InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
INCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
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Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922
email: incits@itic.org

DOC: M1/04-0618

Date: September 21, 2004
Reply to: Fred Herr
Phone: (215) 527-6717    
email: fherr@idtp.com

Two Week Agenda (revised) for the 8th meeting of Task Group M1.2 on Technical Interfaces of INCITS Technical Committee M1, Biometrics
(revisions are in red text)

Monday, October 4, 2004
9:00AM - 5:00PM

Meeting Location

Bethesda Marriott
5151 Pooks Hill Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-897-9400
http://marriott.com/property/propertyPage/WASBT

Hosting Organizations

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)        DoD Biometrics Management Office (BMO)
http://www.nist.gov                                                                               http://www.biometrics.dod.mil
Contact:                                                                                                Contact:
Fernando Podio                                                                                  Ramy Guirguis
Fernando.Podio@nist.gov                                                                 guirguis_ramy@bah.com
301-975-2947                                                                                     703-377-1429

REF: M1/04-0562 - Logistics Package, Meeting Announcement and Schedule of INCITS M1 and M1 Task Groups/Ad-Hoc Group Meetings

Agenda Point of Contact


Fred Herr, Chairman, M1.2
215-527-6717
mailto:fherr@idtp.com


Participation in M1.2 meetings is open to any directly and materially affected parties

1. Administrative

1.1 Call to Order (Mr. Herr)

1.2 Introduction of Attendees and New Members

1.3 M1.2 Membership

1.4 Document Distribution
   
       INCITS M1 documents are posted in the M1 Document Register. JTC 1 SC 37 documents related to
       Technical Interfaces that are posted in the JTC 1 SC 37 web site are part of this agenda.

1.5 Approval of the Draft Minutes for M1.2 Meeting #7, August 18, 2004  (Mr. Kyle)
     Reference: M1/04-0561

1.6 INCITS Antitrust Guidelines

    REF: http://www.incits.org/inatrust.htm

2. Approval of the Agenda

REF: M1/04-0611

3. Chairman's Remarks

National Projects

4. INCITS Project 1703-D - Conformance Testing Methodology for ANSI INCITS 358-2002, BioAPI Specification

4.1  For Action: Review actions recommended by the ad hoc. Prepare recommendation to M1 for revised
        project proposal ballot. (Mr. Jerde, Mr. Zektser)
        Reference: M1/04-0244, M1/04-0297, M1/04-0391, M1/04-0561 (M1.2 minutes - item 4), (  M1/04-0617  )


International Projects - third meeting of SC 37 WG 2, November, 2004, Paris, France

5. ISO/IEC 19784-1:  Information Technology – BioAPI Biometric Application Programming Interface - Part 1:  BioAPI Specification

 5.1        For Action: SC 37 FCD2 Ballot. Prepare recommended US NB comments and ballot response for consideration by M1. (Mrs. Tilton)
              Reference:  SC37N651, M1/04-0589
 5.2        For Discussion:  Review of proposal from The Biometric Foundation for a new project to amend BioAPI to improve
                CBEFF support on certain function calls. (Mr. Herr)
                Reference:  M1/04-0600

6.  ISO/IEC 19784-2: BioAPI Biometric Application  Programming Interface - Part 2: Biometric Archive Function Provider Interface

 6.1 For Action: Preparation of US TAG (M1.2) comments on WD1.  (No comments were prepared at the 7th meeting. Comments are
            due to SC 37 by October 8. This is a second chance to generate comments.) (Mrs. Tilton)
            Reference: M1/04-0403, SC37N648

7. ISO/IEC 19785-1: Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework (CBEFF) - Part 1: Data Element Specification

 7.1 For Action: SC 37 FCD Ballot completed on 1 October.  Prepare recommended US NB  positions on any ballot
            comments for consideration by M1.  (Mr. Herr)
            Reference: M1/04-0378, SC37N628, SC37Nddd (ballot results and comments)

