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An Ontology And Integration Framework For Smart Communities, Steven Ray, Shishir Kinkar, Mark Hennessy
An Ontology And Integration Framework For Smart Communities, Steven Ray, Shishir Kinkar, Mark Hennessy
Steven R Ray
This paper describes our work concerning the definition of a neutral, abstract ontology, and framework that supports the vision and diverse contexts of a smart community. This framework is composed of a general, core ontology that supports what many are calling the Internet of Things (IoT), a scalable number of extension ontologies to describe various application perspectives, and a mapping methodology to relate external data and/or schemas to our ontology. Finally, we show why this ontology is scalable and generic enough to support a wide range of smart devices, systems, and people.