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Device Capabilities

Concept for systematically describing and using a device's hardware and software capabilities (sensors, actuators, performance characteristics, APIs).

Device Capabilities describes the collection of hardware and software features of an endpoint (sensors, actuators, performance characteristics and APIs) and how they are systematically described and exposed.

Maturity

Established

Cognitive loadMedium

360° overview

Device Capabilities

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Device Capabilities

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Classification

2

Complexity: Medium
Impact area: Technical

Technical context

2

Integrations

IoT platforms (edge and cloud)

+2

Principles & goals

1

Describe device capabilities formally and machine-readable

Value stream stage: Build

Use cases & scenarios

4

Use cases: 3
Scenarios: 3

Compromises

3

Risks: 3
Best practices: 3

I/O & resources

4

Inputs: 3
Outputs: 3