The proposed standard will specify an interface of a BioAPI Java framework and BioAPI Java BSP and BioAPI BFP that will mirror the corresponding components specified in ISO/IEC 19784-1. Therefore, the position occupied by the proposed standard within the general picture of biometrics standards will be the same position that ISO/IEC 19784-1 occupies, the only difference being the programming language of the interfaces. The concepts such as BioAPI unit, component registry, etc. are present in this standard and will have the same meaning as in ISO/IEC 19784-1. The semantic equivalence of this standard will be maintained with ISO/IEC 19784-1, but there are differences in actual parameters passed between functions and the sequence of function calls. These differences exist to take advantage of the object oriented benefits of Java.