People around the world cannot communicate if they all don’t know English.
CCTV components are not able to communicate with each other when they don’t know ONVIF.
ONVIF Standard is out there to be used in order to mix and match different brands together.
Both sides should support this feature with different levels (profiles) in order to find out how much of compatibility we have between them.
ONVIF is a connection type we’ll see in most of Cloud & VMS solutions out there.
Each Brand may have their own protocols and procedures to enable ONVIF as an option, but it’s something you’ll probably find in most products out there.