Bilrost: Connecting the Internet of Things through human Social Networks with a Domain-Specific Language

Abstract

Nowadays, we have many Smart Objects near us connected to the Internet. These objects could make things together if an easy platform existed. There are many researches about interconnecting Smart Objects but we propose a novel approach using human Social Networks and a Domain-Specific Language. This approach makes easier the creation of intercommunications not only among objects but also between objects and humans. We propose a novel DSL that allows defining objects with sensors and actuators, and defining connections to Social Networks in order to publish the sensors' values and to do actions based on events triggered by messages. Moreover, with the DSL we will be able to establish external actions and status in order to make the objects be aware of the environment.