The IoTivity is an open source framework created to standardize inter-device connections for the IoT.

The IoTivity architectural goal is to create a new standard by which billions of wired and wireless devices will connect to each other and to the Internet.

[3] The group hoped that devices running either AllJoyn or Iotivity would be interoperable and backward compatible.

The expanded OCF board of directors included: Electrolux, Arçelik A.S., ARRIS International plc, CableLabs, Canon, Cisco, GE Digital, Haier, Intel, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Technicolor SA.

[7] Examples include: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Bluetooth low energy, Thread, and Z-Wave.