Editing OSGi (section)

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{{Short description|Open standards organisation}}
{{Infobox standardref
| image                   = File:OSGi Logo.png
| caption                = OSGi Alliance logo
| organization              = OSGi Alliance
| year_started = 1999
| version = 8.0
| versionDate  = {{Start date|2020|10}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://docs.osgi.org/specification/osgi.core/8.0.0/toc.html |title=OSGi Alliance &#124; Specifications / HomePage |work=osgi.org |year=2020 |access-date=October 3, 2022}}</ref>
| domain                  = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| license                = [http://www.osgi.org/Specifications/Licensing OSGi Specification License, Version 2.0]
| website                = {{URL|http://www.osgi.org}}
}}
'''OSGi''' is an open specification and [[open source]] project under the [[Eclipse Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Group |first=OSGi Working |title=What Is OSGi? {{!}} The Eclipse Foundation |url=https://www.osgi.org/resources/what-is-osgi/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=OSGi Working Group |language=en}}</ref>

It is a continuation of the work done by the '''OSGi Alliance''' (formerly known as the '''Open Services Gateway initiative'''), which was an [[open standard]]s organization for [[software]] founded in March 1999. The foundation originally specified and maintained the '''OSGi''' '''standard'''. The alliance transferred its work to the [[Eclipse Foundation]] at the end of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyson |first=Matthew |date=2020-08-13 |title=What is OSGi? A different approach to Java modularity |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3543072/what-is-osgi-java-modularity-with-the-open-service-gateway-initiative.html |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=InfoWorld |language=en}}</ref>

The '''OSGi specification''' describes a modular system and a [[Service (systems architecture)|service]] platform for the [[Java (programming language)|Java]] programming language that implements a complete and dynamic [[component model]], something that does not exist in standalone Java or [[Virtual machine|VM]] environments.  It has a [[service-oriented architecture]] based on micro services each implemented as an extended Java class file archive ([[JAR (file format)]]).