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Scope

Standardization of generic biometric technologies pertaining to human beings to support interoperability and data interchange among applications and systems. Generic human biometric standards include: common file frameworks; biometric application programming interfaces; biometric data interchange formats; related biometric profiles; application of evaluation criteria to biometric technologies; methodologies for performance testing and reporting and cross jurisdictional and societal aspects. Excluded is the work in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 to apply biometric technologies to cards and personal identif ication.

Excluded is the work in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 for biometric data protections techniques, biometric security testing, evaluations and evaluations methodologies.

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 166 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
5
Gender Equality
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10
Reduced Inequalities
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
145

Published ISO standards *

18

ISO standards under development *

32
Participating members
21
Observing members

* number includes updates

Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37:

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 can access the documents of the committees below:

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 - Secretariat

ANSI (United States)

American National Standards Institute
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United States

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  2. Taking part
  3. Who develops standards
  4. Technical Committees
  5. ISO/IEC JTC 1
  6. SC 37