@misc{cogprints6690, volume = {2}, month = {August}, title = {Towards a General Definition of Biometric Systems}, author = {Markus Schatten and Miroslav Baca and Mirko Cubrilo}, publisher = {International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI }, year = {2009}, journal = {M. Schatten, M. Baca and M. Cubrilo, "Towards a General Definition of Biometric Systems", International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI, Volume 2, pp1-7, August 2009}, keywords = {biometrics, biometric system, set mappings, conceptualization, classification}, url = {http://cogprints.org/6690/}, abstract = {A foundation for closing the gap between biometrics in the narrower and the broader perspective is presented trough a conceptualization of biometric systems in both perspectives. A clear distinction between verification, identification and classification systems is made as well as shown that there are additional classes of biometric systems. In the end a Unified Modeling Language model is developed showing the connections between the two perspectives.} }