OASIS - XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF)

The OASIS XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF) Technical Committee is defining
a common set of secure XML encodings for the patron formats specified in
CBEFF, the Common Biometric Exchange File Format (NISTIR 6529). 

These XML encodings will be based on the ASN.1 schema defined in ANSI
X9.84:2003 Biometrics Information Management and Security. 

They will conform to the XML Encoding Rules (XER) for ASN.1 defined in ITU-T
Recommendation X.693, and rely on the security and processing requirements
specified in X9.96 XML Cryptographic Message Syntax (XCMS). 

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=xcbf