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The below is a snapshot of where the existing projects under LF Edge currently sit. Updates to the taxonomies should be requested through the Project's TAC representative. The Glossary Project will further define the terminology as outlined below.



Last Updated:

  • Akraino (May 16, 2019)
  • Baetyl OpenEdge (July 22, 2019)
  • EdgeX (June 3, 2019)
  • Fledge (FogLAMP) (June 27, 2019)
  • Home Edge (August 19, 2019)OpenEdge (July 22, 2019)
  • Project EVE (June 3, 2019)

Existing Projects by Function (Provide, Consume, Facilitate, or N/A; Add context as needed)

FunctionsAkrainoBaetylEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeProject EVE
APIsProvideProvideProvideProvide, Consume, Facilitate - Microcontroller Example - South Microservice (esp8266)ProvideProvide
Cloud ConnectivityProvideProvide, not only Baidu CloudProvideProvide, Consume and Facilitate - North repos, GCP, OSI-OMFIn FutureProvide
Container Runtime & OrchestrationProvideConsumeConsumeConsume - (debian, rpm, docker, Project Eve)Consume -(Docker)Provide for Edge Container
Data GovernanceNAProvide
Provide and Facilitate - Auditing logs and asset tracking.In Future
Data ModelsProvideN/A
Provide, Consume and FacilitateIn FutureProvide for Edge Container (not app data)
Device ConnectivityProvideProvide, MQTT protocolProvideProvide, Consume and FacilitateProvideProvide (incl LTE, WiFi, serial)
Filters/Pre-processingProvideProvideProvideProvide and FacilitateIn Future
LoggingProvideProvideProvideConsumeIn FutureProvide for its own runtime
Management UIProvideProvide, not determined yetFacilitateProvide, Consume and FacilitateIn FutureProvide for its own runtime
Messaging & EventsProvideProvideProvideProvide, Consume and FacilitateIn Future
Notifications & AlertsProvideProvide, under developingProvideProvide, Consume and FacilitateIn Future
SecurityProvideProvideProvideProvide, Consume and FacilitateIn FutureProvide
StorageProvideProvideProvideProvide, Consume and Facilitate - BufferingProvideProvide (local virtual disks)



Existing Projects by Deployment & Industry Verticals (Support, Possible, N/A; Add context as needed)

Deployment TypeAkrainoBaetylEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeProject EVE
Customer Devices (Edge Nodes)SupportSupportSupportSupportSupportSupport
Customer Premises (DC and Edge Gateways)SupportSupportSupportSupportSupportSupport
Telco Network Edge (MEC and Far-MEC)SupportSupportPossiblePossibleNAPossible
Telco CO & RegionalSupportSupport
PossibleNA
Cloud Edge & CDNsSupportSupportPossiblePossiblePossible
Public CloudSupportSupportPossibleN/APossible
Private CloudSupportSupportPossibleN/APossible


Existing Projects by Deployment & Industry Verticals (✔ or X; Add context as needed)

Directly applicable Industry/Verticals use casesAkrainoBaetylEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeProject EVE
Automotive / Connected Car
X

Chemicals
X

Facilities / Building automation
ConsumerXX

Manufacturing✔ - Production deployments
Metal & Mining
✔ - PoCs

Oil & Gas✔ - PoCs
PharmaX✔ - PoCs

Health Care
X
X

Power & Utilities✔ -  Production deployments
Pulp & Paper
X

Telco Operators
X

Telco/Communications Service Provider (Network Equipment Provider)
X

Transportation (asset tracking)X

Supply Chain
X

Preventative Maintenance
✔ -  Production deployments (Not a vertical)

Water Utilities
X✔ - PoCs
Security / Surveillance
 X        ✔
Retail / Commerce (physical point of sale with customers)
X X
Other - Please add if not listed above (please notify TAC-subgroup@lists.lfedge.org when you add one)







Deployments (static v dynamic, connectivity, physical placement) - (✔ or X; Add context as needed)

Use CasesAkrainoBaetylEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeProject EVE
Gateways (to Cloud, to other placements)
NFV InfrastructureX
X

Stationary during their entire usable life / Fixed placement edge constellations / Assume you always have connectivity and you don't need to store & forward.X       ✔
Stationary during active periods, but nomadic between activations (e.g., fixed access) / Not always assumed to have connectivity. Don't expect to store & forward.X
Mobile within a constrained and well-defined space (e.g., in a factory) / Expect to have intermittent connectivity and store & forward.     
Fully mobile (To include: Wearables and Connected Vehicles) / Bursts of connectivity and always store & forward.X      ✔



Compute Stack Layers (architecture classification) - (Provide, Require, or N/A; Add context as needed)

Compute Stack LayersAkrainoBaetylEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeProject EVE
APIsProvideProvideProvideProvideProvideProvide
ApplicationsDeployedProvideProvideProvide

FirmwareUpdate and ConfigureProvide, OS as a Firmware
Require

HardwareProvision and ConfigureRequireRequireRequireRequireRequire
OrchestrationRequireRequire
N/AProvideProvide
OSRequireProvideRequireRequireRequireProvide
VM/ContainersRequireRequire, vm is optionalProvideRequireRequireProvide


Cloud Stack Layers (architecture classification) - (Provide, Require, or N/A; Add context as needed)

Cloud Stack LayersAkrainoBaetylEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeProject EVE
ApplicationsYesProvide (services can live in cloud layer)N/A

Configuration (drive)Yes
N/A

Content (management system)Yes
N/A

IaaSNo
N/AProvide (at Edge but not cloud)Provide (at Edge but not cloud)
PaaSYes
N/A

Physical InfrastructureNo
N/A

SaaSNo
N/A