TC's Response to the Negatives received on TC Letter Ballot (Rev. 04/02)

M1/03-0591

Accredited Standards Committee, INCITS, InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
INCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922; Email: incits@itic.org

Date:	December 7, 2003
Project:	1566-D
Ref. Docs:	M1/02-0079
Reply to:	Fernando Podio, Chairman, M1.3 TG Application Profiles
Phone:	301-975-2947
Email:	fernando.podio@nist.gov

To:	Colin Soutar, Bioscrypt Inc.
cc:	M1 Members - For Information
From:	Fernando Podio, Chairman, M1.3 TG Application Profiles NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930

Subject:	M1's Response to the Negative Vote and Comments received for M1 Letter Ballot M1/03-0420, Approval of forwarding the Transportation Workers Application Profile (Ref. M1/03-0419) to INCITS for Public Review.

Dear Dr. Soutar,

Thank you for your comments on M1 Letter Ballot M1/03-0420.

M1.3 Task Group has recommended M1 approval of the resolution of ballot comments documented in M1/03-0534 (9/0/0) and M1 approved M1.3's recommendation (26/0/0) to address your comments as shown below.

Original Comment

M1 response

Bioscrypt

The distinction between a reference template and operational template is not as clear as it was in earlier versions of the specification. Specifically, section 6.3 seems to indicate that the biometric check is done by a central 1:N comparison, as opposed to a local 1:1 comparison. It was our understanding that the 1:N reference template was used a) to perform a background check, and b) to approve an employee for enrollment on local biometric devices to create operational templates for 1:1 verification. We believe that this issue should be clarified before the document is forwarded for public review.

Also, the "reserved byte" field of Table A.3.1.3, item 21, should be mandatory for all columns except the Profile Status Identification column.

Accepted.

Accepted.

In accordance with ANSI requirements to make attempts to resolve negatives and ensure that all who voted "NO" on M1 Letter Ballot M1/03-0420 to submit dpANS to INCITS for further processing are aware of the ANSI Appeals Process, we are advising you in this letter of the Appeals Process (see below) and of the following items:

1) your right to appeal if the responses does not result in your withdrawal of your position, and
2) the current status of this action:

A) The M1.3 recommended responses to your comments (approved by M1) as shown above.

You are requested to respond to this letter, notifying the TG chair whether you are:

Satisfied with the TG responses to your comments and are willing to change your NO vote to a YES, or

Not satisfied with the response and wish to re-state your NO vote.

Please send this response to the M1.3 chairman fernando.podio@nist.gov as soon as possible.

Appeals Processes

1) You may appeal an action of INCITS or its Secretariat. The INCITS Appeals Procedures are in Section 5.8 of the INCITS/RD-2, Organization and Procedures for the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (http://incits.org/incits/rd2/main.htm).

2) Notification of Right to Appeal to the ANSI Board of Standards Review (http://ansi.org/standards_activities/domestic_programs/appeals/appeals.aspx?menuid=3)

Please note, in accordance with BSR Procedures, those objecting to the approvals or withdrawals are hereby notified of their right of appeal. The appeal must be based on due process or lack of consensus and include a statement as to why the BSR action should be modified. The BSR will not render decisions on the relative merits of technical matters, but it shall consider whether due process was afforded technical concerns.

If you have not completed the appeals process at the standards developer, you are normally not eligible to appeal to the BSR.