Thing in, a research platform for the Web of Things

Thing in is a research platform built by Orange to experiment the Web of Things. The heart of the platform consists of an object graph knowledge database. Each vertex of this graph is the representation of a connected object or an object giving information on the context in which a connected object evolves. Each edge gives information about the relation between two objects (e.g. within, owned by, adjacent to, etc.). This graph is not only shaped by the quantity but also to the diversity of information provided to the emerging IoT applications. In order to do so, Thing in relies on a strong coupling of graphbased database technologies with semantic technologies. Hence, the Thing in platform makes possible to cross heterogeneous information from billions of objects and to multiply the top use cases.