TY - GEN

T1 - WoTKit: A Lightweight Toolkit for the Web of Things

AU - Blackstock, Michael

AU - Lea, Rodger

PY - 2012/6

Y1 - 2012/6

N2 - In this position paper, we discuss our experiences with alightweight Web of Things (WoT) toolkit and use thoseexperiences to explore what an effective WoT toolkit looks like.We argue that while the WoT community has experimented, likeus, with a variety of toolkits, it hasn’t yet found one that appealssufficiently to a broad range of developers. This failure, webelieve, is hindering the adoption of the WoT and the growth ofthe community. We conclude the paper with a set of openquestions, which, although not exhaustive, are aimed at openingup a community discussion on the needs of developers and howbest the community can meet those needs and so further theadoption of the WoT. In essence, we believe that the time may beright to begin to agree on some basic functionality and approachesto WoT toolkits.

AB - In this position paper, we discuss our experiences with alightweight Web of Things (WoT) toolkit and use thoseexperiences to explore what an effective WoT toolkit looks like.We argue that while the WoT community has experimented, likeus, with a variety of toolkits, it hasn’t yet found one that appealssufficiently to a broad range of developers. This failure, webelieve, is hindering the adoption of the WoT and the growth ofthe community. We conclude the paper with a set of openquestions, which, although not exhaustive, are aimed at openingup a community discussion on the needs of developers and howbest the community can meet those needs and so further theadoption of the WoT. In essence, we believe that the time may beright to begin to agree on some basic functionality and approachesto WoT toolkits.

KW - Internet of Things

KW - Toolkit

M3 - Conference contribution/Paper

BT - WoT 2012 - Third International Workshop on the Web of Things

T2 - WoT 2012: 3rd International Workshop on the Web Of Things.

Y2 - 18 June 2012 through 18 June 2012

ER -