I have spoken about taxonomies before, so since I’m going to speak about them again, I might as well define the term. Or let Merriam-Webster do it for me.
“the study of the general principles of scientific classification”
- Now this can go well beyond the scientific, to the point where you define a taxonomy for your marketing materials to easily distinguish a Porsche from a Ferrari.
- Or you can use it to define terms for buyers and vendors for a particular line of products.
But what about biometric terms themselves? I’ve discussed efforts to remove “problematic” security terms such as “blacklist.” But what about ALL the terms?
Unbeknownst to me, there is a document that defines biometric terms. And it’s an ISO standard. And like the consent standard I discussed over a year ago, it’s a FREE standard.
So I logged in to my ISO account to obtain my FREE copy.
Did I mention that I haven’t accessed the ISO site in over a year?
So you can guess what happened next: a requirement to change my password. Argh.
Anyway, since Wednesday I’ve been doing a LOT of reading. It turns out that according to this ISO standard, the use of “match” as a verb is deprecated in favor (or favour) or “compare.”
A LOT of reading ahead.
But the biometric product marketing expert can handle it.
Bredemarket 