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Biometric Vocabulary, Standardization

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The International Standards Organisation (ISO) Standard 1087-1 [1] defines vocabulary as a “terminological dictionary which contains a list of designations and definitions from one or more specific subject fields”. For the subject field of biometrics, while there are several publications of biometric vocabularies, including [2, 3], there is no single collection of biometric terms and definitions considered by the industry to be the definitive source. As a result, there are inconsistencies across biometric literature which may negatively impact knowledge representation and transfer. Efforts are underway in ISO/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Joint Technical Committee (JTC) 1 SC 37, however, to harmonize the biometric terminology that exists in the industry and develop a biometric vocabulary that will surely become the definitive source.

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References

  1. ISO 1087-1:2000, Terminology work — Vocabulary — Part 1: Theory and application.

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  2. 1999 Glossary of Biometric Terms, International Association for Biometrics (iAfB): http://www.afb.org.uk/docs/glossary.htm

  3. Find BIOMETRICS Glossary: http://www.findbiometrics.com/Pages/glossary.html

  4. ISO 704:2000, Terminology work — Principles and methods.

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  5. ISO 860:1996, Terminology work — Harmonization of concepts and terms.

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  6. ISO 2382, Information Technology – Vocabulary.

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  7. Common Criteria Biometric Evaluation Methodology, v1.0: http://www.cesg.gov.uk/site/ast/biometrics/media/BEM_10.pdf

  8. Wikipedia: http://wikipedia.org/

  9. ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 37 Standing Document 2 – Harmonized Biometric Vocabulary: http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink?func=ll&objId=2299739&objAction=browse&sort=name

  10. German translation of SD2: http://www.3dface.org/media/vocabulary.html

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    Rene McIver

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  1. Center for Biometrics and Security Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Stan Z. Li (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Departments of Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Anil Jain (Professor) (Professor)

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McIver, R. (2009). Biometric Vocabulary, Standardization. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_227

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