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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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> -- Prof John Larmouth Larmouth T&PDS Ltd (Training and Protocol Development Services) 1 Blueberry Road Bowdon j.larmouth@salford.ac.uk Cheshire WA14 3LS Tel: +44 161 928 1605 England Fax: +44 161 928 8069
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