This document establishes the following items for any or all biometric sample types as necessary:

—     terms and definitions that are useful in the specification and use of quality measures;

—     purpose and interpretation of biometric quality scores;

—     motivation for developing biometric sample datasets for the purpose of quality score normalization;

—     format for exchange of quality assessment algorithm results;

—     methods for aggregation of quality scores;

—     methods for evaluating the efficiency of quality assessment algorithms.

The following are outside the scope of this document:

—     specification of minimum requirements for sample, module, or system quality scores;

—     standardization of quality assessment algorithms;

—     assessment of utility of biometric samples or references for human examiners.