version (ISO-19794-2:2005)
  • 2001 version (ISO-19794-2:2011)
• Robert Važan's unofficial specification

Software

• FingerprintIO (Only 2005 version, and "only basic read-only support")
• BiomDI

See Also

• ANSI 378
• ANSI 381
• WSQ