OASIS XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF) TC

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Providing a standard way to describe information that verifies identity based on human characteristics such as DNA, fingerprints, iris scans, and hand geometry

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Announcements

The XCBF 1.1 is an OASIS Standard, approved August 2003. This OASIS XCBF 1.1 Standard, document dated September 03, 2003 is available for free download.


Overview

The OASIS XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF) Technical Committee defines a common set of secure XML encodings for the patron formats specified in CBEFF, the Common Biometric Exchange File Format (NISTIR 6529). These XML encodings are based on the ASN.1 schema defined in ANSI X9.84:2003 Biometrics Information Management and Security. They conform to the XML Encoding Rules (XER) for ASN.1 defined in ITU-T Recommendation X.693, and rely on the security and processing requirements specified in X9.96 XML Cryptographic Message Syntax (XCMS).

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Technical Work Produced by the Committee

XML Common Biometric Format, OASIS Standard, approved August 2003


External Resources

Although not produced by the OASIS XCBF TC, the following information offers useful insights into its work.

XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF) Ratified as OASIS Standard
16 Sep 2003

OASIS XML Common Biometric Format Specification (XCBF) Submitted for Approval.
CoverPages, 5 August 2003

Web Services Security XCBF Token Profile
Cover Pages Newsletter, 26 Nov 2002

Canonical XML Encoding Rules (cXER) for Secure Messages. An ASN.1 Schema for Secure XML Markup
Cover Pages, Sep 2002


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