Re: thing description question

Hi Michael,
Thanks for the clarification, it answers my question.

Soumya

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On 22-04-2016 03:22, Michael Koster wrote:
> Resource Directory stores links to resources (could be objects), using 
> RFC 6690 CoRE Link Format.
>
> Resource Directory could be used to store Thing Descriptions, as long 
> as they are serialized to a format compatible with RFC 6690 or one of 
> it's alternate serializations, for example link-format+json or 
> link-format+cbor.
>
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-core-links-json-04
>
> For example, I've attached an example serialization of the TD example 
> 11 from the Current Practices document sec. 3.2.3.2, which could be 
> made compatible with CoRE link-format+json processors.
>
> This currently has 2 issues; first the "@" character isn't allowed in 
> link header encoding (but could be processed as JSON just fine). Also, 
> having a map as a link extension value is not representable in link 
> header encoding, so may need to be string encoded if not represented 
> in JSON or CBOR.
>
> Also, "rd-lookup" is an optional function in CoRE RD. An extension 
> could be a "rd-sparql" service that maps SPARQL queries to uri-query 
> parameters.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Apr 21, 2016, at 7:14 AM, Charpenay, Victor 
>> <victor.charpenay@siemens.com <mailto:victor.charpenay@siemens.com>> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Soumya,
>>
>> could you give us a link to those guidelines? From what I found, they 
>> consist in using a CoRE Resource Directory to store objects but it 
>> seems rather straightforward since LwM2M and IPSO objects are RESTful 
>> by design. Maybe there is more?
>>
>> Anyway, isn't the Thingweb Repository an implementation of what you 
>> are looking for? By the way, the idea of a Thing Repository had been 
>> questioned (shortly before Nice), since it seems very similar in 
>> spirit to a Resource Directory. Yet, it provides a SPARQL interface, 
>> which covers and extends by far the query mechanism of a Resource 
>> Directory.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Victor
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Soumya Kanti Datta [mailto:Soumya-Kanti.Datta@eurecom.fr]
>> Sent: Donnerstag, 21. April 2016 11:42
>> To: public-wot-ig@w3.org <mailto:public-wot-ig@w3.org>
>> Subject: thing description question
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> With the semantic based TD, how can we use it for automatic 
>> management of things? If you see IPSO alliance or OMA LwM2M - they 
>> provide guidelines on how to use CoRE Link Format for TD and utilize 
>> that for management.
>>
>> Did someone from TF-TD alrady investigate into this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Soumya
>>
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