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

[Alessandro Triglia <sandro@oss.com>]

At 2002/03/20 10:41 -0800, 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


Hi Tyky

What do you mean exactly by "life sciences applications"?

I believe the purpose of XCBF standards is much wider than just life 
sciences applications.  Biometrics, and transmission of biometric samples 
and templates, is an enabling technology for an immense number of applications.

Alessandro


>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
>
>
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>Original Message:
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>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?
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>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
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>    "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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