Open Connectivity Foundation

Open Connectivity Foundation
Abbreviation OCF
Motto OCF is dedicated to providing the key interoperability element of an IoT solution.
Formation February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)
Type Standards organization
Purpose Billions of connected devices (devices, phones, computers and sensors) should be able to communicate with one another regardless of manufacturer, operating system, chipset or physical transport. The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is creating a specification and sponsoring an open source project to make this possible.
Region served
 Worldwide
Membership
 171 member organizations[1]
Website openconnectivity.org

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is an industry group whose stated mission is to develop standards and certification for devices involved in the Internet of Things (IoT) based around Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP). The OCF has created on Feb. 19, 2016 by succeeding the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) and this foundation has become one of the biggest[2] industrial connectivity standard organization for IoT including in its membership: Samsung Electronics, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Electrolux.[3][4] Currently, there are more than 170 member companies.[1]

The OCF tries to realize the Internet of Things also called Network of Everything. The IoT requires easy discovery, and trusted and reliable connectivity between things. The OCF delivers a framework that enables these requirements via a specification,[5][6] a reference implementation[7] and a certification program.

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References

  1. 1 2 OCF Membership List
  2. ↑ "IoT Standards Get a Big Push: Meet the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF)". 23 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Stowe Boyd. "Gigaom - New Open Connectivity Foundation combines Open Interconnect Consortium and AllSeen Alliance".
  4. ↑ Paul Sawers. "Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, & others launch IoT standards group: Open Connectivity Foundation". VentureBeat.
  5. ↑ UPNP Specification Page
  6. ↑ OCF Specification Page
  7. ↑ OCF Reference Implementation Page

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