RDF:Stores - A Lightweight Approach on Managing Shared Knowledge
One of the central ideas of ubiquitous computing research
is to create smart real-world artifacts and environments that can spontaneously cooperate in order to enable novel applications that no single
device could provide. A critical factor in such applications is the availability of relevant context knowledge, which may be provided by a variety
of different sensors, domain models, and applications. Locating, accessing, and preserving such knowledge is not a trivial task, especially in
dynamic environments where new knowledge sources and applications
may unexpectedly appear while existing ones may vanish. In this paper we present a pragmatic yet powerful approach to manage shared
knowledge by introducing a novel concept called RDF:Stores. We will
present the general properties of RDF:Stores and describe how they can
be implemented using off-the-shelf software components.