Onvif promotes open source development platform for physical security applications

Using the GitHub platform makes it easy to stream and collaborate with this organization's interoperability specifications and new software development tools already available.

The organization for global standardization for IP-based physical security products –Onvif– announced that it is implementing open source development to create new network interface specifications for physical security systems, which will reduce the complexity of management and collaboration processes.

Specifically,, using the open source online development platform GitHub makes it easy to transmit and collaborate with Onvif interoperability specifications and new software development tools already available.

As Per Bjorkdahl explains, chairman of Onvif's steering committee, "the data that drives our businesses and homes is based on standardized, feature-rich communication pathways for interoperability. Increasing our open source development methods adds a collaborative platform through which innovative ideas can be discussed and implemented and many of the administrative burdens inherent in the standards development process improved".

With this premise, security software engineers and developers, We, artificial intelligence, cloud services and other industries can bring new ideas and proposals, "stimulating greater interoperability of features and new interface specifications that will help Onvif continue to contribute to these industries".

The source files of documents related to the Onvif specification, including schematic files, describing the Onvif-specific feature and function XML framework will also be available on the GitHub platform.

The Onvif Technical Committee will continue to coordinate the integration of new technical proposals, once approved in accordance with Onvif's Membership Rules will be published on the organization's website.

During its eleven years of activity, Onvif has developed several common profiles: S profile for video streaming; G for video recording and storage; C for physical access control; Q for quick installation; A for broader physical access control configuration, and T for advanced video transmion.

While profiling will not be part of the open source strategy, the organization expects specification contributions developed through open source to support the development of future profiles.

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