Defines the exchange of human vascular biometric image information. It defines a specific definition of attributes, a data record format for storing and transmitting vascular biometric images and certain attributes, a sample record and conformance criteria. Intended for applications requiring the exchange of raw or processed vascular biometric images. It is intended for applications not limited by the amount of storage required. It is a compromise or a trade-off between the resources required for data storage or transmission and the potential for improved data quality/accuracy. Basically, it is to enable various algorithms to identify or verify the vascular biometric image data transferred from other image sources. Currently available vascular biometric technologies that may utilize it for image exchange are technologies that use the back of the hand, palm and finger.