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	Title:	If objects could talk: a novel resource discovery approach for pervasive environments
	Author:	Michele Ruta, Tommaso Di Noia, Eugenio Di Sciascio, Floriano Scioscia, Giacomo Piscitelli
	Address:	SisInfLab, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy. ' SisInfLab, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy. ' SisInfLab, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy. ' SisInfLab, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy. ' SisInfLab, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
	Journal:	International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology 2007 - Vol. 2, No.3/4  pp. 199 - 217
	Abstract:	We propose to extend standard Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) usage by storing semantically annotated data within RFID tags memory, so that objects may actually 'describe themselves' in a variety of scenarios. In particular here we exploit our approach to carry out an advanced matchmaking process using metadata stored in RFIDs. A 'fully backward compatible' modification to the original RFID data exchange protocol is presented, allowing to implement an advanced resource discovery framework. A compression algorithm specifically devised to ease embedding of annotated DIG description is also proposed. Motivations and benefits of the approach are outlined in a tracking of agricultural and food products case study.
	Keywords:	RFID; radio frequency identification; semantic web; matchmaking; pervasive computing; resource discovery; metadata; product tracking; agricultural products; food products.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJIPT.2007.016221
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