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Subject: Draft Charter


TC,

 

Below is what I have so far as far as a draft charter for the new Biometrics TC. Section 1 is more important than section 2, but don’t let that keep you from commenting. All I did for this was take the proposed charter for this TC and changed some names around (for now, I am assuming it will be called Biometrics 2.0). Let me know if there is something that needs to be changed/added/removed.

 

Additionally, we will need to start collecting statements of support (this must come from your organization’s primary representative) and a list of proposers. If you are able and would like to be an initial proposer of this TC, please reply with your name, email address, and affiliation (all as you would like it to appear on the proposed charter). For the statements of support, please have your organization’s primary representative email myself (kevin.mangold@nist.gov), Ross (ross.micheals@nist.gov) and Chet (chet.ensign@oasis-open.org) with their statement (if desired, they can email the TC’s list instead). Statements should be similar to the following:

 

“I, <Organization’s Primary Representative’s First/Last Name>, <P-Rep’s Email Address>, <Affiliation>’s primary representative to OASIS, approve the Biometrics 2.0 charter and endorse all <Affiliation> proposers listed in (2)(d).”

 

An example statement (I am using a previous NIST statement) is: “I, Mary Brady, mary.brady@nist.gov, NIST’s primary representative to OASIS, approve the Biometrics TC charter and endorse all NIST proposers listed in (2)(d).”

 

Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

 

Thanks,

Kevin

 

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Proposal for OASIS Biometrics 2.0 Technical Committee

(1) TC Charter

(1)(a) Name of the TC

OASIS Biometrics 2.0 Technical Committee

(1)(a)(1) TC Short Name

[biometrics]

(1)(b) Statement of Purpose

Despite existing efforts, opportunities remain for improving interoperability among biometric-related systems or system components.

The purpose of the OASIS Biometrics 2.0 Technical Committee is to define, enhance, and maintain open standards that facilitate the use of biometrics and biometric operations over a service-oriented architecture, such as web services. Improving interoperability is a key enabler for making biometrics more viable within multi-factor authentication. The Technical Committee will help bring parity to biometrics as compared to other technologies, such as cryptographic certificate use and management, where web services standards are markedly more mature.

Because improving interoperability through open standards is a primary objective, the Technical Committee is dedicated to the concept that conformance to standards will imply a well-documented level of interoperability. Additionally, standards development in the Technical Committee should both minimize and segregate components where requiring unique knowledge hinders interoperability.

(1)(c) Scope of Work

The Technical Committee will provide a general, yet targeted forum for developing a suite of open standards that will foster and accelerate the use of biometrics and biometric services in a distributed environment.

 

Excluded is work currently being done in ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 37 and INCITS M1, unless in coordination with the appropriate SDO(s).

(1)(d) List of Deliverables

* WS-Biometric Devices (WS-BD) v1.0

* Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) Profile Standards aligning to ISO/IEC 30108

* Other standards, guidelines, recommendations, and deliverables as initiated and approved by the Committee.

 

(1)(e) IPR Mode

The Technical Committee will operate under the "RAND" mode of the OASIS IPR Policy [https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr#s10.2.3].

(1)(f) Anticipated Audience or Users

The primary audience of the work produced by the Technical Committee will be the biometrics community, the authentication community, and the identity management community.

(1)(g) Language

English shall be the language used to conduct business within the Technical Committee. The Technical Committee may elect to form subcommittees to produce localized documentation of the Committee’s work in additional languages.

(2) Non-Normative Information Regarding TC

(2)(a) Similar or Applicable Work

This TC will succeed the OASIS Biometrics TC. The IPR mode of the Biometrics TC limits participation from the biometrics industry and community stakeholders. By succeeding the Biometrics TC, other committees from within OASIS can still have coordinated forum of biometrics standards work being performed. Committees focusing on, but not limited to, authentication, e-authentication, and privacy and identity may be able to leverage this work within their own projects. Within the US, INCITS M1 working groups focus on biometrics activities but not related to web services; this is the same within ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 37. The new committee plans to coordinate and maintain liaison relationships with both committees as well as other committees as discovered.

Activity supporting biometric standardization is underway in many venues worldwide, in de jure bodies (international, national, regional) and in de facto SSOs/SDOs, industry trade groups, inter-agency projects, etc. The OASIS Biometrics 2.0 TC will seek to align its technical activities and deliverables with these other standardization initiatives in order to support harmonized vocabularies, avoid pointless duplication of effort, and promote interoperability of biometric data exchange and machine processing.

