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    • Color FERET Database

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    The DOD Counterdrug Technology Program sponsored the Facial Recognition Technology (FERET) program and development of the FERET database. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is serving as Technical Agent for distribution of the FERET database. The goal of the FERET program is to develop new techniques, technology, and algorithms for the automatic recognition of human faces. As part of the FERET program, a database of facial imagery was collected between December 1993 and August 1996. The database is used to develop, test, and evaluate face recognition algorithms.

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    Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: See this page for license information.

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Maintainer
    Identifier 26F2FB7D11E1EB44E0531A570681D23C1451
    Language en
    Data Last Modified 2000-01-20 00:00:00
    Rights Users must abide by the release agreement and request an account to obtain the data. For more information please visit http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/colorferet.cfm.
    Category Information Technology:Biometrics
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 006:55
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id a239d568-a631-4f81-b6d4-600a81179ce3
    Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
    Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
    Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/26F2FB7D11E1EB44E0531A570681D23C1451
    License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
    Program Code 006:052
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e847a5a4f94ad591724b685c41f4d8acca9b52fb2e2acdf6e707e41d1592e76a
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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