This document discusses the OSGi Service Platform specifications and technology. It provides an overview of what the OSGi Service Platform is, why it was developed, its key features, and how it has evolved over time. Specifically: - The OSGi Service Platform is an extensible integration platform that allows for remotely and dynamically deploying, provisioning, maintaining, and managing applications and services on networked devices. - It was developed to enable incremental upgrades to "always on" devices, running multiple applications from different sources on single devices, and viable management of resource-constrained devices. - Key features include a service-oriented architecture, service registry, bundle life-cycle management, and open management architecture. Specifications have