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OpenVINO C API

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OpenVINO C API

OpenVINO C API is a key part of the OpenVINO extension for C API users. This component provides C API for OpenVINO Toolkit.

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flowchart LR
    c_application[("C Application")]
    openvino_c{{openvino::c}}
    openvino{{openvino}}

    style c_application fill:#427cb0
    style openvino_c fill:#6c9f7f
    style openvino fill:#6c9f7f

    c_application-->openvino_c-->openvino

OpenVINO C API uses the common coding style rules.

Key contacts

People from the openvino-c-api-maintainers group have the rights to approve and merge PRs to the C API component. They can assist with any questions about C API component.

Components

OpenVINO C API has the following structure:

  • docs contains developer documentation for OpenVINO C APIs.
  • include contains all provided C API headers. Learn more.
  • src contains the implementations of all C APIs.
  • tests contains all tests for OpenVINO C APIs. Learn more.

Tutorials

How to contribute to the OpenVINO repository

See CONTRIBUTING for details.

See also