Open M2M data - Position paper

Advances in the field of wireless sensors in particular and machine-to-machine communication in general are converging into the Internet of Things (IoT). Real and virtual 'things' will create a pervasive information space that will hold vast amounts of data. The challenge is to give mobile users an on-demand access to this space, to discover and gather data dynamically from available sensors in the surroundings and enable collaboration by allowing the sharing of own data. Open M2M Data is a new paradigm in usage and delivery of (machine) data. The information space described above will be made accessible on-demand by bringing device-to-device (D2D) and machine type communication (MTC) together and introducing Linked Data principles into the machine-to-machine (M2M) platforms.