Re: Bootstrapping the Web of Things Community Group

Hi everyone,

In the context of this effort think it is worth looking at "Hypercat" - see
http://wiki.1248.io/doku.php?id=hypercat

The wiki page contains links to the specification, presentations, tools,
links to implementations, etc..

Here's a short description:

HyperCat is an open, lightweight JSON-based hypermedia catalogue format for
exposing collections of URIs. Each HyperCat catalogue may expose any number
of URIs, each with any number of RDF-like triple statements about it.
HyperCat is simple to work with and allows developers to publish
linked-data descriptions of resources.

HyperCat is designed for exposing information about IoT assets over the
web. It allows a server to provide a set of resources to a client, each
with a set of semantic annotations. Implementers are free to choose or
invent any set of annotations to suit their needs. A set of best practices
and tools are currently under development. Where implementers choose
similar or overlapping semantics, the possibilities for interoperability
are increased.

Best regards,

Mike Blackstock


On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> wrote:

>  The group has been very quiet until now, and I would like to get things
> moving, especially, as we want your help with the planning the W3C Web of
> Things Workshop to be held this June somewhere in Europe.  The dates and
> location are still to be decided. Please let us have your ideas!
>
>  The aim of the workshop will be to discuss opportunities for
> standardization as a basis for interoperability and a thriving ecosystem.
> To support that we will be looking for examples of use cases, and analyses
> of requirements and architectures, as well as implementation experiences.
> Please help us to frame the scope of the workshop in more detail.
>
> Which people/organizations should we invite to become part of the
> workshop's program committee?
>
> Send your comments to the Web of Things Community Group mailing list
>
>  *  public-web-of-things@w3.org
>
> Please note that note that everyone on the older list (public-wot) have
> been moved over to the above list. Newcomers to the Web of Things Community
> Group will be automatically subscribed to the above mailing list.
>
> Looking forward to working with you all.
>  -- Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> <dsr@w3.org>
> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett
>