Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework Standardization

Podio, Fernando; Herr, Fred; Lee, Yooyoung

doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-7488-4_228

Fernando Podio³,
Fred Herr⁴ &
Yooyoung Lee⁵

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Biometric information record; Biometric registration authority; BIR; Data interchange format; Patron format specification; SB; SBH; Security block; Standard biometric header

Definition

Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework (CBEFF) provides a standardized set of definitions and procedures that support the interchange of biometric data in standard data structures called CBEFF biometric information records (BIRs). BIRs are well-defined data structures that consist of two or three parts: the standard biometric header (SBH), the biometric data block (BDB), and possibly the optional security block (SB). CBEFF permits considerable flexibility regarding BIR structures and BDB content but does so in a way that makes it easy for biometric applications to evaluate their interest in processing a particular BIR. CBEFF imposes no restrictions on the contents of a BDB, which can conform to a standardized biometric data interchange format or can be completely proprietary. CBEFF...

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Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Fernando Podio
Identification Technology Partners, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Fred Herr
Dakota-consulting Inc., Contractor at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Yooyoung Lee

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Center for Biometrics and Security, Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Stan Z. Li
Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Anil K. Jain

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Podio, F., Herr, F., Lee, Y. (2015). Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework Standardization. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7488-4_228

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7488-4_228
Published: 03 July 2015
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