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| 47 | + <p>An open platform for monitoring and controlling devices over the web</p> |
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| 52 | + <h1>The Web of Things</h1> |
| 53 | + <p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/WoT/">Web of Things</a> (WoT) connects physical objects to the World Wide Web.</p> |
| 54 | + <p>The purpose of the Web of Things is to create a decentralised <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things">Internet of Things</a> (IoT) by giving connected devices URLs on the web to make them linkable and discoverable, and defining a standard <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wot-thing-description/">data model</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/web-thing-protocol/">protocol</a> to make them interoperable.</p> |
| 55 | + <p>The Web of Things is intended as a unifying application layer for the Internet of Things, linking together multiple underlying IoT protocols using existing web technologies.</p> |
| 56 | + <img class="illustration" src="images/web_of_things_block_diagram.png" alt="Horizontal application layer on top of existing IoT technologies"/> |
| 57 | + <p>The Web of Things is currently undergoing standardisation at the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WoT/">W3C</a>, via the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WoT/WG/">Web of Things Working Group</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/web-thing-protocol/">Web Thing Protocol Community Group</a>.</p> |
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| 61 | + <h1>WebThings</h1> |
| 62 | + <p>WebThings is an open source implementation of the Web of Things, including the WebThings Gateway, WebThings Framework and WebThings Cloud.</p> |
| 63 | + <img src="images/webthings_block_diagram.png" class="illustration" alt="Illustration of things created with the WebThings Framework, connected to WebThings Cloud via WebThings Gateway. "/> |
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| 68 | + <h2><strong>WebThings</strong> Gateway</h2> |
| 69 | + <p><a href="/gateway/">WebThings Gateway</a> is a software distribution for smart home gateways which enables users to directly monitor and control their smart home over the web, without a middleman.</p> |
| 70 | + <p>It provides a web-based user interface to monitor and control smart home devices, a rules engine to automate them and an add-ons system to extend the gateway with support for a wide range of existing smart home devices.</p> |
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| 79 | + <h2><strong>WebThings</strong> Framework</h2> |
| 80 | + <p><a href="/framework/">WebThings Framework</a> is a collection of re-usable software components to help developers build their own web things which directly expose the Web Thing Protocol.</p> |
| 81 | + <p>It includes libraries in a range of programming languages including Node.js, Python, Java, Rust and C++ (for Arduino).</p> |
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| 90 | + <h2><strong>WebThings</strong> Cloud</h2> |
| 91 | + <p>WebThings Cloud is a collection of cloud services for remotely managing web things over the internet.</p> |
| 92 | + <p>WebThings Cloud provides a remote access service which can create an end-to-end encrypted tunnel between a WoT gateway (or device) and a WoT client so that it can be securely accessed over the internet.</p> |
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| 95 | + <img src="images/cloud.png" alt="Illustration of a secure tunnel from a smart home to a user's smartphone via the cloud." /> |
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| 100 | + <p>You can learn more about WebThings in our <a href="/docs/">online documentation</a>.</p> |
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| 118 | + <p id="smallprint">WebThings is sponsored by <a href="https://krellian.com">Krellian Ltd.</a> and is no longer affiliated with the <a href="https://mozilla.com">Mozilla Corporation</a>.</p> |
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