If Objects Could Talk: Semantic-enhanced Radio-frequency IDentification

Michele Ruta, Tommaso Di Noia, Eugenio Di Sciascio, Floriano Scioscia

2007

Abstract

We propose to extend basic RFID usage by storing semantically annotated data within RFID tags memory, so that objects may actually “describe themselves” in a variety of scenarios. In particular here we exploit our approach to carry out an advanced discovery process using annotations stored in RFIDs. A –fully backward compatible– modification to the original RFID data exchange protocol is presented, integrated in a semantic-enabled Bluetooth resource discovery framework. Motivations and benefits of the approach are outlined in a u–commerce context.

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in Harvard Style

Ruta M., Di Noia T., Di Sciascio E. and Scioscia F. (2007). If Objects Could Talk: Semantic-enhanced Radio-frequency IDentification . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2007) ISBN 978-989-8111-01-2, pages 25-34. DOI: 10.5220/0002431300250034


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iwrt07,
author={Michele Ruta and Tommaso Di Noia and Eugenio Di Sciascio and Floriano Scioscia},
title={If Objects Could Talk: Semantic-enhanced Radio-frequency IDentification},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={25-34},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002431300250034},
isbn={978-989-8111-01-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges - Volume 1: IWRT, (ICEIS 2007)
TI - If Objects Could Talk: Semantic-enhanced Radio-frequency IDentification
SN - 978-989-8111-01-2
AU - Ruta M.
AU - Di Noia T.
AU - Di Sciascio E.
AU - Scioscia F.
PY - 2007
SP - 25
EP - 34
DO - 10.5220/0002431300250034