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ONVIF Conformance Process Specification May, 2009
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Table of Content
1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Scope ...................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Normative References ............................................................................................. 5
1.3 Informative References ........................................................................................... 5
2 Terms and Definitions ....................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Conventions ............................................................................................................ 6
2.2 Definitions ............................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Abbreviations .......................................................................................................... 6
3 ONVIF Conformance Fundamentals ................................................................................. 7
3.1 Objectives ............................................................................................................... 7
3.2 Conformance process outline .................................................................................. 7
3.3 Self-declaration ....................................................................................................... 7
3.4 Requirement levels .................................................................................................. 7
3.4.1 MUST .......................................................................................................... 8
3.4.2 MUST IF SUPPORTED ................................................................................ 8
3.4.3 SHOULD ..................................................................................................... 8
3.4.4 SHOULD IF SUPPORTED ........................................................................... 8
3.4.5 OPTIONAL .................................................................................................. 8
3.5 Set of Specifications ................................................................................................ 9
3.6 Relations between specifications ............................................................................. 9
3.7 Restricted Liability of ONVIF ................................................................................. 10
3.8 Conformance Services .......................................................................................... 10
3.9 Conformance statement ........................................................................................ 10
4 Declaration of Conformance ........................................................................................... 11
4.1 Role and responsibility .......................................................................................... 11
4.2 The Declaration of Conformance ........................................................................... 11
4.3 Submission to ONVIF office ................................................................................... 11
4.4 Documentation requirements ................................................................................. 11
4.5 Listing by ONVIF ................................................................................................... 11
4.6 Conformance Testing ............................................................................................ 11
4.7 Compatibility between specification versions ......................................................... 12
4.8 Valid time of the Declaration of Conformance ........................................................ 12
4.9 Withdrawal of conformance ................................................................................... 12
5 Conformance Requirements for Network Video Transmitters (NVT) ................................ 13
5.1 Interpretation (Informative) .................................................................................... 13
6 Conformance Requirements for Network Video Clients (NVC) ........................................ 14
7 Plug-fest (Informative) .................................................................................................... 15
Annex A Declaration of Conformance – NVT ......................................................................... 16
Annex B Declaration of Conformance – NVC ........................................................................ 17
Annex C Communication Address of ONVIF Office (Informative) ........................................... 19