<s>
The	O
IoTivity	B-Device
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
Open	O
Connectivity	O
Foundation	O
(	O
OCF	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
technology	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Samsung	O
Electronics	O
and	O
Intel	O
who	O
together	O
will	O
develop	O
standard	O
specifications	O
,	O
promote	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
interoperability	O
guidelines	O
,	O
and	O
provide	O
a	O
certification	O
program	O
to	O
enable	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IoTivity	B-Device
architectural	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
standard	O
by	O
which	O
billions	O
of	O
wired	O
and	O
wireless	O
devices	O
will	O
connect	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
they	O
announced	O
AllJoyn	B-Device
merger	O
into	O
Iotivity	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
hoped	O
that	O
devices	O
running	O
either	O
AllJoyn	B-Device
or	O
Iotivity	B-Device
would	O
be	O
interoperable	O
and	O
backward	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
AllSeen	B-Device
Alliance	I-Device
merged	O
with	O
the	O
Open	O
Connectivity	O
Foundation	O
(	O
OCF	O
)	O
under	O
the	O
OCF	O
name	O
and	O
bylaws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OCF	O
then	O
sponsored	O
both	O
the	O
IoTivity	B-Device
and	O
AllJoyn	B-Device
open	O
source	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
merged	O
groups	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
collaborate	O
on	O
future	O
OCF	O
specifications	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
IoTivity	B-Device
and	O
AllJoyn	B-Device
open	O
source	O
projects	O
,	O
and	O
current	O
devices	O
running	O
on	O
either	O
AllJoyn	B-Device
or	O
IoTivity	B-Device
will	O
be	O
interoperable	O
and	O
backward-compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
1.3.1	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
IoTivity	B-Device
Framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
merging	O
process	O
with	O
AllJoyn	B-Device
,	O
the	O
software	O
license	O
changed	O
to	O
Apache	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
Licence	I-Application
which	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
other	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
to	O
include	O
IoTivity	B-Device
and	O
AllJoyn	B-Device
in	O
more	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
uses	O
the	O
Constrained	B-Device
Application	I-Device
Protocol	I-Device
(	O
CoAP	B-Device
)	O
as	O
its	O
application	B-Application
layer	I-Application
which	O
can	O
uses	O
several	O
underlying	O
physical	B-Application
layers	I-Application
as	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
network	B-Application
layer	I-Application
is	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
:	O
Wi-Fi	O
,	O
Ethernet	O
,	O
Bluetooth	B-General_Concept
low	I-General_Concept
energy	I-General_Concept
,	O
Thread	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Z-Wave	B-Device
.	O
</s>
