Support for new Biometrics TC

[Robin Cover <robin@oasis-open.org>]

Cathy Tilton wrote (below):

> I wanted to make you aware of, and solicit support for, the formation of
> a new Biometrics TC.

In addition to the URIs provided by Cathy, here are
pointers to more information on the discussion list
and early charter proposal for the Biometric Web Services
activity:

Proposal for an OASIS Biometric Web Services Technical Committee
  http://xml.coverpages.org/newsletter/news2010-11-04.html#cite1

NIST Demonstrates Wireless Biometric Sensor Interoperability Prototype
  http://xml.coverpages.org/newsletter/news2010-11-04.html#cite2

Cheers,

  - Robin

Robin Cover
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Tilton, Cathy wrote:

> My apologies - my fingers hit something that sent this out prematurely.
> Please see completed message below.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tilton, Cathy
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:46 AM
> To: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Support for new Biometrics TC
>
> Chairs -
>
> I wanted to make you aware of, and solicit support for, the formation of
> a new Biometrics TC.  You may or may not have been following the work of
> the current BIAS (Biometric Identity Assurance Services) TC, but we have
> made progress towards the finalization of our specification and also on
> our reference implementation.
>
> However, over the course of our work, we've identified other related
> work in the area of biometrics.  Rather than re-charter our current TC
> before our work is done, we'd rather "spin-off" a new TC with a broader
> scope to address these and other projects.
>
> To learn more about this, you can visit http://bws.nist.gov.  Also, a
> discussion list has been established and will be open for about another
> 45 days. (You can sign up for the list by sending an e-mail to
> bws-discuss-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org.)  I'd encourage you (and
> your TC members who are interested) to participate in the discussion
> list to ask questions and learn more about this (to be) proposed TC.
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
>
> Regards,
> Cathy Tilton
> Chair, BIAS TC
>