ONVIF Open For Membership
The Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF), founded by Axis Communications, Bosch
Security Systems and Sony Corp., officially opened for membership Tuesday. The purpose
of the forum is to develop a global open standard for the network interface of network video
products.
Joining the forum allows organizations to actively influence the development of the standard.
Various classes of membership are available to accommodate individual levels of
participation. Interested companies can choose a full, contributing or user member status.
Tools and documentation will be made available to ONVIF members to facilitate the
development of compliant products. Members will also have the right to use the ONVIF logo.
The membership agreement explaining the membership rights and privileges can be
downloaded from the ONVIF Web site at www.onvif.org.
ONVIF is represented with its own booth (GA-134) at Security 2008 in Essen, Germany,
October 7-10. Spokespersons of the association are available in the booth to present a
demonstration of interoperability based on the framework of the standard. The ONVIF
standard defines plug and watch systems and will be including device management, real time
viewing, PTZ control, metadata streaming and configuration and event handling. It
uses state of the art technologies as defined by the IT industry. A technical outline of the
standard is available at the booth.
The forum is planning the first meeting for members and interested parties in the beginning of
December. The event includes sessions about the forum’s activities, membership
possibilities and technical direction. The date and location will be posted on ONVIF’s Web site
once it becomes available.