A Practical Framework to Turn IoT Technology Into Operational Capability
published the SOA-based integration vision.
Web services (SOAP) is currently one of a
number of different integration services
alongside web APIs (REST) for example. The
emergence of IoT protocols 19 introduced a
plethora of new data integration options.
MQTT, XMPP, AMQ, OPC-UA, DDS and LLAP
are but a few of an ever-increasing list of IoT
technology that need to be integrated into
existing business workflows. Spiess' vision
for
a
scenario-based,
SOA-enabled
integration of the Internet of Things provides
the basis for the I2OC framework that
extends integration beyond web services
and proposes a centralized library with
integration objects for OT, IT and business
application integration protocols. These
library objects, in conjunction with
orchestration rules, are used to construct
business-focused use cases or scenarios.
Figure 6 - The I2OC Smart Integration approach
The smart integration is based on a central
library concept that contains the integration
technology for all the OT, IT and business
applications required for all IoT-enabled use
cases. Such a central library not o nly
provides a single repository of integration
services, but it addresses some of the main
concerns for OT and IT stakeholders around
the security and trustworthiness of the IoT
infrastructure.
The I2OC framework uses a Smart
Integration approach that combines typical
middleware integration with event stream
processing,
data
transformation,
orchestration, advanced analytics and
business rules.
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Services-based integration components are
wrapped in library containers and then used
as integration objects in a model-driven,
visual
integration
workflow.
These
integration objects are used in a drag-and-
drop user interface to construct specific
integration sequences or event streams.
These integration sequences are further
enhanced to also provide event stream
processing, orchestration and other data
transformation capabilities that turns it into
“smart integration”.
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