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Subject: Re: [xcbf] [Fwd: What is the purpose of the XCBF standard?]


Totally agree!

Action Phil to update the standing document and Web page.

John L

Tyky Aichelen wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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