Towards Ontology-based Domain Specific Language for Internet of Things

Development of Internet of Things (IoT) applications is considered as a complex task. It requires knowledge in the different software layers starting from the low level perception layer to the high level application layer. The domain expert should be involved from the start of the project to its end, to ensure that the delivered system satisfies the user needs. Such involvement results from the continuous need for the domain knowledge throughout the software development lifecycle. Such long development time along with the high cost of IoT applications, cause a slow progress in the IoT development. In this paper, a Domain Specific Language (DSL), called OntIoT, is proposed that contributes in reducing the complexity of IoT application development through providing the needed domain knowledge in an automated manner. OntIoT is an ontology-based DSL that utilizes the Semantic Sensor Network (SSN) ontology to catch the IoT domain concepts and constraints.