ONVIF Core Specification

The ONVIF Network Interface specification defines the network device types Network Video Transmitter (NVT), Network Video Decoder (NVD), Network Video Storage (NVS) and Network Video Analytics (NVA). The specification includes detailed service requirements and interface defintion.

• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Core Specification, version 2.1.1
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Core Specification, version 2.1.1 Release Notes

ONVIF Profile Specification

The Profile Specifications in this section describe the interoperable features between client and device guaranteed by a profile and the requirements for claiming conformance to a profile.

• Dec 2011 - ONVIF Profile S Specification

ONVIF Test Specification

The documents in this section refer to the test cases for the Network Video Transmitter.

• Dec 2011 - ONVIF Test Specification V11.12
• Dec 2011 - ONVIF Base Test Specification V11.12
• Dec 2011 - ONVIF Media Test Specification V11.12
• Dec 2011 - ONVIF PTZ Test Specification V11.12
• Dec 2011 - ONVIF Imaging Test Specification V11.12
• Dec 2011 - ONVIF Feature Discovery Specification V11.12
• Dec 2011 - ONVIF Test Case Summary for Profile S Conformance V11.12
• Dec 2011 - ONVIF Test Specification V11.12 Release Notes


• Jul 2011 - ONVIF Test Specification v1.02.4 (deprecated)
• Jul 2011 - ONVIF Base Test Specification v1.02.4 (deprecated)
• Jul 2011 - ONVIF Media Test Specification v1.02.4 (deprecated)
• Jul 2011 - ONVIF PTZ Test Specification v1.02.4 (deprecated)
• Jul 2011 - ONVIF Test Specification v1.02.4 Release Notes

ONVIF Conformance Process Specification

This document defines and describes the conformance process of the ONVIF organization.

• May 2009 - ONVIF Conformance Process Specification, ver 1.0

ONVIF WSDL and XML Schemas Specifications

Use the schema files below to automatically generate client and server side stubs. Open the links in your browser to view the related service documenation. The index lists all operations specified for ONVIF services.

• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Device Management Service WSDL, ver 1.4
• Jun 2011 - ONVIF Event Service WSDL, ver 1.4
• Jun 2011 - ONVIF Display Service WSDL, ver 1.1
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Device_IO Service WSDL, ver 1.2
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Imaging Service WSDL, ver 2.2
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Media Service WSDL, ver 1.4
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF PTZ Service WSDL, ver 2.2
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Receiver Service WSDL, ver 1.2
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Recording_Control Service WSDL, ver 1.2
• Jun 2011 - ONVIF Recording_Search Service WSDL, ver 1.1
• Jun 2010 - ONVIF Remote Discovery Proxy Services WSDL, ver 1.1 
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Replay Service WSDL, ver 1.3
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Video Analytics Service WSDL, ver 2.2
• Jun 2011 - ONVIF Video Analytics Device_Service WSDL, ver 1.1
• Jun 2011 - ONVIF Topic Namespace XML, ver 1.3
• Jan 2012 - ONVIF Schema, ver 1.4

• Nov 2008 - ONVIF Video Analytics Service WSDL, ver 1.0 (deprecated)
• Nov 2008 - ONVIF Imaging Service WSDL, ver 1.0 (deprecated)
• Nov 2008 - ONVIF PTZ Service WSDL, ver 1.0 (deprecated)