This chapter of the BioID Documentation informs about the SDK structure, its functionality and the used security mechanisms. In addition to this, information about the included examples and the BioAPI is provided.

The structure of this chapter is as follows:

• Architecture
  The structural overview of the BioID architecture gives you a description of the layout and the major modules of BioID.
• Functionality (not included in this version)
  Informs about the functionality of BioID, how the raw data is being recorded and preprocessed and what it can be used for.
• Security
  Explains the security mechanisms used within BioID.
• Samples (excerpt)
  Gives you an overview of the examples provided with the BioID SDK.
• BioAPI
  This chapter informs about the BioID support of the BioAPI.
• BioID API Reference (not included in this version)

Each of the themes creates a subchapter informing about the details of each subject.