Vocabulary harmonisation for biometrics: the development of ISO/IEC 2382 Part 37

Author

Wayman, James ; McIver, Rene ; Waggett, Peter ; Clarke, Steven ; Mizoguchi, Masato ; Busch, Christoph ; Delvaux, Nicolas ; Zudenkov, Andrey

Author_Institution

Office of Grad. Studies & Res., San Jose State Univ., Pebble Beach, CA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

2014

fDate

Mar-14

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This study discusses a 10-year effort by Standards Committee 37 of the International Organisation for Standardisation/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee 1 (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37) to create a systematic vocabulary for the field of `biometrics´ based on international standards for vocabulary development. That process has now produced a new International Standard (ISO/IEC 2382-37:2012), which conceptualises and defines 121 terms that are most central to the proposed field. This study will review some of the philosophical and operational principles of vocabulary development within SC37, present 11 of the most commonly used standardised terms with their definitions and discuss some of the conceptual changes implicit in the new vocabulary.

Keywords

IEC standards; ISO standards; biometrics (access control); vocabulary; ISO/IEC 2382 Part 37; International Organisation for Standardisation/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee; Standards Committee 37; biometrics; systematic vocabulary development; vocabulary harmonisation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biometrics, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

2047-4938

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-bmt.2013.0003

Filename

6826042