Reflections on June 2017 IOTMark event
The IOTMark event on 16th June explored what open IOT might mean, and how a certification mark might enable more of it. It was good to come back to this topic 5 years after the OpenIOT Definition event, review related work , to refresh the definition and to move towards a practical implementation. (It’s also very relevant for me, as I’m exploring trust and certification marks at Doteveryone , as part of our work to get more responsible digital technologies .) First up, it was interesting to hear how the 2012 work had actually influenced IOT development and strategy since then. We’d collaboratively created a definition over the two days back then, but it was hard to see how the ideas might translate into practice, and it felt like momentum was lost after the event. Nonetheless, Bosch had taken the ideas of openness on board in their IOT strategy, which was great to see. We talked about Woolmark . It’s a nice example of a registered mark but had the luxury of being created by a