Existing Project Taxonomy

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)
EdgeX (June 3, 2019)
Home Edge
Project EVE (June 3, 2019)

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

Functions	Akraino	EdgeX	Project EVE
APIs	Provide	Provide	Provide
Cloud Connectivity	Provide	Provide	Provide
Container Runtime & Orchestration	Provide	Consume	Provide for Edge Container
Data Governance	NA
Data Models	Provide		Provide for Edge Container (not app data)
Device Connectivity	Provide	Provide	Provide (incl LTE, WiFi, serial)
Filters/Pre-processing	Provide	Provide
Logging	Provide	Provide	Provide for its own runtime
Management UI	Provide	Facilitate	Provide for its own runtime
Messaging & Events	Provide	Provide
Notifications & Alerts	Provide	Provide
Security	Provide	Provide	Provide
Storage	Provide	Provide	Provide (local virtual disks)

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

Deployment Type	Akraino	EdgeX	Project EVE
Customer Devices (Edge Nodes)	Support	Support	Support
Customer Premises (DC and Edge Gateways)	Support	Support	Support
Telco Network Edge (MEC and Far-MEC)	Support	Possible	Possible
Telco CO & Regional	Support
Cloud Edge & CDNs	Support	Possible
Public Cloud	Support	Possible
Private Cloud	Support	Possible

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

Directly applicable Industry/Verticals use cases	Akraino	EdgeX	Project EVE
Automotive / Connected Car	✔
Chemicals		✔
Facilities / Building automation		✔	✔
Consumer	✔	✔
Manufacturing	✔	✔	✔
Metal & Mining		✔
Oil & Gas	✔	✔	✔
Pharma	✔	✔
Health Care
Power & Utilities	✔	✔	✔
Pulp & Paper		✔
Telco Operators	✔
Telco/Communications Service Provider (Network Equipment Provider)	✔
Transportation (asset tracking)	✔	✔
Supply Chain		✔
Preventative Maintenance		✔
Water Utilities		✔	✔
Security / Surveillance		✔	✔
Retail / Commerce (physical point of sale with customers)		✔	✔
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 Cases	Akraino	EdgeX	Project EVE
Gateways (to Cloud, to other placements)	✔	✔	✔
NFV Infrastructure	✔
~~On-demand events (pop-up event)~~	✔
Stationary during their entire usable life / Fixed placement edge constellations / Assume you always have connectivity and you don't need to store & forward.	✔	✔	✔
Stationary during active periods, but nomadic between activations (e.g., fixed access) / Not always assumed to have connectivity. Don't expect to store & forward.	✔	✔	✔
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.	✔	✔	✔

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

Compute Stack Layers	Akraino	EdgeX	Project EVE
APIs	Provide	Provide	Provide
Applications	Deployed	Provide
Firmware	Update and Configure
Hardware	Provision and Configure	Require	Require
Orchestration	Require		Provide
OS	Require	Require	Provide
VM/Containers	Require	Provide	Provide

Cloud Stack Layers	Akraino	EdgeX	Project EVE
Applications	✔	Provide (services can live in cloud layer)
Configuration (drive)	✔
Content (management system)	✔
IaaS	✔		Provide (at Edge but not cloud)
PaaS	✔
Physical Infrastructure	✔
SaaS	✔