ETSI TS 118 112 V2.2.2 (2020-03)

ETSI TS 118 112 V2.2.2 (2020-03)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
oneM2M;
Base Ontology
(oneM2M TS-0012 version 2.2.2 Release 2A)

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Reference
RTS/oneM2M-000012v2A
Keywords
M2M, ontology

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 8
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
4 Conventions . 9
5 General information on the oneM2M Base Ontology (informative) . 9
5.1 Motivation and intended use of the ontology . 9
5.1.1 Why using ontologies in oneM2M? . 9
5.1.1.1 Introduction to ontologies . 9
5.1.1.2 The purpose of the oneM2M Base Ontology . 10
5.1.1.2.0 Introduction . 10
5.1.1.2.1 Syntactic interoperability . 10
5.1.1.2.2 Semantic interoperability . 11
5.1.2 How are the Base Ontology and external ontologies used? . 11
5.1.2.1 Overview . 11
5.1.2.2 Introduction to usage of classes, properties and restrictions . 11
5.1.2.3 Methods for jointly using the Base Ontology and external ontologies . 12
5.2 Insights into the Base Ontology . 13
5.2.1 General design principles of the Base Ontology . 13
5.2.1.1 General Principle . 13
5.2.1.2 Essential Classes and Properties of the Base Ontology . 14
5.2.2 Use of ontologies for Generic interworking with Area Networks . 17
5.2.2.1 General Principle . 17
6 Description of Classes and Properties . 19
6.1 Classes . 19
6.1.1 Class: Thing . 19
6.1.2 Class: ThingProperty . 20
6.1.3 Class: Aspect . 21
6.1.4 Class: MetaData . 22
6.1.5 Class: Device . 23
6.1.6 Class: InterworkedDevice . 25
6.1.7 Class: AreaNetwork . 26
6.1.8 Class: Service . 27
6.1.9 Class: Function . 29
6.1.9.0 General description . 29
6.1.9.1 Class: ControllingFunction . 30
6.1.9.2 Class: MeasuringFunction . 30
6.1.10 Class: Operation . 31
6.1.10.0 General description . 31
6.1.10.1 Class: GET_InputDataPoint . 33
6.1.10.2 Class: SET_OutputDataPoint . 33
6.1.11 Class: Command . 34
6.1.12 Class: OperationInput . 36
6.1.13 Class: OperationOutput . 37
6.1.14 Class: OperationState . 38
6.1.15 Class: InputDataPoint . 40
6.1.16 Class: OutputDataPoint . 41
6.1.17 Class: Variable . 42
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6.1.18 Class: SimpleTypeVariable . 44
6.2 Object Properties . 45
6.2.1 Void . 45
6.2.2 Void . 45
6.2.3 Object Property: consistsOf . 45
6.2.4 Object Property: describes . 45
6.2.5 Object Property: exposesCommand . 46
6.2.6 Object Property: exposesFunction . 46
6.2.7 Object Property: hasCommand . 46
6.2.8 Object Property: hasFunction . 46
6.2.9 Object Property: hasInput . 47
6.2.10 Object Property: hasInputDataPoint . 47
6.2.11 Object Property: hasMetaData . 47
6.2.12 Void . 47
6.2.13 Object Property: hasOperation . 47
6.2.14 Object Property: hasOperationState . 48
6.2.15 Void . 48
6.2.16 Object Property: hasOutput . 48
6.2.17 Object Property: hasOutputDataPoint . 48
6.2.18 Object Property: hasService . 48
6.2.19 Object Property: hasSubStructure . 49
6.2.20 Object Property: hasThingProperty . 49
6.2.21 Object Property: hasThingRelation . 49
6.2.22 Void . 49
6.2.23 Void . 49
6.2.24 Void . 49
6.2.25 Object Property: isPartOf . 49
6.2.26 Object Property: refersTo . 50
6.3 Data Properties . 50
6.3.1 Data Property: hasDataType . 50
6.3.2 Data Property: hasDataRestriction . 52
6.3.2.0 General description . 52
6.3.2.1 Data Property: hasDataRestriction_minInclusive . 52
6.3.2.2 Data Property: hasDataRestriction_maxInclusive . 52
6.3.2.3 Data Property: hasDataRestriction_minExclusive . 52
6.3.2.4 Data Property: hasDataRestric tion_maxExclusive . 52
6.3.2.5 Data Property: hasDataRestriction_length . 52
6.3.2.6 Data Property: hasDataRestriction_minLength . 52
6.3.2.7 Data Property: hasDataRestriction_maxLength . 52
6.3.2.8 Data Property: hasDataRestriction_pattern . 52
6.3.2.9 Data Property: hasDataRestriction_langRange . 52
6.3.3 Data Property: hasValue . 53
6.3.4 Data Property: netTechnologyCommunicationProtocol . 53
6.3.5 Data Property: netTechnologyPhysicalStandard. 53
6.3.6 Data Property: netTechnologyProfile . 53
6.3.7 Data Property: oneM2MTargetURI . 54
6.3.8 Data Property: oneM2MAttribute . 54
6.3.9 Data Property: oneM2MMethod . 54
6.3.10 Data Property: hasThingAnnotation . 55
6.4 Annotation Properties . 55
6.4.1 Annotation Property: resourceDescriptorLink . 55
7 Instantiation of the Base Ontology and external ontologies to the oneM2M System . 56
7.1 Instantiation rules for the Base Ontology . 56
7.1.1 Instantiation of classes of the oneM2M Base Ontology and derived external ontologies in the
oneM2M System . 56
7.1.1.1 General on instantiating classes of the Base Ontology in the oneM2M System . 56
7.1.1.2 Instantiation of individual classes of the Base Ontology . 57
7.1.2 Instantiation of Object Properties . 62
7.1.3 Instantiation of Data Properties . 63
7.1.4 Instantiation of Annotation Properties . 63
7.2 Common mapping principles between the Base Ontology and external ontologies . 63
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8 Functional specification of communication with the Generic interworking IPE . 64
8.1 Usage of oneM2M resources for IPE communication . 64
8.1.1 General design principles (informative) . 64
8.1.2 Parent-child and linking resource relationships . 65
8.2 Specification of the IPE for Generic interworking . 66
8.2.1 General functionality of a Generic interworking IPE . 66
8.2.2 Interworked Device discovery . 67
8.2.3 Handling of DataPoints by the IPE . 67
8.2.4 Handling of Operations by the IPE . 68
8.2.5 Removing Devices . 69
8.3 Specification of the behaviour of a communicating entity in message flows between IPE and the
communicating entity . 69
8.3.1 Preconditions on the communicating entity . 69
8.3.2 Flow from the communicating entity to the IPE using InputDataPoints of a Service . 70
8.3.2.1 Flow from the communicating entity to the IPE using a type InputDataPoint . 70
8.3.2.2 Flow from the communicating entity to the IPE using a type InputDataPoint . 71
8.3.3 Flow from the IPE to the communicating entity using OutputDataPoints of a Service . 71
8.3.4 Flow from the communicating entity to the IPE using Operations of a Service . 71
8.3.5 Flow from the IPE to the communicating entity using Operations of a Service . 72
9 FlexContainer specializations for Generic interworking . 72
9.1 Introduction . 72
9.2 Resource Type genericInterworkingService. 72
9.3 Resource Type genericInterworkingOperationInstance . 75
Annex A (normative): OWL representation of Base Ontology . 80
Annex B (informative): Mappings of selected external ontologies to the Base Ontology . 81
B.1 Mapping of SAREF . 81
B.1.1 Introduction to SAREF . 81
B.1.2 Class mapping relationship between SAREF and the Base Ontology . 82
B.1.3 Mapping SAREF to oneM2M resource structure . 85
B.1.3.1 Introduction. 85
B.1.3.2 Mapping rules . 85
B.1.3.3 Example showing the uses of the semanticDescriptor resource and instantiation in the oneM2M

