Founded in 2008, ONVIF is now comprised of nearly 500 member companies on six continents and over 7,000 consistently configured products. Profile S for streaming video; profile G for recording and storage; profile C for physical access control; profile Q for improved out-of-the-box functionality and version for access control configuration Candidate Profile A, ONVIF continues to work with its members to extend the number of IP interoperability solutions that can be delivered by products that comply with ONVIF standards.
ONVIF (the Open Network Video Interface Forum) is a global and open industry forum with the goal of facilitating the development and use of a global open standard for the interface of physical IP-based security products. ONVIF creates a standard for how IP products within video surveillance and other physical security areas can communicate with each other. ONVIF is an organization started in 2008 by Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems and Sony.[1]
It was officially incorporated as a non-profit, 501(c)6 Delaware corporation on November 25, 2008. ONVIF membership is open to manufacturers, software developers, consultants, system integrators, end users and other interest groups that wish to participate in the activities of ONVIF. The ONVIF specification aims to achieve interoperability between network video products regardless of manufacturer.
The cornerstones of ONVIF are:
Standardization of communication between IP-based physical security products
Interoperability regardless of the brand
Open to all companies and organizations
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