Harmonised Entities

Overview

Data interoperability has been identified as a technical barrier that prohibits the realisation of the full potential value of IoT data. To help address that problem, in this document data models are defined of entities or things that are commonly used in IoT applications. The definitions of the data entities have been developed through contributions from participating mobile operators and aligned with existing industry work and namespaces where possible, for example, oneM2M in Smart Home, OASC for Smart Cities and schema.org for generic entities.

Scope

This resource specifies harmonised data models that have been developed by members of the GSMA IoT Big Data Ecosystem Project. The harmonised data models are expected to evolve over time, potentially new entities will be added and entity definitions changed. Contributions are welcome from the wider developer community to develop and update the data entities.

Vertical Segments

The harmonised data entities below originate from and are used in the following industry verticals (or IoT Domains):

• Agriculture
• Automotive
• Environment
• Industry
• Smart City
• Smart Home

Entity Name	Specification	Context Definition	Example Entity
Agri Crop	Agri Crop entity specification.	Agri Crop context example.	Agri Crop entity example.
Agri Greenhouse	Agri Greenhouse entity specification.	Agri Greenhouse context example.	Agri Greenhouse entity example.
Agri Parcel	Agri Parcel entity specification.	Agri Parcel context example.	Agri Parcel entity example.
Agri Parcel Operation	Agri Parcel Operation entity specification.	Agri Parcel Operation context example.	Agri Parcel Operation entity example.
Agri Parcel Record	Agri Parcel Record entity specification.	Agri Parcel Record context example.	Agri Parcel Record entity example.
Agri Pest	Agri Pest entity specification.	Agri Pest context example.	Agri Pest entity example.
Agri Product Type	Agri Product Type entity specification.	Agri Product Type context example.	Agri Product Type entity example.
Agri Soil	Agri Soil entity specification.	Agri Soil context example.	Agri Soil entity example.
Air Quality Observed	Air Quality Observed entity specification.	Air Quality Observed context example.	Air Quality Observed entity example.
Device	Device entity specification.	Device context example.	Device entity example.
Device Model	Device Model entity specification.	Device Model context example.	Device Model entity example.
Device Operation	Device Operation entity specification.	Device Operation context example.	Device Operation entity example.
Environment Observed	Environment Observed entity specification.	Environment Observed context example.	Environment Observed entity example.
Vehicle	Vehicle entity specification.	Vehicle context example.	Vehicle entity example.
Vehicle Fault	Vehicle Fault entity specification.	Vehicle Fault context example.	Vehicle Fault entity example.
Vehicle Type	Vehicle Type entity specification.	Vehicle Type context example.	Vehicle Type entity example.