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ONVIF Conformance Process Specification March, 2012
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Table of Content
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 IMPORTANT ......................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Scope.................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Normative References ........................................................................................... 6
1.4 Informative References .......................................................................................... 6
2 Terms and Definitions ..................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Conventions .......................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Definitions ............................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................ 7
3 ONVIF Conformance Fundamentals ................................................................................ 8
3.1 Objectives ............................................................................................................. 8
3.2 Conformance process outline ................................................................................. 8
3.3 Self-declaration ..................................................................................................... 8
3.4 Requirement levels ................................................................................................ 9
3.4.1 MANDATORY ............................................................................................ 9
3.4.2 OPTIONAL ................................................................................................. 9
3.4.3 CONDITIONAL ........................................................................................... 9
3.5 Set of Specifications .............................................................................................. 9
3.6 Relations between specifications ......................................................................... 10
3.7 Restricted Liability of ONVIF ................................................................................ 10
3.8 Conformance Services ......................................................................................... 11
3.9 Conformance statement ....................................................................................... 11
4 Declaration of Conformance .......................................................................................... 12
4.1 Role and responsibility ......................................................................................... 13
4.2 The Declaration of Conformance .......................................................................... 13
4.3 Submission to ONVIF office ................................................................................. 13
4.4 Different variations of the same product ............................................................... 13
4.5 OEM products ..................................................................................................... 13
4.6 Listing by ONVIF ................................................................................................. 13
4.7 Conformance Testing ........................................................................................... 14
4.8 Compatibility between ONVIF Devices and ONVIF Clients of the same profile ....... 14
4.9 Valid time of the Declaration of Conformance ....................................................... 14
4.10 Withdrawal of conformance .................................................................................. 14
5 Conformance Requirements for ONVIF Devices ............................................................ 15
5.1 Conformance Requirements for ONVIF Devices ................................................... 15
5.2 Interpretation (Informative) .................................................................................. 15
6 Conformance Requirements for ONVIF Clients .............................................................. 16
7 Plug-fest (Informative) .................................................................................................. 17
Annex A Declaration of Conformance – ONVIF Client .......................................................... 18
Annex B Communication Address of ONVIF Office (Informative) .......................................... 20