Semantic metastandards will unlock IoT interoperability

Abstract

Interoperability within the Internet of Things is mired in entrenched incompatible specifications, backed by industry giants and consortiums seemingly hoping to “win the stack”. There is little hope that a common set of standards will be universally adopted that will allow all our Things to work together. However, by applying some of the core lessons of the Internet - use URIs for IDs, manipulate documents using the REST Model, and that documents should be “JSON-like” dictionary - we can create near seamless interoperability between Things independent of their standards stack.