IoT Jargons – Identity of Things (IDoT)

The Identity of Things (IDoT) is an area involves assigning universal unique identifiers (UUID) with associated metadata to devices and objects (things), to identify, connect and communicate effectively with other machines over the internet or within constrained local network.

The metadata included with the UUID characterizes the identity of an endpoint. Identity is an essential part of the Internet of Things (IoT), in which nearly anything conceivable can be tended to and organized for exchange of information on the web. In this specific cases, a thing can be anything – including both physical and sensible articles – that has a specific own identifier and the capacity to exchange information over a network.

Addressability and Reachability makes it possible for things/devices to be targeted and found. To make it addressable for  the Internet of Things, a thing must be globally uniquely identifiable(no other thing with same identity).

To make communication among things effective and secure, following are some of the essential considerations for identities of things:

• Maintaining a Lifecycle:  IoT Devices should be capable of maintain a lifecyle depending on the use and duration of sustainability of the device. Hence IDoT should be capable of maintaining a history of changes happening to the device over its lifespan.
• Maintaining Relationships:Identify also should provide a basic necessity to relate the device to other devices in the context as well as
• Context-awareness: Identity and access management (IAM) for IoT entities should be context aware and grant access only limited to a specific context as required. This would avoid exploitation of devices incase of any cyber attack. 
• Adequate Authentication: provide means of securely authenticating IoT identities.  This would ensure only authenticated entities can gain access to the IoT device.

All these essential features should help in obtaining a unique naming standards for IoT devices  or projects in your organization.