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Subject: Re: [xcbf] [Fwd: What is the purpose of the XCBF standard?]
Dear XCBF Team, For the write-ups of our deliverables spec. , the type of detailed paragraph below: "The purpose of XCBF is to use the ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One standards of ISO-IEC and ITU-T - see www.asn1.org) schema defined in the ANSI financial services standard X9.84:200 "Biometric Information Management for Security" (see www.x9.org) to create an XML markup representation of the biometric objects defined in the NIST CBEFF document that will support both of the binary patron formats in CBEFF in order to promote data exchange, and to make secure biometric information available to XML based applications and systems, by appliying the cryptographic processing and security requirements specified in the proposed X9.96 XML Cryptographic Message Syntax (XCMS) standard to a common biometric object." should be clear in giving the precise technical details. We may think of preceding it with a more general paragraph such as: "The purpose of XCBF standards is to enable interoperability between multi-vendor life sciences applications running on multi-vendor heterogenous computer and data systems. XCBF specifies a common and secured way for biometrics data formatting, storage, retrieval, and distribution." Then, it would be a clearer introduction, wouldn't it? Best regards, Tyky Aichelen Member of OASIS XCBF TC Phil Griffin <phil.griffin@asn To: xcbf <xcbf@lists.oasis-open.org> -1.com> cc: Subject: [xcbf] [Fwd: What is the purpose of the XCBF standard?] 03/20/02 09:44 AM ----- Message from "ASN1@MINDSPRING.COM" <ASN1@MINDSPRING.COM> on Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:26:58 -0500 ----- To: "rms@computerbytesman.com" <rms@computerbytesman.com>, "phil.griffin@asn-1.com" <phil.griffin@asn-1.com>, "mary_behr@ziffdavis.com" <mary_behr@ziffdavis.com> Subject: RE: What is the purpose of the XCBF standard? Original Message: ----------------- From: Richard M. Smith rms@computerbytesman.com Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:51:59 -0500 To: phil.griffin@ASN-1.com, Mary_behr@ziffdavis.com, rms@computerbytesman.com Subject: What is the purpose of the XCBF standard? Hi Phil, I just ran across this article at PC Magazine: Biometrics to Get an XML Standard http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s=1490&a=24184,00.asp "If terrorists or those sympathetic to terrorists are identified and cataloged based on biology early on, then they could potentially be tracked via biometric devices in the future. Even so, biometrics-an automated process of identifying a person via a physical characteristic, like fingerprints-currently only helps identify individuals for purposes such as access to buildings, computers, bank accounts, and so forth. But what if biometric data became highly organized and transmittable via the Internet? To that end, OASIS, the interoperability consortium, today announced the formation of the OASIS XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF) Technical Committee, which will provide an XML standard for biometrics." Is this story really accurate? That is, the purpose of the XCBF standard is to facilitate the creation of a terrorist tracking network based on biometrics? The purpose of XCBF is to use the ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One standards of ISO-IEC and ITU-T - see www.asn1.org) schema defined in the ANSI financial services standard X9.84:200 "Biometric Information Management for Security" (see www.x9.org) to create an XML markup representation of the biometric objects defined in the NIST CBEFF document that will support both of the binary patron formats in CBEFF in order to promote data exchange, and to make secure biometric information available to XML based applications and systems, by appliying the cryptographic processing and security requirements specified in the proposed X9.96 XML Cryptographic Message Syntax (XCMS) standard to a common biometric object. Phil Griffin Chair, OASIS XCBF TC Thanks, Richard M. Smith http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
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