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BioAPI, Standardization

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ISO/IEC 19784; ISO/IEC 19784-1

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BioAPI is the abbreviation for Biometric Application Programming Interface (API). It is an API to develop biometric-related applications and was created by the BioAPI Consortium. In 2005, BioAPI was published as an international standard under ISO/IEC 19784-1:2005 [1]. From that publication it has evolved by adding new functionalities, being now under a revision to create the new BioAPI 3.0.

Origins and Basic Specification

The use of standardized Application Programming Interface (API) is demanded for allowing interoperability among developers and removing the cost for adapting the biometric solution to the evaluation protocol. In Biometrics, the reference API for developing biometric-related applications is BioAPI. BioAPI was originated by the BioAPI Consortium [2]. The BioAPI Consortium first announced its formation and intent to develop a biometric API standard in April of 1998. By the end of the year, this group had developed a...

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References

  1. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37, ISO/IEC 19784-1, Information technology – biometric application programming interface – Part 1: BioAPI specification, 2005. Available at http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store. There is a revision in process (more information in http://www.iso.org/iso/home/search.htm?qt=19784-1&sort=rel&type=simple&published=on)

  2. BioAPI Consortium webpage: http://www.bioapi.org

  3. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC37, ISO/IEC 30106, Information technology – object oriented BioAPI. (Under development, more information in http://www.iso.org/iso/home/search.htm?qt=30106&published=on&active_tab=standards&sort_by=rel)

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. GUTI (University Group for Identification Technologies), University Carlos III of Madrid, Leganes, Madrid, Spain

    Raul Sanchez-Reillo

  2. Secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany

    Matthias Niesing

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  1. Raul Sanchez-Reillo
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Correspondence to Raul Sanchez-Reillo .

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  1. Center for Biometrics and Security, Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Stan Z. Li

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

    Anil K. Jain

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Sanchez-Reillo, R., Niesing, M. (2015). BioAPI, 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_9202

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