ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011描述了定义生物特征数据交换格式的一般方面和要求。符号和传输格式提供了平台独立性，并将传输语法与内容定义分离。ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011定义了生物识别数据格式的常用内容，即ISO/IEC 19794特定部分中考虑的生物识别类型的生物识别数据格式的通用内容、含义和表示的标准化。

ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011 describes the general aspects and requirements for defining biometric data interchange formats. The notation and transfer formats provide platform independence and separation of transfer syntax from content definition. ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011 defines what is commonly applied for biometric data formats, i.e. the standardization of the common content, meaning, and representation of biometric data formats of biometric types considered in the specific parts of ISO/IEC 19794.