[xcbf] comments from dr. paul Gerome, I.M. xcbf TC

[catherine moussalli <113322.1543@compuserve.com>]

dear Expert Colleagues of xcbf TC

I think we need to address issues of unimodal, bimodal and multimodal
biometrics, at the very core of an excellent revision so far.
Congratulations to editors!

may you pick-up a look in :
<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2828.txt>

1st page is copied below:

<Network Working Group                                          R. Shirey
Request for Comments: 2828                        GTE / BBN Technologies
FYI: 36                                                         May 2000
Category: Informational


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where the vendors, in a standard, to be mentioned, is not considered a very
smashing idea

so I am suggesting we take time during the Baltimore meeting to discuss
alternative options, as one taken in consideration by ITU-T/SG17/q10
"security" which take into account a neat Multimodal Model based on modal
interface types between bio item - the customer own body parts - and the
transducer/sensor type operating the capture of biometric sample

this enables us to have a more basic category model of biometric sample
types

I have prepared presentation for clarification of this aim and will present
if wished so

I am committed to help as much as possible to perfect the excellent work
done

yours sincerely

dr paul Gerome