resource structure . 85
History . 91

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Intellectual Property Rights
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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI Partnership Project oneM2M (oneM2M).
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1 Scope
The present document contains the specification of the oneM2M base ontology. A formal OWL representation of the
base ontology can be found at http://www.onem2m.org/ontology/Base_Ontology.
The present document also specifies an instantiation of the base ontology in oneM2M resources which is required for
generic interworking.
In addition the present document contains the functional specification for an Interworking Proxy Application Entity
(IPE), the oneM2M resources and their usage for generic interworking.
Finally an example is given how external ontologies can be mapped to the base ontology. The example uses the Smart
Appliances REFerence (SAREF) ontology (http://ontology.tno.nl/saref [i.2]).
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference/.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI TS 118 111: "Common Terminology (oneM2M TS-0011)".
[2] ETSI TS 118 101: "Functional Architecture (oneM2M TS-0001)".
[3] W3C Recommendation 25 February 2014: "RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax".
NOTE: Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/.
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] oneM2M Drafting Rules.
NOTE: Available at http://www.onem2m.org/images/files/oneM2M-Drafting-Rules.pdf.
[i.2] The Smart Appliances REFerence (SAREF) ontology.
NOTE: Available at http://ontology.tno.nl/saref/.
[i.3] Open-source ontology editor PROTÉGÉ.
NOTE: Available at http://protege.stanford.edu/.
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