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108 Internet of Things Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
Also, the Internet of Things can be seen as both the first and the final frontier
of interoperability. First, as it is the initial mile of a sensing system and where
interoperability would enable Things to talk and collaborate altogether for an
higher purpose; and final, as it is possibly the place where interoperability is
more difficult to tackle due to the unavoidable complexities of the IoT. We
therefore need some novel approaches and comprehensions of Interoperability
for the Internet of Things also making sure that it endures, that it is sustainable.
It is then needed sustainable interoperability in the Internet of Things!
This means that we need to cope at the same time with the complex nature
and sustainability requirement of interoperability in the Internet of Things.
For this, it is needed a framework for sustainable interoperability that especially
targets the Internet of Things taking on its specifics and constraints. This
framework can (and should) learn from the best-of-breed interoperability solutions
from related domains (e.g. enterprise interoperability), to take the good
approaches and principles of these while understanding the differences and
particulars that the Internet of Things poses. The framework for sustainable
interoperability in Internet of Things applications needs (at least) to
address the following aspects:
• Management of Interoperability in the IoT: In order to correctly
support interoperability in the Internet of Things one needs to efficiently
and effectively manage interoperability resources. What
then needs to be managed, to what extent and how, in respect
to interoperability in the Internet of Things?
• Dynamic Interoperability Technologies for the IoT: In order for
interoperability to endure in the complex IoT environment, one
needs to permit Things to enter and dynamically interoperate without
the need of being remanufactured. Then, what approaches and
methods to create dynamic interoperability in IoT?
• Measurement of Interoperability in the IoT: In order to properly
manage and execute interoperability in the IoT it needs to quantify
and/or qualify interoperability itself. As Lord Kelvin stated:
“If one can not measure it, one can not improve it”. Then, what
methods and techniques to provide an adequate measurement
of Interoperability in the Internet of Things?
• Interaction and integration of IoT in the global Internet: IPv6
integration, global interoperability, IoT-Cloud integration, etc. In