Web of Things Manifesto
Some weeks ago Vlad Trifa and Dominique Guinard, the team of Web Of Things, has published the
Web of Things Manifesto, that you can read below:
This document is a bright and clear analysis of what the Internet of Things is moving towards the Web 2.0 paradigms. Vlad and Dominique are doing a very good job to define concepts and approaches of the Web of Things, focusing more on what it implies to the Internet world instead of working on a specific protocol or technology.
We really appreciate their effort and, as QuadraSpace project team, we “virtually sign” the Web of Things Manifesto. Quoting Vlad and Dominque doc:
[...] little attention has been paid to the development of simple and … functional open systems that focus on sharing and reuse of physical things. [...] The creation of a global and flexible eco-system of connected real-world devices calls for a common ground that allows physical objects to interact and exchange information seamlessly [...] As seen with the success of several Web 2.0 applications, massive projects have been developed cheaply by fostering collaboration and sharing of information. Open access to data through services onf the Web has enabled information to be reused across independent system, therefore has lowered the access barrier that allows people to develop their own applications. For all these reasons, we foster the development of novel composition platforms for networked objects by leveraging as much as possible the existing Web and by extending the current Web to include the real-world. Creation of a new generation of Web-enabled devices will result in the Web of Things, and in our vision the future Web will be a collection of devices that can be (re-)combined at runtime to solve any task. Our research is focused on the development of composite applications on top of the open and simple standards that made the Web so
successful (REST, XML, HTTP, or Atom) to interconnect physical devices.
We hope QuadraSpace will effectively contribute to realize that.
