A Novel Domain Ontology for Sensor Networks

Semantic Sensor Web is a progressive concept that would improve current Sensor Web model introducing a semantic layer in which the semantic or meaning of information is formally defined. Semantic environment allows a novel approach for interoperability among systems as well as new perspectives for computation (e.g. Ontology-driven and Ontology-aware). One of the central and key issues for the concrete realization of Semantic Sensor Web is the engineering of semantic knowledge for sensor systems. In this paper a novel modular extensible ontology is proposed. This semantic schema is designed according to a methodology that assumes multiple knowledge levels as well as multiples capabilities in terms of both representation and analysis.