ONVIF is an open industry forum that provides and promotes standardized interfaces for effective interoperability of IP-based physical security products and services.

ONVIF specifications are web services-based, using open standards such as XML, SOAP, and WSDL to define the communication between two electronic devices over an IP network.

This page gives you access to the database of ONVIF conformant products and is the authoritative source for determining whether or not a product is officially ONVIF conformant and supports one or …

Click on the ONVIF Profile Feature Overview v2.6 (April 2022) to get an overview and a comparison of the features supported by all ONVIF profiles, and whether the features are considered mandatory …

ONVIF provides and promotes standardized interfaces for effective interoperability of IP-based physical security products. The work starts with defining the network interface specifications for ONVIF …

Why has ONVIF extended the scope to include physical access control systems? ONVIF is a global and open industry forum that is committed to standardizing communication between network devices and …

The ONVIF Network Interface Specifications define the network protocols for ONVIF conformant devices. The specifications include detailed service requirements and interface definitions.

The set of ONVIF Test Specification will not cover the complete set of requirements as defined in [ONVIF Network Interface Specs]; instead it would cover subset of it.

Specification History This page provides access to previously released versions of the ONVIF Specifications. Version 25.12 – December 2025 Add object track aggregation to Analytics …

The documents in this section refer to the test cases for claiming conformance to a profile for an ONVIF client. ONVIF releases new client test tools twice a year (June and December), and each test tool …