ISO/IEC 29109-2:2010 specifies elements of conformance testing methodology, test assertions, and test procedures as applicable to the biometric data interchange format standard relating to finger minutiae data (i.e. ISO/IEC 19794-2).

It establishes

• tests of assertions of the structure of the finger minutiae data format as specified in ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 (Type A Level 1 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009),


• tests of assertions of internal consistency by checking the types of values that may be contained within each field (Type A Level 2 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009), and


• tests of semantic assertions (Type A Level 3 as defined in ISO/IEC 29109-1:2009).

ISO/IEC 29109-2:2010 does not establish

• tests of conformance of CBEFF structures embedding ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 biometric data blocks (BDBs),


• tests of other characteristics of biometric products or other types of testing of biometric products (e.g. acceptance, performance, robustness, security),


• tests of conformance of systems that do not produce ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 records, or


• tests for level 3 conformance testing.