Scaling up IoT: impact of semantic open platforms

Inhalt:
The Internet of Things (IoT) consists of connected objects such as sensors and actuators, as well as smart services. Due to its characteristics, requirements and impact on real life system, the IoT has gained significant attention over the last few years. The main reported issue is the exponential growing number of “Things”. Among the open platform technologies, a semantic open platform offers the opportunity to reduce the system complexity, ensuring a direct communication between heterogeneous components without knowing each other, and sharing data based on a “common” semantic model without any need for a specific API. The major goal of this contribution is to clarify the previously highlighted advantages and to strategically recommend the usage of semantic open platforms thus facilitating the growth of the IoT.