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NIST/ITL's Biometric Application Programming Interface (BioAPI) Conformance Test Suite (CTS)

NIST/ITL’s BioAPI CTS beta implementation [also known as the “Biometric Test Environment" (BTE)]

The User Guide provides computer requirements for installing the BTE (as shown below), information on how to download and install Java, it describes the BTE installation procedure, and how to run the BTE. An informative brief walkthrough is provided. A list of currently supported BioAPI and BioSPI functions and a software distribution - file list is also provided.

Requirements

The following are the computer requirements for installing the BTE.

1. Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or higher. While the BTE may run on lower versions of Windows the lower versions have not been tested.
2. The Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 or higher.

By downloading NIST/ITL's BioAPI CTS beta implementation (the “BTE”), I acknowledge review of the computer requirements and User Guide and acceptance of the terms of the NIST disclaimer. For installation instructions please refer to the "BTE Installation" in the User Guide.

• NIST/ITL's BioAPI CTS beta implementation (BTE) (3.1MB)
• User Guide
  

Send comments and suggestions on the NIST/ITL's Biometric Application Programming Interface (BioAPI) Conformance Test Suite (CTS) to BioAPICTS@nist.gov