Re: W3C Generic Sensor API

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On Monday, 22 April 2024 at 21:17, Alex Robin <alex.robin@georobotix.com> wrote:

> I agree with Hylke.
> The focus of this specification is clearly sensors attached to mobile devices so it is of course less general than the OMS/SOSA or SensorML models.
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> For instance, their classification of "device sensor" vs. "platform sensor" or "high level sensor" vs. "low level sensor" is arguable on more than one ground, especially if you try to generalize beyond mobile devices. As they wrote it themselves, the line is clearly blurred between these categories, and that's why we don't have such top down classifications...
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> That said, like Kathi, I don't see any real contradiction with our models.
> In particular, their definition of Sensor is compatible with ours. And, for example, SensorML would allow you to classify / semantically tag a sensor as "device sensor" or "platform sensor" if you wish to do so.
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> On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 1:06 PM Schaaf, Hylke van der <hylke.vanderschaaf@iosb.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
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>> I've not looked at it in a few years, but if I remember correctly these standards were about how to access sensors on (mobile) devices from javascript in the browser running on such a device. As such, it deals with only a very tiny subset of OMS/SOSA.
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>> Best,
>> Hylke
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>> From: Kathi Schleidt <kathi@datacove.eu>
>> Sent: 22 April 2024 12:38
>> To: Simon Cox <dr.shorthair@pm.me>; SDW WG <public-sdw-wg@w3.org>; Alex Robin <alex.robin@georobotix.com>; Schaaf, Hylke van der <hylke.vanderschaaf@iosb.fraunhofer.de>; Maxime Lefrançois <maxime.lefrancois@emse.fr>
>> Cc: Rob Atkinson <ratkinson@ogc.org>; cperey@perey.com <cperey@perey.com>
>> Subject: Re: W3C Generic Sensor API
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>> I'm sure Hylke/Alex will have more to say, but from a first glance, what this spec is missing is spatial (Spatial Sensor is listed under the Sensor Types, but never mentioned again), also no FoI concept (just sensor has value)
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>> I haven't (yet) found a true contradiction to the OMS/SOSA view on Sensors
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>> :)
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>> On 20.04.2024 09:10, Simon Cox wrote:
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>>> Christine Perey from the OGC GeoPose working group has drawn my attention to the W3C Devices and Sensors Working Group https://www.w3.org/das/roadmap. Of particular interest to us would probably be their Generic Sensors API https://www.w3.org/TR/generic-sensor/ (and probably even more to the STA team).
>>>
>>> I wonder if Alex/Hylke/Kathi could take a look to check if there is anything we can learn, or any inconsistencies?
>>>
>>> You will see that I've already initiated contact through their mailing list.
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