XML set to boost biometrics
C|Net | at | by Mike
The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, or OASIS, said Thursday that it has formed a technical committee to develop an XML standard for biometrics. XML, short for Extensible Markup Language, describes the contents of documents exchanged over the Web. The field of biometrics puts computing hardware and software to the task of reading various parts of the human body, from fingerprints to the contours of a face, as a means of identifying people--whether to authorize access to bank accounts and airport terminals or to pick criminals out of a crowd.