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SeCoS: Web of Things platform based on a microservices architecture and support of time-awareness

SeCoS – Auf einer Microservice-Architektur aufbauende Web of Things-Plattform mit Unterstützung von Time-Awareness

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Abstract

New types of RFID applications require an intelligent connection between real world objects and software services. This also requires a new approach in the creation of software applications. This paper describes a novel Web of Things platform. Our approach uses microservices. Each microservice can be developed independently, thereby enabling faster development cycles, easier integration and maintenance. This account summarizes the current field and presents the architecture for a state-of-the-art Web of Things platform with time awareness support that is based on microservices.

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Neue RFID-Applikationen erfordern eine intelligente Verknüpfung von realen Objekten mit Softwarediensten. Diese Art von Applikationen erfordert auch eine neue Herangehensweise beim Bau von komplexen Software-Services. Diese Arbeit beschreibt eine neuartige „Web der Dinge“-Plattform. Unser Ansatz baut auf einer Microservices-Architektur auf. Jedes Microservice kann unabhängig von anderen Microservices entwickelt werden. Das erleichtert den Einstieg und ermöglicht eine kontinuierliche Entwicklung. Dieser Zugang erlaubt schnellere Entwicklungszyklen sowie eine einfachere Integration und Wartung der dahinterliegenden Services. Die Web of Things-Plattform wird, inklusive der Unterstützung von Zeitaspekten, im Detail dargestellt.

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Acknowledgements

The K-Project SeCoS is funded in the context of COMET—Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies by BMVIT, BMWFJ, Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG) and the Province of Styria—Government of Styria. The programme COMET is conducted by Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).

The authors are grateful to the institutions funding the SeCoS project and wish to thank all project partners for their contributions.

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  1. DIGITAL – Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Joanneum Research, Steyrergasse 17, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Herwig Zeiner, Víctor Juan Expósito Jiménez, Florian Salmhofer & Werner Haas

  2. Enso Detego GmbH, Hans-Resel-Gasse 17a, 8020, Graz, Austria

    Michael Goller

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Zeiner, H., Goller, M., Expósito Jiménez, V.J. et al. SeCoS: Web of Things platform based on a microservices architecture and support of time-awareness. Elektrotech. Inftech. 133, 158–162 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00502-016-0404-z

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