scope:

Scope (Normative)

The MPAI AI Framework (MPAI-AIF) Technical Specification specifies the architecture, interfaces, protocols and Application Programming Interfaces (API) of an AI Framework (AI specially designed for execution of AI-based implementations, but also suitable for mixed AI and traditional data processing workflows.

MPAI-AIF possesses the following main features:

• Independent of the Operating System.

• Component-based modular architecture with specified interfaces.

• Interfaces encapsulate Components to abstract them from the development environment.

• Interface with the Store enables access to validated Components.

• Component can be Implemented as:

o Software only, from MCUs to HPC.

o Hardware only.

o Hybrid hardware-software.

• Component system features are:

o Execution in local and distributed Zero-Trust architectures [14].

o Possibility to interact with other Implementations operating in proximity.

o Direct support to Machine Learning functionalities.

The current version of the MPAI-AIF Technical Specification has been developed by the MPAI AI Framework Development Committee (AIF-DC). Future Versions may revise and/or extend the Scope of the Standard.