ALEXANDRIA, Va.--The Security Industry Association announced on March 21 the
release of the first deliverable standard from its Open Systems Integration and
Performance Standards (OSIPS) body of standards. The new standard, DVI-01:
Digital Video Interface Data Model, gained American National Standard (ANSI)
approval in February, according to Monica Rigano, director of standards for SIA.
"This video standard focuses on any kind of integration and interoperability
with a video component," she said. "In a video environment, questions of how to
request clips and how to leverage common messaging arose, and the standard gets
into more detail when defining the message structure for video components."
Rigano said the standard largely impacts manufacturers, but that there
is certainly "an interest from integrators out there that have to do system
integration-type activities," she said. "They have an interest in this as well
because of the commonality that"s been identified in this standard, which
enables them to integrate systems."
This video standard has been in the works for about three years, said Rigano.
"This is the first of many [standards] in the pipe right now," said Rigano.
"It"s no wonder video was the first pushed out so quickly because of the
interest in that arena."
Rigano couldn"t speculate about the adoption of
the standard in the industry, but said there was certainly a significant
"interest in the area."
The OSIPS standards body has about five or six
more draft documents also in the works, she said, and the standards body has
been in operation for about four years. Participation in the standards body is
open to anyone in the industry.
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