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A Biometric Application Programming Interface Industry Standard - Benefits for the Users and The Enterprise

Published

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, J S. Dunn

Abstract

This paper defines biometrics technologies and states that these technologies are ideally suited to provide highly secure identification and personal verification solutions. The benefit of biometric standards to the end-users, the Enterprise and the global economy is discussed as well as how biometric industry standards will affect identification and verification security applications. The evolution and emergence of Biometric Application Programming Interfaces is addressed with special emphasis on the BioAPI Consortium and BioAPI's specification. NIST's research efforts in biometric interoperability and NIST's BioAPI test bed is described.
Citation
CardTech/SecurTech
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

application programming interface (API), bioAPI, bioAPI consortium, biometric service providers, biometric technologies, standards benefits, standards biometrics

Citation

Podio, F. and Dunn, J. (2008), A Biometric Application Programming Interface Industry Standard - Benefits for the Users and The Enterprise, CardTech/SecurTech (Accessed October 22, 2025)

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Created October 16, 2008
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