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Context for the present document

The design, development and deployment of - potentially large - IoT systems require to address a number of topics - such as security, interoperability or privacy - that are related and should be treated in a concerted manner. In this context, several Technical Reports have been developed that each address a specific facet of IoT systems.

In order to provide a global a coherent view of all the topics addressed, a common approach has been outlined across the Technical Reports concerned with the objective to ensure that the requirements and specificities of the IoT systems are properly addressed and that the overall results are coherent and complementary.

The present document has been built with this common approach also applied in all of the other documents listed below:

• ETSI TR 103 533 [i.1].

• ETSI TR 103 534 [i.2].

• ETSI TR 103 535 [i.3].

• ETSI TR 103 537 [i.4].

• ETSI TR 103 591 [i.5].

Scope of the present document

The present document is addressing the issues related to the interoperability and interworking of IoT platforms, in particular standardized IoT platforms, and how the way they are handled can foster their adoption by the IoT community. The following points are discussed:

• What is a platform and what are the relevant ones for IoT?

• What are the main requirements of Interoperability and Interworking?

• How these requirements are taken into account by typical platforms.

• How those elements are taken into account in specific sectors such as Industrial IoT.

• Which recommendations can be made for an effective selection and usage?