OASIS Technical Committee White Paper
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An OASISOpen Building Information Exchange (oBIX) TCWhite Paper
How OBIX is Expanding into Residential and Internet of Things Applications
Version 1.0 WD04
28May 2014
Author:
Ludo Bertsch(), Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA)
Technical Committee:
OASIS Open Building Information Exchange (oBIX) TC
Chair:
Toby Considine (), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
[Title of White Paper][Date of White Paper]
OASIS Open Building Information Exchange (oBIX) TC White Paper
The purpose of OBIX (Open Building Information Exchange) is to enable the mechanical and electrical control systems in buildings to communicate with enterprise applications, and to provide a platform for developing new classes of applications that integrate control systems with other enterprise functions. Enterprise functions include processes such as Human Resources, Finance, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Manufacturing.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Principles of OBIX
Background
Principles
Smart Homes and IoT
Background
Considerations
How OBIX addresses Smart Homes and IoT
Topic 1 (to be developed)
Topic 2 (to be developed)
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Change History
Introduction
The main purpose of OBIX (Open Building Information Exchange) is to overcome the issues associated with traditional proprietary control standards by creating open middleware standards to enable mechanical and electrical control systems in commercial buildings to communicate with enterprise applications.
Although the origins were based on supporting large building systems, OBIX was designed from the beginning as a flexible platform for a large range of applications with useful building blocks and modular design.
Recent enhancements to the OBIX standards development have furthered its use in Residential and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. For example, the Smart TV Alliance announced at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show that OBIX is a candidate protocol in support of its Smart Home initiative.
The newly defined OBIX protocol binding allows its use directly on sensor and actuators in the field level of home automation systems. Direct interaction between OBIX devices is now possible in a highly efficient way.
Further, OBIX plays an essential role in the Internet of Things by interconnecting sensors and actuators with information systems on a global level and ensuring interoperability amongst heterogeneous vendors. This white paper will provide a quick historical context for OBIX and then focus on its latest standards developments, particularly as it relates to Smart Home and Internet of Things applications.
Principles of OBIX
This paragraph will provide a short summary of the “Principles of OBIX” section.
Background
This section will provide the background of OBIX, include a brief history, and describe its main target and where OBIX is today.
Principles
This section will discuss the main principles of OBIX and how they are achieved. This will particularly focus on the new items for OBIX 1.1 such as the bindings and encodings being in separate sections and WebSockets.
Smart Homes and IoT
This paragraph will provide a short summary of the “Smart Homes and IoT” section.
Background
This section will provide the background of Smart Homes and IoT, include a brief history, and describe where the technologies are today, including recent major announcements such as Google’s purchase of NEST and the possible announcement of Apple’s Smart Home strategy at WWDC 2014.
Considerations
This section will describe the main considerations and characteristics of Smart Homes and IoT. A focus will be placed on where the considerations for Smart Homes and IoT differ from Buildings.
How OBIX addresses Smart Homes and IoT
This paragraph will provide a short summary of the “How OBIX addresses Smart Homes and IoT” section.
Topic 1 (to be developed)
This section will describe how OBIX addresses “Topic 1” as it relates to dealing with Smart Homes and IoT. “Topic 1” will be defined based upon the “Principles of OBIX” and “Smart Homes and IoT” sections, which are to be developed. Examples will be used to clarify.
Topic 2 (to be developed)
This section will describe how OBIX addresses “Topic 2” as it relates to dealing with Smart Homes and IoT. “Topic 2” will be defined based upon the “Principles of OBIX” and “Smart Homes and IoT” sections, which are to be developed. Examples will be used to clarify.
Conclusions
These paragraphs will summarize the key aspects of how OBIX can address Smart Homes and IoT applications.
Acknowledgments
The following individuals have participated in the creation of this specification and are gratefully acknowledged:
Participants:
Ludo Bertsch, CABA
Chris Bogen, US Department of Defense
Toby Considine, University of North Carolina
William T. Cox, Individual
Markus Jung, Institute of Computer Aided Automation
Matthias Hub, IBM
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Change History
Revision / Date / Editor / Changes MadeWD01 / 27-Mar-2014 / Template provided by OASIS
WD02 / 09-Apr-2014 / Ludo Bertsch / Initial Notes and Structure
WD03 / 17-Apr-2014 / Toby Considine / Minor changes to conform to OASIS expectations
WD04 / 28-May-2014 / Ludo Bertsch / Initial sections described
obix-apps-resiot-wd0428May 2014
This is a Non-Standards Track Work Product and is not subject to the patent provisions of the OASIS IPR Policy.