Further, the OASIS Biometrics 2.0 TC will seek to establish working relationships with other standardization projects in the form of TC Liaisons as may be appropriate for any of its specification development activities.

(2)(b) Date, Time, and Location of First Meeting

(2)(c) Ongoing Meeting Plans and Sponsors

The TC expects to meet monthly by conference call. Sponsorship is to be determined at the first meeting.

(2)(d) Proposers of the TC

(2)(e) Statements of Support

(2)(f) TC Convener

Kevin Mangold, kevin.mangold@nist.gov, US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be the convener.

(2)(g) Member Section Affiliation

(2)(h) Initial Contributions

NIST will contribute its "Specification for WS-Biometric Devices (WS-BD)" as a starting point for one of the key TC deliverables.

(2)(i) FAQ Document

(2)(j) Work Product Titles

 

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References

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[1] Specification for WS-Biometric Devices (WS-BD)

    NIST Special Publication 500-288, Version 1, March 2012

    http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/upload/NIST-SP-500-288-v1.pdf

Summary: "WS-Biometric Devices is a protocol which focuses on the single process shared by all biometric systems: acquisition ("capturing a biometric sample with the intention of creating either a biometric reference or biometric probe"). The specification provides a framework for deploying and invoking core synchronous operations via lightweight web service protocols for the command and control of biometric sensors. The design of this specification is influenced heavily by the REST architecture; deviations and tradeoffs were made to accommodate the inherent mismatches between the REST design goals and the limitations of devices that are (typically) oriented for a single-user."

[2] NIST Biometric Web Services

Including Reference Implementation for Biometric Identity Assurance Services

http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/bws.cfm

[3] Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) SOAP Profile Version 1.0

    OASIS Standard, 24 May 2012

    http://docs.oasis-open.org/bias/soap-profile/v1.0/os/biasprofile-v1.0-os.html

Summary: This profile specifies how to use the Extensible Markup Language (XML) defined in ANSI INCITS 442-2010 – Biometric Identity Assurance Services to invoke Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)-based services that implement BIAS operations. These SOAP-based services enable an application to invoke biometric identity assurance operations remotely in a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure. This OASIS BIAS profile specifies the design concepts and architecture, data model and data dictionary, message structure and rules, and error handling necessary to invoke SOAP-based services that implement BIAS operations. Together, the BIAS standard and the BIAS profile provide an open framework for deploying and remotely invoking biometric-based identity assurance capabilities that can be readily accessed across an SOA infrastructure."

 

[4] Biometrics in a Networked World (Kevin Mangold)

http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-details/i/1271/

 

[5] OASIS Biometrics TC, https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/biometrics/

 

** Biometric Standards: General References **

[6] Getting Started: Biometric Standards (Catherine J. Tilton)

    http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-details/i/499/

[7] Biometric Standards: Interview with Christoph Busch

    http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-details/i/1172/

[8] Advance of Biometric Standards: Fernando Podio

    http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-details/i/1130/

** Biometric Standardization Venues **

[9] ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 37 (Biometrics)

http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_tc_browse.htm?commid=313770

http://www.christoph-busch.de/standards-sc37wg3.html

[10] ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 (Cards and Personal Identification)

http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_tc_browse.htm?commid=45144

[11] ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 (IT Security Techniques)

http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_tc_browse.htm?commid=45306

[12] ISO TC 68/SC 2 (Financial Services, Security)

http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_tc_browse.htm?commid=49670

[13] INCITS/M1, Biometrics Technical Committee

http://standards.incits.org/a/public/group/m1

[14] ITU-T Study Group 17 (SG17)

http://www.itu.int/net/ITU-T/info/sg17.aspx

[15] BioAPI Consortium

http://www.bioapi.org/

[16] International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA)

http://ibia.org/

[17] NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) for Biometrics

http://www.nist.gov/biometrics-portal.cfm

[18] US Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency (DFBA)

http://www.biometrics.dod.mil/

[19] US National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Biometrics Domain

https://www.niem.gov/communities/biometrics/Pages/about-bm.aspx

[20] UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

     [Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs), Biometrics and Border Security]

http://www.icao.int/Meetings/mrtd-Zimbabwe2012/Pages/default.aspx

[21] Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) Aadhaar Project

http://uidai.gov.in/aadhaar.html

[22] VoiceXML Forum [Voice Biometrics]

http://www.voicexml.org/

 

 

 

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Kevin Mangold

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Information Technology Lab / Information Access Division / Image Group / Biometric Clients Lab

Office: 301-975-5628

 



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