Semantic Interoperability2025-06-27T13:40:12+02:00
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Scope & objectives

Originally, the European Cluster on the Internet of Things  (IERC AC4) [IERC AC4 2025] defines four dimensions of Interoperability (technical, syntactical, semantic, and organizational).

Later, the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) [EIF] has defined four interoperability layers (legal, technical, semantic, and organisational).

We mainly on focus on the semantic interoperability layer applied to different domains in EU projects such as energy (IntNet, OMEGA-X, Interconnect), health (ACCRA), security and privacy (PDP4E) and via standards (via HSBOOSTER, StandICT).

Recommendations for future work on semantic interoperability are encouraged [Future].

List of publications related to (Semantic) Interoperability:

EU Project

Key outcome (e.g., scientific publications)

HSBOOSTER

(Standard)

IntNet

(Energy Data Space, Interoperability)
  • Design of an Ontology-Driven Constraint Tester (ODCT) and Application to SAREF & Smart Energy Appliances. Tareq Md Rabiul Hossain Chy, Henon Lamboro, Olivier Genest, Antonio Kung, Cécile Rabrait, Dune Sebilleau, Amélie Gyrard. Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web Conference (KGSWC-2024)

OMEGA-X

(Energy Data Space, Interoperability)
  • OMEGA-X: Energy Data Space for improving efficiency of electric power systems leveraging semantic interoperability and AI. Eric Lambert, Erik Maqueda, Javier Valino,Olivier Genest, Valentina Janev, Bruno Traverson, Maxime Lefrancois, Lina Nachabe, Amelie Gyrard, Antonio Kung. CIGRE 2024.

ACCRA

(Robotics & Ageing People)

Interconnect

(Energy, Building, Semantic Interoperability)

PDP4E

(Privacy)
Collaboration with NIST

(2024)
  • Semantics for Enhancing Communications- and Edge-Intelligence-enabled Smart Sensors: A Practical Use Case in Federated Automotive Diagnostics. Song Eugene, Roth Thomas, Jordan Eoin, Serrano Martin and Gyrard Amelie. Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2024) (Accepted, to appear) (IEEE IECON 2024 Best Paper Presentation Award)

StandICT

             (Standard)

List of deliverables related to (Semantic) Interoperability:

OMEGA-X

 OMEGA-X D4.1 Data ingestion, Common Information Model and semantic interoperability 2023
RESONANCE RESONANCE D3.1 Initial Resource Manager Catalogue https://www.resonance-project.eu/d3-1-initial-resource-manager-catalogue/

Semantic Interoperability Key references:

Source: [Future] Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and Interoperability: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/6/161

Section Resource/Interoperability Standards

Section R&I Projects

  1. IntNet (Interoperability Network for the Energy Transition)
  2. OMEGA-X (Orchestrating an interoperable sovereign federated Multi-vector Energy data space built on open standards and ready for GAia-X):
  3. Interconnect (Interoperable Solutions Connecting Smart Homes, Buildings and Grids)
  4. ACCRA (Agile Co-Creation of Robots for Ageing)
  5. PDP4E (Methods and tools for GDPR compliance through Privacy and Data Protection Engineering)
  6. HSBOOSTER (Standardisation Booster for H2020 & HE research results)
  7. StandICT (ICT Standardisation Observatory and Support Facility in Europe)

The Ontology-Driven Constraint Tester (ODCT) is a robust framework created to validate datasets against ontologies defined by SAREF and SAREF4ENER, both established under ETSI SmartM2M. This tool has been applied to the Flexible Start use case from the Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) Code of Conduct for Energy Smart Appliances. The ODCT tool ensures that smart devices like energy-efficient washing machines, thermostats, and connected lighting operate in compliance with established ontologies, thereby enhancing their interoperability within energy management systems and smart grids.

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