ONVIF, the US-based standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products, held its annual meeting in Shenzhen, China in November. Speakers went over the progress of interoperability standards around the globe….
Hosted at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Shenzhen, ONVIF’s annual meeting ran with the CPSE 2011 trade show, where the body also held two networking events to provide an update to the industry on the body’s work in furthering IP interoperability standards.
ONVIF officials gave presentations on several key initiatives for 2012, including the introduction of profiles, which simplifies the selection of interoperable versions of the specification for end users and systems integrators. The first profile is expected to be released in December. Attenders heard an update on ONVIF’s technical roadmap, which includes the pending release of Version 2.2 of the ONVIF specification in early 2012.
The meeting’s keynote speaker was from the TC100 committee of the Standardization Administration of China, which develops and administrates the national technical standard for the Chinese security industry. Ms Chen Chaowu, deputy director of the First Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security, People’s Republic of China, provided an overview on existing technical standards for video surveillance systems and spoke to ONVIF members gathered in Shenzhen about the work of SAC/TC100.
“It’s a great pleasure to be involved in the ONVIF Annual Meeting in Shenzhen, and to share with all the ONVIF members about what SAC/TC100 has been doing,” Chen said. “Hopefully moving forward, there will be opportunities for ONVIF and SAC/TC100 to work together to push further on the IP standardization.”
The 2012 annual meeting will be held in November in the United States. More information about ONVIF conformant products, including the vendors and the conformant models, is available on ONVIF’s website.
About ONVIF
Established in 2008 by Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corporation: in full ONVIF is the Open Network Video Interface Forum.
