ISO/IEC TR 29107-1:2010
(Main)Information technology - Intelligent homes - Taxonomy of specifications - Part 1: Taxonomy method
Information technology - Intelligent homes - Taxonomy of specifications - Part 1: Taxonomy method
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ISO/IEC 29107-1:2010 specifies the concept for a taxonomy of standards and other related specifications applicable to intelligent homes. It is intended for the classification of specifications from ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC JTC 1, ITU and from organizations with liaison status with any of these. It is intended to the various standardisation bodies that are contributing to the intelligent home. With the help of the concept described in this report they should be able to classify their specifications. This will benefit the standardisation bodies to determine if there are overlapping specifications or areas for which specifications are missing.
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ISO/IEC TR 29107-1
Edition 1.0 2010-03
TECHNICAL
REPORT
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Information technology – Intelligent homes – Taxonomy of specifications –
Part 1: Taxonomy method
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
INTRODUCTION.5
1 Scope.6
2 Terms, definitions and abbreviations .6
3 Conformance.6
4 Taxonomy concept.6
5 The presentation of specifications categorized according to this scheme .8
Annex A (informative) Background .9
A.1 Current situation .9
A.2 Integration trends.10
A.3 Taxonomy.11
A.3.1 Concept.11
A.3.2 Example of a taxonomy with three dimensions .11
A.3.3 Definition.12
A.4 Application.13
Bibliography .15
Figure A.1 – Different islands of residential services (with examples for networks).9
Figure A.2 – Emerging integration points for services and devices .11
Figure A.3 – Axes of the Intelligent Home Standards Taxonomy .12
Figure A.4 – Service delivery path .12
Figure A.5 – Existing specifications in the example taxonomy .14
Table 1 – Example of some specifications categorized according to this scheme .8
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INTRODUCTION
ISO/IEC 29107 describes a taxonomy for the classification of standards and other
specifications applicable to intelligent homes. It consist of two parts.
Part 1: Taxonomy method.
Part 2: Table of specifications.
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Part 1: Taxonomy method
1 Scope
This part of ISO/IEC 29107 specifies the concept for a taxonomy of standards and other
related specifications applicable to intelligent homes. It is intended for the classification of
specifications from ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC JTC 1, ITU and from organizations with liaison status
with any of these.
The target of this part of ISO/IEC 29107 are the various standardisation bodies that are
contributing to the intelligent home. With the help of the concept described in this report they
should be able to classify their specifications. This will benefit the standardisation bodies to
determine if there are overlapping specifications or areas for which specifications are missing.
NOTE The collection of all classifications, is intended to be specified in ISO/IEC TR 29107-2. .
2 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
2.1
intelligent home
home in which the integration of services and interworking of devices improve the residents’
comfort, well-being, safety and communication possibilities
NOTE 1 The focus of the integration is on a unified user access to services and devices and the interworking
capabilities between different application areas.
NOTE 2 Example application areas are home security, home entertainment, home automation, health care,
telecommunication, energy management and personalized information (as traffic, weather,.).
3 Conformance
This Technical Report has no conformance requirements.
4 Taxonomy concept
The background for the need for a taxonomy for specifications applicable to intelligent homes
are described in Annex A. It also contains some other alternative taxonomy methods.
The concept of taxonomy in this Technical Report is a multidimensional scheme that allows a
predefined set of categories for each dimension. For each dimension, there may be zero, one
or several categories that the specification under study matches. The number of dimensions is
in principle unlimited, but this Technical Report has limited it to seven that are expected to
cover the need for all relevant specifications.
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The table of specifications will be held by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25.
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The intention is that the standardisation body that has completed a specification, or is in the
progress of making one, can see and fill in those boxes in a table of the seven dimensions that
the document matches.
Dimension A: What view is the specification addressing? Or in other words, who is the target
of the specification. The specification can be the view from
a) the user/owner/resident of the intelligent home,
b) the manufacturer of intelligent home devices,
c) providers of intelligent home services,
d) the designer and integrator of intelligent home systems,
e) the installer of intelligent home systems,
f) other.
Dimension B: Which cluster(s), or application area(s) is the specification addressing?
a) home automation,
b) home security,
c) home appliances,
d) health care,
e) PC and peripherals,
f) entertainment,
g) telecommunications,
h) other.
Dimension C: Which point of control is the specification addressing?
a) PC,
b) TV,
c) mobile phone,
d) PDA (Personal Digital Assistant),
e) fixed
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