<s>
GENIVI	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
the	O
Connected	O
Vehicle	O
Systems	O
Alliance	O
(	O
COVESA	O
)	O
in	O
October	O
2021	O
and	O
operates	O
under	O
that	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
on	O
March	O
2	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
by	O
BMW	O
Group	O
,	O
Delphi	O
,	O
GM	O
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
Magneti-Marelli	O
,	O
PSA	O
Peugeot	O
Citroen	O
,	O
Visteon	O
,	O
and	O
Wind	O
River	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GENIVI	B-Application
structure	O
contains	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
GENIVI	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
development	O
community	O
collaboratively	O
producing	O
automotive	O
software	O
components	O
,	O
standard	O
APIs	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
development	O
platform	O
for	O
in-vehicle	O
infotainment	O
and	O
connected	O
vehicle	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
introduced	O
Linux	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
approaches	O
to	O
the	O
automotive	O
software	O
ecosystem	O
,	O
GENIVI	B-Application
provides	O
OEMs	O
and	O
their	O
suppliers	O
new	O
and	O
more	O
efficient	O
methods	O
of	O
producing	O
car	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GENIVI	B-Application
focuses	O
on	O
delivering	O
a	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Development	O
Platform	O
(	O
GDP	O
)	O
that	O
equips	O
both	O
automotive	O
and	O
non-automotive	O
developers	O
to	O
rapidly	O
prototype	O
new	O
,	O
innovative	O
solutions	O
in	O
an	O
automotive	O
,	O
embedded	O
Linux	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GENIVI	B-Application
manages	O
a	O
members-only	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Compliance	O
program	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Platform	O
Compliance	O
Specification	O
which	O
is	O
released	O
twice	O
annually	O
to	O
GENIVI	B-Application
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
20	O
companies	O
have	O
successfully	O
registered	O
their	O
IVI	O
solutions	O
as	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Compliant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
deliverable	O
from	O
GENIVI	B-Application
is	O
its	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
automotive	O
development	O
platform	O
where	O
prototypes	O
and	O
innovative	O
IVI	O
and	O
connected	O
vehicle	O
solutions	O
can	O
be	O
rapidly	O
developed	O
and	O
tested	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
GENIVI	B-Application
deliverables	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
architecture	O
consisting	O
of	O
functional	O
requirements	O
and	O
the	O
software	O
components	O
that	O
implement	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Architecture	O
is	O
best	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Platform	O
Compliance	O
Specification	O
,	O
a	O
members-only	O
document	O
that	O
is	O
updated	O
twice	O
a	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GENIVI	B-Application
software	O
architecture	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
existing	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
components	O
,	O
but	O
automotive-specific	O
software	O
is	O
also	O
implemented	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
automotive-specific	O
software	O
respects	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
license	O
policy	O
and	O
is	O
hosted	O
in	O
public	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GENIVI	B-Application
has	O
launched	O
its	O
own	O
public	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
where	O
they	O
host	O
the	O
repositories	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
80	O
software	O
components	O
including	O
the	O
ones	O
listed	O
below	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
interfaces	O
of	O
GENIVI	B-Application
software	O
components	O
are	O
defined	O
using	O
Franca	B-Operating_System
IDL	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
the	O
interoperability	O
of	O
GENIVI	B-Application
systems	O
and	O
non-GENIVI	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
an	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
AUTOSAR	B-Application
standard	O
is	O
developed	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
defines	O
and	O
maintains	O
reference	O
baselines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
baselines	O
are	O
public	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
platforms	O
listed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
open	O
source	O
software	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
baselines	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GENIVI	B-Application
software	O
baselines	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
both	O
ARM	B-Architecture
and	O
x86	B-Operating_System
architectures	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GENIVI	B-Application
compliance	O
program	O
evaluates	O
and	O
certifies	O
the	O
infotainment	O
platforms	O
against	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
software	O
architecture	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Platform	O
Compliance	O
Specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GENIVI	B-Application
compliance	O
program	O
is	O
a	O
member	O
benefit	O
for	O
GENIVI	B-Application
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GENIVI	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
has	O
already	O
registered	O
multiple	O
compliant	O
platforms	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
GENIVI	B-Application
software	O
architecture	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GENIVI	B-Application
reached	O
a	O
peak	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
160	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
