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Moving Sensor Data Onto The Internet With SensorML

Posted by timothy on from the we-know-how-you're-feeling dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to this Sensors article, a new XML encoding scheme may make it possible for you to remotely discover, access, and use real-time data obtained directly from Web-resident sensors, instruments, and imaging devices. By describing sensors using SensorML, anyone can put sensors or sensor data online for others to find and use. And because it's XML-based, it means all this data will easily be searchable. "For example, searching for particular kinds of sensors and data in a particular geographic region, with data collected within a particular time window, will be easy. This has significance for science, environmental monitoring, transportation management, public safety, disaster management, utilities operations, industrial controls, facilities management, and many other activities." In this column, you'll find a summary of the Sensors' story which contains more technical details about the technology. And if you're really interested, please visit the SensorML homepage."

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  1. SensorML by Jason1729 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They didn't shorten it to SML because everyone will pronounce it smell. Then half their FAQ will have to explain that smell sensors don't exist yet.

    Jason
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    1. Re:SensorML by Soko · · Score: 5, Funny

      They could have justifiably named it Sensor Equipment eXtensible Markup Language. Imagine the FAQ for that one, though.

      Soko

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  2. An application by utopyr · · Score: 4, Funny

    <I>
    <have fallen="true">
    <can>
    <get up="false">
    </can>
    </I>

  3. Re:trust by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny


    ...
    </sensor>

  4. world.sensors.find("Osama") by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This will incredibly simplify work of many
    people:

    if sensor=world.sensor.find("Saddam"):
    print "Saddam is alive!"
    for msgtype in voice,sms,im:
    CIA.leavemessage(msgtype,"Saddam is at"+sensor.location)
    else:
    print "Saddam is dead!"
    CNN.call("Saddam is dead!")

  5. What?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is an outrage. What about the First Amendment? Our civil rights? I'm opposed to sensorship of any kind!

  6. Web based sarcasm detector by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now THAT would be useful!

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  7. Wow, lookit that! by mwood · · Score: 4, Funny

    They've invented...SNMP.