Reference documents

• INTERPOL encourages member countries to exchange fingerprint data between one and other and also to INTERPOL fingerprint service using the INTERPOL implementation of the ANSI/NIST standard. To do this INTERPOL has created a gateway and the specification for the NIST files needed are available on this page for downloading. If you require assistance in creating NIST files please contact the following address:

  Fingerprints department

  
  AFIS - Updating the gateway connecting the e-mail system to AFIS, in conformity with versions 2 and 3 of the ANSI/NIST standard, which correspond to INTERPOL versions 2, 3, 4 and 4.22     (Acrobat files )
  
  
• Guidelines for fingerprint transmission      (Acrobat files )
  
  
• Data format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & SMT information
  Acrobat file
  INTERPOL Implementation (ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2000)         
  prepared by
  The INTERPOL AFIS Expert Group (updated October 28, 2005)
  Version No. 4.22b - October 28, 2005
  
  
• Products certified for compliance with the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) Image Quality Specifications (IQS)
  (source Federal Bureau of Investigation)

• Data format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & SMT information
  Acrobat file
  INTERPOL Implementation (ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2000)   
  prepared by
  The INTERPOL AFIS Expert Group (updated October 2004)
  Version No. 4.22 - July 12, 2004
  
  
• Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & SMT information
  Acrobat file
  INTERPOL Implementation (ANSI/NIST ITL 1-2000)
  prepared by
  The INTERPOL AFIS Expert Working Group
  Version no 4 – 19 November 2002

• Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint , Facial & SMT Information
  INTERPOL Implementation (ANSI/NIST-ITL 1a-1997)
  prepared by
  The INTERPOL AFIS Expert Working Group
  Version no 3 – June 2001
  

  The present document, the INTERPOL Implementation (INT-I), has been written with the intention of supplementing the ANSI/NIST publication for the guidance of INTERPOL's members .

• Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint
  INTERPOL Implementation (ANSI/NIST-CLS 1-1993)
  prepared by
  The Expert Working Group on Computerized Fingerprint Image Handling
  Version no 2 – October 1998
  Acrobat files