person Tia Zanella
calendar_add_on Created February 1, 2026
update Updated February 1, 2026
OSIRIS Open Standard for Infrastructure Resource Interchange Schema

What is OSIRIS?

OSIRIS (Open Standard for Infrastructure Resource Interchange Schema) defines a vendor-neutral JSON format for describing infrastructure resources, their properties and their topological relationships across heterogeneous IT and OT environments.

OSIRIS is a neutral interchange schema: it is designed to normalize and standardize infrastructure data exports from diverse domains and enable portable consumption by tools without requiring consumers to develop and maintain vendor-specific parsers.

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Design scope OSIRIS is a static snapshot format describing infrastructure state at a point in time. It is not intended to be a real-time monitoring/telemetry protocol, an infrastructure-as-code deployment language or a configuration management system.

Scope overview

IT

Hyperscalers and public cloud

Virtual networks, storage, compute and platform services exported from hyperscalers public cloud providers.

IT

On-Premise and private cloud

Network infrastructure, virtualization platforms, storage systems and application resources relevant to infrastructure documentation.

OT

Initial support for OT Integration

Building automation systems (BAS), industrial control systems and physical infrastructure components where IT/OT integration is relevant.

Core capabilities

schema

Unified design

Built for heterogeneous IT environments, with a clear extension path for OT and other domains as adoption grows.

hub

Explicit relationship model

First-class representation of connections, dependencies, containment, and other topology relationships.

account_tree

Flexible grouping

Support for logical and physical grouping that reflects real organizational and architectural structures without forcing a single taxonomy.

dns

Provider attribution

Resources preserve traceability to their source system/provider while using a standardized, vendor-neutral representation.

extension

Designed for extensibility

A defined mechanism for vendor-specific properties and custom resource types without breaking compatibility.

verified_user

Three-Level validation

Structural (schema), semantic and domain validation improving consistency and data quality when validation tooling is applied.

Getting started

Use cases

OSIRIS is optimized for interchange scenarios such as:

check_circle Generating high quality documentation
check_circle Producing accurate diagrams
check_circle Feeding CMDBs, IPAMs, or DCIMs with normalized topology
check_circle Supporting audit workflows and consistent evidence
check_circle Enabling cross-platform analytics across mixed-source environments
check_circle Reducing duplicated integration effort via producer/consumer separation

Community

groups

Code of conduct

Participation in the OSIRIS community is governed by the Code of Conduct. Please read it before engaging in discussions or submitting contributions. Read the Code of Conduct
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