Standards for the internet of things: Heterogeneity, interoperability and challenges

The digital transformation of businesses is supported by the Internet of Things. A particular challenge is the linking of different IT-systems and the standardised data exchange. For businesses, this provides a valuable source of data, if they are able to use the information in a required context. Technologies like Augmented Reality can be used to provide the user access to a virtual data overlay. Business processes can be enhanced by linking spatial information and IoT-data. Several specifications were developed over the years but the standardised data exchange between the different IoT-domains still remains a challenge to complete. © Carl Hanser Verlag, München.