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From physical to virtual

As well as connectivity, the IoT devices themselves of course play an important role, because they are supposed to collect the data required for the business application from the physical world or to carry out specific control actions. Using connectivity solutions, IoT devices are connected to the platforms where data is received, stored, analyzed and made available. These platforms may equally be located in the Cloud, on their own servers or on Edge (gateway) devices. The latter ensure that data arriving from the sensors can be processed and analyzed in as close a proximity as possible. In this way, delays in data transfer that are inherent to communication with Cloud platforms can be avoided.

Another part of the reference architecture is the IoT platform, which includes the APIs that manage access to the data. What is important here is that the application knows what it is measuring, thereby enabling it to respond correctly to the input. The combination of IoT with Semantic Web technology makes it possible to place measurements from sensors in the right context, meaning that correct decisions can be made. The use of Semantic Web technology allows us to construct a Web of Things where IoT devices as service can be discovered and used. If the user wants to know the ambient temperature in their location, they do not need to know which sensor measured it. The application seeks an API that can supply the desired information regardless of the underlying sensor.

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