Semantic Devices for Ambient Environment Middleware

The paper describes the approach for modelling and using semantic descriptions of devices in the HYDRA project middleware (“HYDRA: Networked Embedded System Middleware for Heterogeneous Physical Devices in a Distributed Architecture”) funded within the FP6 IST Programme). The concept of semantic device is introduced and the main use cases for semantic device descriptions are presented with a focus on the Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) approach in HYDRA. An overview of the ontologies representing the semantic device descriptions is presented.