I have attached a diagram created by Antonio Kung (trialogic) based upon
a diagram (also attached) that I drew to explain how W3C's work relates
to other IoT alliances and SDOs. W3C's work focuses on what I am
calling application contracts between applications and things. This
covers the information models (properties, actions, events, metadata),
semantic models (the kinds of things and their relationships), privacy
and terms and conditions, etc. The IoT platform contracts are the
responsibility of the various IoT platforms. Antonio took my diagram
added in the set of actors involved in the thing lifecycle including
supply, procurement and operation. My discussions with companies at CES
showed the importance of providing more business oriented accounts of
the Web of things. Your comments are welcomed!
p.s. Antonio and I are part of a new European Coordination and Support
Action called Create-Net, and intended to support the EU's large scale
IoT pilots. I will lead the work package on pre-normative activities and
standardization.
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Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett
W3C lead for the Web of things
