In Search of an Internet of Things Service Architecture: REST or WS-*? A Developers’ Perspective
Journal
Proceedings of the 8th International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems (Mobiquitous 2011)
Type
book section
Date Issued
2011-12
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
Current trends inspired from the development of the Web 2.0 advocate designing smart things (e.g., wireless sensors nodes or home appliances) as service platforms. Interoperable services are mainly achieved using two different approaches: WS-* and RESTful Web services. These approaches have previously been compared with respect to performance and features, but no work has been done to elicit the developers' preferences and programming experiences. We conducted a study in which 69 novice developers learned both technologies and implemented mobile phone applications that retrieve sensor data, both through a RESTful and through a WS-* service architecture. The results complement the available technological decision framework when building Internet of Things applications. The results suggest that developers find REST easier to learn than WS-* and consider it more suitable for programming smart things. However, for applications with advanced security and Quality of Service requirements, WS-* Web services are perceived to be better suited.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Start page
326
End page
337
Event Title
Proceedings of Mobiquitous 2011 (8th International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems)
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
255779
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