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The SSN ontology of the W3C semantic sensor network incubator group

Publicated to: Journal of Web Semantics. 17 25-32 - 2012-12-01 17(), DOI: 10.1016/j.websem.2012.05.003

Authors:

Compton, M; Barnaghi, P; Bermudez, L; García-Castro, R; Corcho, O; Cox, S; Graybeal, J; Hauswirth, M; Henson, C; Herzog, A; Huang, V; Janowicz, K; Kelsey, WD; Le Phuoc, D; Lefort, L; Leggieri, M; Neuhaus, H; Nikolov, A; Page, K; Passant, A; Sheth, A; Taylor, K
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Affiliations

52o North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software - Author
Boeing Co, Bellevue, WA USA - Author
Boeing Corporation - Author
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization - Author
CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering - Author
CSIRO Ict Centre - Author
CSIRO, Earth Sci & Resource Engn, Wembley, WA, Australia - Author
CSIRO, ICT Ctr, Wembley, WA, Australia - Author
CSIRO, Tasmanian ICT Ctr, Hobart, Tas, Australia - Author
Ericsson Sweden - Author
Fraunhofer Gesell Germany, Aachen, Germany - Author
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - Author
Geospatial Open Source Software, N Initiat 52, Munster, Germany - Author
Marine Metadata Interoperability - Author
National University of Ireland Galway - Author
Natl Univ Ireland, DERI, Galway, Ireland - Author
Open Geospatial Consortium - Author
Open Univ, London, England - Author
Open University - Author
Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH, Hants, England - Author
Univ Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
University of California, Santa Barbara - Author
University of Southampton - Author
University of Surrey - Author
Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH 45435 USA - Author
Wright State University - Author
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Abstract

The W3C Semantic Sensor Network Incubator group (the SSN-XG) produced an OWL 2 ontology to describe sensors and observations - the SSN ontology, available at http://purl.oclc.org/NET/ssnx/ssn. The SSN ontology can describe sensors in terms of capabilities, measurement processes, observations and deployments. This article describes the SSN ontology. It further gives an example and describes the use of the ontology in recent research projects. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Keywords

Linked sensor dataOntologiesSemantic interoperabilitySemantic sensor webSensor web enablementWeb

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal of Web Semantics due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Computer Networks and Communications. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 25.11. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 62.01 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 893
  • Scopus: 1296
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 725.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 723 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 41.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 2 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 30 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/16373/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 513
  • Downloads: 613
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; Germany; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States of America.

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