Managing the Web of Things: Linking the Real World to the Web

Managing the Web of Things: Linking the Real World to the Web presents a consolidated and holistic coverage of engineering, management, and analytics of the Internet of Things. The web has gone through many transformations, from traditional linking and sharing of computers and documents (i.e., Web of Data), to the current connection of people (i.e., Web of People), and to the emerging connection of billions of physical objects (i.e., Web of Things).

With increasing numbers of electronic devices and systems providing different services to people, Web of Things applications present numerous challenges to research institutions, companies, governments, international organizations, and others. This book compiles the newest developments and advances in the area of the Web of Things, ranging from modeling, searching, and data analytics, to software building, applications, and social impact.

Its coverage will enable effective exploration, understanding, assessment, comparison, and the selection of WoT models, languages, techniques, platforms, and tools. Readers will gain an up-to-date understanding of the Web of Things systems that accelerates their research.

Offers a comprehensive and systematic presentation of the methodologies, technologies, and applications that enable efficient and effective management of the Internet of Things Provides an in-depth analysis on the state-of-the-art Web of Things modeling and searching technologies, including how to collect, clean, and analyze data generated by the Web of ThingsCovers system design and software building principles, with discussions and explorations of social impact for the Web of Things through real-world applicationsActs as an ideal reference or recommended text for graduate courses in cloud computing, service computing, and more

Part 1: Modeling and Searching 1. Ontologies and context modeling for the Web of Things 2. The Anatomy of An Intent Based Search and Crawler Engine for the Web of Things 3. Modeling RESTful Web of Things Services 4. A Semantic-Rich Approach to IoT Using the Generalized World Entities Paradigm

Part 2: System Building and Practices 6. A WoT Testbed for Research and Course Projects 7. Using Reference Architectures for Design and Evaluation of Web of Things Systems 8. Efficient and Secure Pull Requests for Emergency Cases Using a Mobile Access Framework

Part 3: Data Integration and Analytics 9. Automatic Integration and Querying of Semantic Rich Heterogeneous Data 10. Building Entity Graphs for the Web of Things Management 11. Building Interoperable and Cross-Domain Semantic Web of Things Applications 12. Web of Things Data Storage

Part 4: Applications, Security and Social Impact 14. Security Issues of the Web of Things 15. A Web of Fitness “Things”: An Exploration of Social Impacts & Vulnerable Populations