A new version of the global ETSI/OneM2M standard based on the EC-fostered SAREF (Smart Appliances REFerence ontology) interoperability language (which made it possible for any home appliance to talk to any energy management system thus enabling the smart home) has been released. This new version is modular and domain independent, allowing the incorporation of different modules (extensions) for the different domains.

The first 3 extensions that have been standardised are SAREF for Energy, SAREF for Environment and SAREF for Buildings and a multitude of other domains such as Smart Cities, Smart AgriFood, Smart Industry and Manufacturing, Automotive, eHealth/Ageing-well and Wearables, are on the roadmap turning SAREF into “Smart Anything REFerence ontology”, which enables better integration of semantic data from various vertical domains in the IoT.

For more information on the newly published version of the standard: