Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency

Common Biometric Vocabulary Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency

The Common Biometrics Vocabulary (CBV) is a collection of key biometrics terms and definitions commonly used by the DoD Biometrics Enterprise and its Community of Interest (COI). A COI is the inclusive term used to describe a collaborative group of users who must exchange information in pursuit of their shared goals, interests, missions, or business processes and who therefore must have a shared vocabulary for the information they exchange. The CBV will promote a common lexicon for DoD Biometrics stakeholders to reference and use in: Development of materials required in the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System (JCIDS) process. Updating of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities (DOTMLPF). Communication amongst the community as well as with other U. S. Government and International stakeholders. Development of integrated architectures across DOTMLPF spectrum that are in conformance with the approved Biometrics Enterprise Architecture (BioEA). A term will be considered for inclusion in CBV if it meets one or more of the following criteria: Term is required for development of other architectures for conformance. Term has inadequate coverage in a published standard, commonly accepted dictionary or other DoD recognized authoritative source. Term has definition different from one in an existing DoD recognized authoritative source but has unique use of this term agreed upon by the BioEA COI (via the BioEA Working Group COI).