Thing in the future

Inside Thing in the future

A multi-scale graph for WoT information mediation

Nodes of the graph store digital representations (a.k.a.avatars/twins/shadows) of connected and non-connected :

• things, objects, devices, spatial entities, physical systems and their subsystems at all scales
• high-level « property graph » meta-model
• nodes have properties, relationships may have properties

Semantic referencing of graph, ab initio OR post hoc

• All nodes, relationships and properties are :
  • uniquely identified by URIs
    • part of larger linked data cloud
  • typed with reference to :
    • Standardized cross-domain information model
    • External domain-specific ontologies

High-level and effective navigation & query language

• Geospatial query
• Graph matching (e.g. finding patterns in the graph, a subgraph in the graph)

Access modalities

• Interfaces to networked functionalities of physical devices from Thing in
• With pricing and contracts if they apply

Built-in security & privacy

• Data from physical objects is sensitive….
• Thing in does not store raw data streams generated by all sensors and data sources it will reference
• Thing in partners manage their own access rules