Tools, Languages, Methodologies for Representing Semantics on the Web of Things

Preface

The digital revolution has led to the exponential proliferation of data across all domains. It is expected to mushroom further with the mounting utility of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. IoT is a technological revolution that provides the basic structure for next generation applications and services for routine activities, by integrating a huge number of distributed and heterogeneous devices. However, interoperability is the key challenge faced by contemporary IoT applications, due to proprietary formats and a lack of standardization. Interoperability among heterogeneous devices can be attained by developing formal semantic representations and technologies with appropriate abstraction levels. Semantic Web technologies such as ontologies, semantic web services, annotations, etc., are seen as potential solutions to solve the data interoperability issue for real-world problems.

The amalgamation of IoT with the Semantic Web has given rise to a new dimension that is the Semantic Web of Things (SWoT). The efficacy of Semantic Web technologies has already been established in diverse application domains. Developments in the field of IoT interoperability are still infant. Thus, there is immense scope for deploying the concepts, tools and technologies of the Semantic Web to handle the issues prevailing in IoT applications. The SWoT would help in the development of knowledge-based systems with enormous autonomic competence for the storage and management of information, discovery ...