Technical Glossary

Important terms to understand when using FaceTec UR Codes.

UR Code & FaceTec Terminology

UR Code

A UR Code ("You Are" Code) is a Cryptographically Signed Biometric 2D Barcode that can be used for matching and two-party remote identity verification. The face data represented in a UR Code is not an image and is not human-viewable.

3D FaceScan

An encrypted byte blob that contains reverse-engineered 3D data from 100+ video frames captured during a ~2-second User Selfie. FaceScans are always encrypted and are not human-viewable. 3D FaceScans DO contain Liveness Data.

3D Liveness Check

Our highly secure and accurate ensemble of 100+ Algorithms and Heuristics evaluates a 3D FaceScan to prove the Liveness of a User.

2D Image

A JPEG or PNG image. When creating a UR Code, the 2D Image should adhere to the guidelines in the UR Code 2D Image Guide.

UR Code Template Schema

A JSON that describes the fields contained in a template for a specific UR Code Type.

UR Code Template File

An encrypted file processed by the UR Code SDKs to encode or output the contents of a given UR Code Type.

FaceTec-Signed Public Key

A Public Key that has been signed by FaceTec to ensure that the key itself is valid and can be used to verify the contents of a UR Code.

Issuing Authority

An organization that Relying Parties choose to accept Identity Data from. (Examples: The DMV, the State Department, a School, or a Non-Profit Organization)

Relying Party

An organization or individual that processes the Identity Data generated from an Issuing Authority. (Examples: A Bank or Financial Services Company, a Car Rental Company, an Online Ticket Vendor, a Deliveryman/Courier, a School Exam Administrator, or an Insurance Provider)

General Technology & API-Related Terminology

Testing API

A hosted API provided by FaceTec to test UR Codes during the early development phase for testing before signing an agreement with FaceTec.

AWS

Amazon Web Services, the leading cloud-computing provider.

AWS S3 & Elastic Beanstalk

Amazon S3 is a simple, cost-effective storage solution. Amazon Elastic Beanstalk is a web app deployment and management solution that makes it easier to scale and deploy large-scale web applications.

Azure

The Microsoft Cloud computing platform.

Google Cloud

The Google Cloud computing platform.

HTTPS API

Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface.