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Interoperability of Semantically-Enabled Web Services on the WoT: Challenges and Prospects

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Antoine Zimmermann,

Maxime Lefrançois,

Nurten MessaltiAuthors Info & Claims

iiWAS '20: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services

Pages 149 - 153

https://doi.org/10.1145/3428757.3429199

Published: 27 January 2021 Publication History

Abstract

The advent of the Web of Things as an application layer for the Internet of Things has led to the proliferation of Web services exposing data and functionality of the networked objects. Since resource-oriented architectures align well with the WoT architectures, RESTful services have been the go-to interface to expose the connected devices on the Web. However, the heterogeneity of descriptions of devices and services as well as underlying IoT-level protocols has led to a number of interoperability issues. Recently, the growing popularity of semantically-enabled services has led to the emergence of services described with and exchanging RDF. In this position paper, we attempt to frame the challenges encountered in enabling semantic interoperability of heterogeneous WoT services, with the help of a real world production line scenario. We also propose preliminary solutions to the main issues hampering the establishment of true semantic interoperability on the WoT.

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Interoperability of Semantically-Enabled Web Services on the WoT: Challenges and Prospects
1. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
    2. Web services

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Torab-Miandoab ASamad-Soltani TJodati ARezaei-Hachesu P(2023)Interoperability of heterogeneous health information systems: a systematic literature reviewBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making10.1186/s12911-023-02115-523:1Online publication date: 24-Jan-2023
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