8. ISO/IEC 19785-2: Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework – Part 2: Procedures for the Operation
            of the Biometrics Registration Authority
 8.1  For Action: SC 37 FCD Ballot completed on 1 October. Prepare recommended US NB  positions on any ballot
            comments  for  consideration by M1.  (Dr. Cambier)
            Reference: M1/04-0379, SC37N631, SC37Neee (ballot results and comments)

9. ISO/IEC 24708: Biometric Interworking Protocol (BIP)
         Note: WD2 (SC 37 N645)  was posted on 13 September, 2004.  The SC 37 Secretariat has invited National Bodies
          to submit comments for discussion in Paris, although an official SC 37 call for comments will not be issued due to the late
          posting of the WD.

 9.1   For Information: OSS Nokalva presentation on the importance of BIP. (Mr. Triglia)
          Reference: M1/04-0613   

9.2   For Action: Prepare US TAG comments for posting by SC 37 and possible discussion at the Paris WG 2 meeting. (Mr. Triglia)
          Reference: SC37N645, M1/04-0598,  M1/04-0612

10. ISO/IEC 24709: Conformance Testing for BioAPI
 10.1 Second Working Draft 24709-1 Conformance Testing for BioAPI - Part 1: Methods and Procedures
       For Action: Review of comments posted by SC 37 on WD2. Preparation of US NB positions for recommendation to M1. (Mr. Zektser)
        Reference: M1/04-0371, SC37N646, SC37Nxxx (NB comments to be posted 10/1/04),  (  M1/04-0595  )
  10.2  24709-2: Conformance Testing for BioAPI - Part 2: Assertions
        Brief review of the editor's draft to be circulated on 1 October in anticipation of the potential need for any US NB postions.  (Mr. Zektser)
        Reference: M1/04-0373, SC37N696, SC37Nyyy (Editor's draft to be posted 10/1/04)

11.  SC 37 NP for a Technical Report on a Biometrics Tutorial
  11.1 For Action: SC 37 NP ballot results.  Review ballot results and propose potential next steps for consideration by M1. (Mrs. Tilton)
        Reference: M1/04-0380, SC37N644, SC37Naaa (NP ballot closes on 9/23/04)
   11.2  For Action: SC 37 NP contributions.  Review contributions available by 1 October, propose recommended US NB
                positions for consideration by M1 and discussion at WG2.  (Mrs. Tilton)
                Reference: M1/04-0370, SC37N697, SC37Nbbb (Any SC 37 contributions posted by 10/1/04)

12.  Possible SC 37 NP on BioAPI Lite
   12.1  For Action:  Review US NB contribution prepared in San Francisio.  Review other posted contributions, if any, and
            prepare recommended US NB position for consideration by M1.  (Mrs. Tilton)
            Reference:  M1/04-0374, SC37N703, M1/04-0533, SC37Nkkk (any SC 37 posted contributions)

13.  SC 37 Proposal for a New Work Item on BioGUI Specification – Amendment to 19784-1 BioAPI Specification
    13.1   For Action:  Review ballot results and prepare recommended US NB position for consideration by M1.  (Mrs. Tilton)
                Reference: M1/04-0381, SC37N707, SC37N707LB, SC37N708, SC37Nmmm (ballot closes 9/23/04)

14.    ISO/IEC 24722, Technical Report on Multi-Modal Biometric Fusion:  Call for co-editor nominations from the US.
    14.1    For Action:  Consider nomination of Paul Griffin as co-editor and prepare recommendation for consideration by M1.
                Reference: M1/04-0460

15.    Other international business
    15.1    Review liaison comments on 19092 (X9.84 transposition) that were submitted by the SC 37 team and edited by the SC 37
                Secretariat and Chairman.
                Reference:  SC37Nqqq (comments to be posted by Secretariat)
    15.2    Possible review of UK contributions on WG2 - WG3 conclusions regarding CBEFF headers and BDB interchange formats.
                Reference: SC37Nsss (UK contributions)

 16. New Business

17. Future Meeting Schedule

    REF: 

18. Review of Action Items (Mr. Kyle)


19. Adjournment