FPWD: Semantic Sensor Network Ontology

Semantic Sensor Network Ontology

http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-vocab-ssn-20160531/

Abstract


The Semantic Sensor Network Ontology (commonly known as "SSN" or sometimes "SSNO") is an OWL-2 DL ontology for describing sensors and the observations they make of the physical world. SSN is published in a modular architecture that supports the judicious use of "just enough" ontology for diverse applications, including satellite imagery, large scale scientific monitoring, industrial and household infrastructure, citizen observers, and Web of Things. SSN is described and examples of its use are given.

The namespace for SSN terms is http://www.w3.org/ns/ssn/

The suggested prefix for the SSN namespace is ssn

The SSN ontology itself is available here.

Status of the Document


This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

This is the first published version of the SSN since its original publication by the SSN-XG, the Semantic Sensor Network Incubator Group of the W3C. This is a very incomplete draft to indicate the scope and style of changes proposed to be made to the original SSN. This document is both incomplete and inconsistent, but is being published at this stage to solicit comment from the community of SSN users and would-be users.

For OGC This is a Public Draft of a document prepared by the Spatial Data on the Web Working Group (SDWWG) — a joint W3C-OGC project (see charter). The document is prepared following W3C conventions. The document is released at this time to solicit public comment.

This document was published by the Spatial Data on the Web Working Group as a First Public Working Draft. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to public-sdw-comments@w3.org (subscribe, archives). All comments are welcome.

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This document is governed by the 1 September 2015 W3C Process Document.