WoT 2016: The Seventh International Workshop on the Web of Things

The Web of Things is about extending the Internet of Things concept beyond the connection of things and considering issues like heterogeneity, scalability, and usability with respect to pervasive computing. The goal of this initiative is to reuse the architectural principles that made the Web successful and apply them to smart devices, thereby making real-world objects first-class citizens of the Web. The approach taken by the Web of Things initiative is to look at the problems and research issues that emerge when considering the interaction of heterogeneous devices within composite applications. Continuing the successful Web of Things workshop series, we further explored the use of technologies and principles at the core of the Web to provide methods for a seamless integration of physical devices. In particular, our goal in WoT 2016 was to foster discussions about how the Web architecture and its successful patterns can support semantic interoperability between devices and applications.