Introduction

This document, and all the other parts associated with this document, were developed in response to worldwide demand for smart home focused Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as appliances, door locks, security cameras, sensors, and actuators; these to be modelled and securely controlled, locally and remotely, over an IP network.

While some inter-device communication existed, no universal language had been developed for the IoT. Device makers instead had to choose between disparate frameworks, limiting their market share, or developing across multiple ecosystems, increasing their costs. The burden then falls on end users to determine whether the products they want are compatible with the ecosystem they bought into, or find ways to integrate their devices into their network, and try to solve interoperability issues on their own.

In addition to the smart home, IoT deployments in commercial environments are hampered by a lack of security. This issue can be avoided by having a secure IoT communication framework, which this standard solves.

The goal of these documents is then to connect the next 25 billion devices for the IoT, providing secure and reliable device discovery and connectivity across multiple OSs and platforms. There are multiple proposals and forums driving different approaches, but no single solution addresses the majority of key requirements. This document and the associated parts enable industry consolidation around a common, secure, interoperable approach.

ISO/IEC 30118 consists of eighteen parts, under the general title Information technology — Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) Specification. The parts fall into logical groupings as described herein:

— Core framework
1. — Part 1: Core Specification
2. — Part 2: Security Specification
3. — Part 13: Onboarding Tool Specification
— Bridging framework and bridges
1. — Part 3: Bridging Specification
2. — Part 6: Resource to Alljoyn Interface Mapping Specification
3. — Part 8: OCF Resource to oneM2M Resource Mapping Specification
4. — Part 14: OCF Resource to BLE Mapping Specification
5. — Part 15: OCF Resource to EnOcean Mapping Specification
6. — Part 16: OCF Resource to UPlus Mapping Specification
7. — Part 17: OCF Resource to Zigbee Cluster Mapping Specification
8. — Part 18: OCF Resource to Z-Wave Mapping Specification
— Resource and Device models
1. — Part 4: Resource Type Specification
2. — Part 5: Device Specification
— Core framework extensions
1. — Part 7: Wi-Fi Easy Setup Specification
2. — Part 9: Core Optional Specification
— OCF Cloud
1. — Part 10: Cloud API for Cloud Services Specification
2. — Part 11: Device to Cloud Services Specification
3. — Part 12: Cloud Security Specification

BS ISO/IEC 30118-3:2021

Information technology. Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) Specification - Bridging specification

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2022