Glossary
This glossary defines technical terms, abbreviations, standards, protocols, and concepts used throughout the ONVIF Python documentation.
Standards and Organizations
- OASIS
- Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
- RFC
- Request for Comments.
- PKCS
- Public-Key Cryptography Standards.
Software Interfaces and Data Formats
- API
- Application Programming Interface.
- CLI
- Command-Line Interface.
- REST
- Representational State Transfer.
- SOAP
- Simple Object Access Protocol.
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language.
- XSD
- XML Schema Definition.
- WSDL
- Web Services Description Language.
ONVIF and Web Services
- XAddr
- Endpoint Address.
- XAddrs
- Endpoint Addresses.
- WS-Discovery
- Web Services Dynamic Discovery.
- WS-Addressing
- Web Services Addressing.
- WS-BaseNotification
- Web Services Base Notification.
- WS-Security
- Web Services Security.
- WS-UsernameToken
- Web Services Security UsernameToken.
Video Surveillance and Physical Security
- VMS
- Video Management System.
- VSS
- Video Surveillance System.
- NVC
- Network Video Client.
- NVCs
- Network Video Clients.
- NVT
- Network Video Transmitter.
- NVD
- Network Video Display.
- NVS
- Network Video Storage.
- NVA
- Network Video Analytics.
- MCS
- Manufacturer Cloud Service.
- ACMS
- Access Control Management System.
- BMS
- Building Management System.
- PACS
- Physical Access Control System.
- PSIM
- Physical Security Information Management.
- REX
- Request-to-Exit.
Networking and Transport Protocols
- IP
- Internet Protocol.
- IPv4
- Internet Protocol Version 4.
- IPv6
- Internet Protocol Version 6.
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol.
- UDP
- User Datagram Protocol.
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
- HTTPS
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure.
- RTSP
- Real-Time Streaming Protocol.
- RTP
- Real-time Transport Protocol.
- SRTP
- Secure Real-time Transport Protocol.
- WebRTC
- Web Real-Time Communication.
- Unicast
- One-to-one communication in which data is sent from one source to one destination.
- Multicast
- One-to-many communication in which data is sent to a group of destinations.
- TTL
- Time To Live.
- DHCP
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
- DNS
- Domain Name System.
Time and Synchronization
- NTP
- Network Time Protocol.
- UTC
- Coordinated Universal Time.
- DST
- Daylight Saving Time.
Identifiers and Resource Addressing
- ID
- Identifier.
- IDs
- Identifiers.
- URI
- Uniform Resource Identifier.
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator.
- URLs
- Uniform Resource Locators.
- UUID
- Universally Unique Identifier.
Security Protocols and Cryptography
- TLS
- Transport Layer Security.
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer.
- JWT
- JSON Web Token.
- RSA
- Rivest–Shamir–Adleman.
- ECC
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography.
- DER
- Distinguished Encoding Rules.
- CA
- Certificate Authority.
- CSR
- Certificate Signing Request, also called Certification Request.
- CRL
- Certificate Revocation List.
- CRLs
- Certificate Revocation Lists.
Device Management and Capabilities
- DP
- Device Proxy.
- EQPreset
- Equalizer Preset.
- PTZ
- Pan/Tilt/Zoom.
- OSD
- On-Screen Display.
- FW
- Firmware.
Media, Audio, and Video
- JPEG
- Joint Photographic Experts Group.
- TTS
- Text-to-Speech.
AI and Tool Integration
- LLM
- Large Language Model.
- MCP
- Model Context Protocol.
- NL
- Natural Language.