Generating and sharing models for Internet-of-Things data

One or more network devices, comprising:

• a memory for storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
• store a catalog of capability designations for different types of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices;
• receive, from a customer device, selection from the catalog of one or more of the capability designations, associated with a first type of IoT device;
• receive, after receiving the selection of the capability designations, event data generated by the first type of IoT device;
• map the event data to the one or more of the capability designations, wherein the mapping produces normalized IoT data for the first type of IoT device;
• generate semantic information for the normalized IoT data;
• assemble a data model for the first type of IoT device, wherein the data model includes the one or more of the capability designations and at least some of the semantic information and wherein the data model governs how data for the first type of IoT device is at least one of collected, stored, or presented;
• store in the memory the data model;
• receive, from a service or organization, an approval indication for the data model;
• and
• convert, after receiving the approval indication, the data model to a public model that is accessible to other customers.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions to cause the at least one processor to:

• store a catalog of capability designations for different types of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices;
• receive, from a customer device, selection from the catalog of one or more of the capability designations, associated with a first type of IoT device;
• receive, after receiving the selection of the capability designations, event data generated by the first type of IoT device;
• map the event data to the one or more of the capability designations, wherein the mapping produces normalized IoT data for the first type of IoT device;
• generate semantic information for the normalized IoT data;
• assemble a data model for the first type of IoT device, wherein the data model includes the one or more of the capability designations and the semantic information and wherein the data model governs how data for the first type of IoT device is at least one of collected, stored, or presented;
• store in a memory the data model;
• receive, from a service or organization, an approval indication for the data model;
• and
• convert, after receiving the approval indication, the data model to a public model that is accessible to other customers.