Ontology-based configuration of adaptive smart homes

ABSTRACT

To develop a market for low-cost Smart Homes reuse of ready-made software components is an essential requirement to reduce the development costs of such systems. Users will run services from a variety of different software producers, which will lead to a heterogeneous service environment. Therefore one of the major challenges is to guarantee interoperability among inconsistent service interfaces. In this paper we present an ontology-based approach to semantic service annotation, which we use for service matching and dynamic generation of service adapters.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
          Subjects: Modules and interfaces

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
        D.2.12 Interoperability

General Terms:
Design, Languages

Keywords:
adaptation, eHome systems, middleware, smart homes