- From: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:05:27 +0000
- To: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Cc: public-sensorweb@w3.org
Hi Art, On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > What is the difference between the Web of Sensors CG and the Semantic Sensor > Networks CG http://www.w3.org/community/ssn-cg/ ? Aside from being better looking, we will, when we (ever) start, look at how to make APIs that integrate with the web platform. The Semantic Sensor group seems to be focusing on "defining and using ontologies and mappings for querying" sensors (which does not strike me as a good starting point, when we don't even have a simple sensor API or a means to communicate with a sensor network… let alone communicating with a kit like an Arduino). As a starting point, this group should define a means of communicating with things like a networked Arduino (or similar kit, directly). Or even looking at how to make Web Actuators (switching on LEDs, motors, fans, and controlling little monochrome displays, etc). Once we have that… then it would be worth while to move into areas like "defining and using ontologies and mappings for querying". But that is a few years away, I would imagine (if ever, given the reliance on "ontologies"). Hope that helps!
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