Incorporating Biometric Software Developoment Kits into the Development Process.

摘要

The use of biometric devices has become critical to implementing various forms of security in a large number of organizations worldwide. The current state of biometric sensor integration is labor intensive and prone to interoperability issues because of proprietary hardware and software, and a lack of standards in the Software Development Kit (SDK) installation process. Sensor integration incorporates the device hardware installation and intricate patchwork necessary to facilitate full communication between the devices software and the application that will ultimately command and control the target sensor. This document describes a process used to achieve more flexible and reliable integration of biometric sensor SDKs into the application development process. It is intended for two audiences. First, for developers, it provides an analysis of the typical biometric SDK installation process and guidelines on how to increase reliability and repeatability of the SDK installation process, with an emphasis on separating the compile-time and run-time resources. Second, for biometric sensor providers, it suggests a specific set of resources to be distributed in SDKs that allow developers to access SDK components as well as obtain details pertinent to the use and maintenance of their biometric sensor solutions. Both audiences are encouraged to use the document as informative guidance to help develop and improve their own processes; readers are encouraged to adapt, modify, or evolve content to suit their own context of use.