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Constraint Schema

This is a NIEM schema that adds additional constraints and restrictions to components.A constraint schema was used in the 2008 version of the standard to add cardinalityconstraints to schemas that were automatically generated by a NIEM tool called SSGT(Subset Schema Generator Tool). The tool has been updated to directly specifycardinality constraints in the NIEM subset schema, so constraint schemas are no longerprovided. However, an implementer is permitted to define their own constraint schemato add further restrictions to the standard. An example is to only allow certain recordtypes in a transaction.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update:2015 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information. ANSI/National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2011. Source link