An ontological framework for the elderly to control their home environment

One of the main contributors to independent living for the older society is the efficient management of their home, without the need for help by others. The aim of the OASIS project is future oriented, aiming at an ambient intelligence infrastructure enabling the sharing of data and resources between heterogeneous domotic appliances leading ultimately to contextual awareness of environmental and subject-related conditions. In this paper, starting with a short introduction into OASIS aim, the domotic application use cases are presented, followed by the logic behind the design of the ontological framework for the domotic application.