A recent press release reports, “The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced today that Web of Things (WoT) Architecture and Web of Things (WoT) Thing Description (TD) are now official W3C Recommendations, thus enabling easy integration across Internet of Things platforms and applications. ‘Many Internet of Things applications have been developed for areas as diverse […]
Semantic Web and Semantic Technology Trends in 2018
There have been some exciting developments of late in the Semantic Web and Technology space. Semantic Technology trends in 2018 will continue to advance many of the trends discussed in 2017 and build upon a number of new changes just entering the marketplace. This fall, in fact, the Elsevier 2017 Semantic Web challenge focused on […]
Linked Data Plays a Role in Efforts to End IoT Fragmentation
The Internet of Things (IoT) is on the fast track, with IHS Markit recently forecasting that the number of connected IOT devices this year will reach 20 billion. In its report, IoT Trend Watch 2017, however, the research firm also points to technology fragmentation in the area, which will require efforts including further alignment of […]
W3C Begins Standards Work on Web of Things to Reduce IoT Fragmentation
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the global standards organization for the Web, has launched a new Working Group to develop initial standards for the Web of Things. The goals of the Web of Things Working Group are to counter the fragmentation of the IoT; reduce […]