On the smart spaces approach to semantic-driven design of service-oriented information systems

Abstract

Smart spaces define a development approach to creation of service-oriented information systems for computing environments of the Internet of Things (IoT). Semantic-driven resource sharing is applied to make fusion of the physical and information worlds. Knowledge from both worlds is selectively encompassed in the smart space to serve for users’ needs. In this paper, we consider several principles of the smart spaces approach to semantic-driven design of service-oriented information systems. The developers can apply these principles to achieve such properties as (a) involvement for service construction many surrounding devices and personal mobile devices of the user, (b) use of external Internet services and data sources for enhancing the constructed services, (c) information-driven programming of service construction based on resource sharing. The principles are derived from our experience on the software development for such application domains as collaborative work, e-tourism, and mobile health.