SmartOntoSensor: Ontology for Semantic Interpretation of Smartphone Sensors Data for Context-Aware Applications

Table 6

Top-level terminological requirements fulfillment (using availability of concepts) comparison of SmartOntoSensor and other sensors and sensor networks ontologies.

Terminological requirements category	Top-level concepts	Ontologies
		Avancha et al. [11]	OntoSensor [5, 10]	CESN [12]	Eid et al. [13]	CSIRO [7]	SSN [8]	ISTAR [14]	Kim et al. [15]	SmartOntoSensor
Base terms	System						✓	✓		✓
	Sensor	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Components/resources	✓	✓							✓
	Process		✓			✓	✓			✓
	Context									✓
System terms	Platform
	Hardware		✓			✓	✓	✓		✓
	Software									✓
	Deployment		✓	✓			✓	✓		✓
	System metadata
	Identification									✓
	Manufacturer									✓
	Components/resources
	Power supply	✓	✓			✓				✓
	CPU	✓								✓
	Memory	✓								✓
	Networking	✓	✓							✓
Sensor terms	Sensor hierarchy
	Physical sensor		✓	✓		✓		✓		✓
	Logical sensor									✓
	Type of operation
	Active sensor		✓			✓				✓
	Passive sensor		✓			✓				✓
	Operating condition	✓				✓		✓		✓
	History		✓
	Sensor metadata
	Identification				✓	✓		✓		✓
	Manufacturer				✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Configuration		✓		✓					✓
	Sensor process
	Sensing & process type	✓	✓			✓	✓		✓	✓
	Process parameters	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓
	Measurement properties
	Frequency				✓		✓		✓	✓
	Latency					✓	✓			✓
	Accuracy	✓			✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
	Resolution	✓				✓	✓			✓
	Measurement range				✓	✓	✓			✓
	Precision						✓			✓
	Power consumption	✓								✓
	Sensitivity						✓			✓
Observation terms	Data/observation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
	Response model	✓	✓			✓				✓
	Observation condition						✓			✓
Domain terms	Unit of measurement	✓	✓		✓	✓				✓
	Feature/quality	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
	Sampled medium	✓	✓				✓			✓
Context terms	Location	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
	Time		✓	✓						✓
	Activity									✓
	Event									✓
	User									✓
	Service									✓
Storage terms	File									✓
	Folder									✓