Synchronization of Sensor Network with Organization Ontology Hierarchy

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• obtain an ontology data structure that specifies a hierarchy of operations of an organization, wherein the ontology data structure comprises a plurality of nodes specifying concepts associated with operations of the organization, and edges connection nodes that represent relationships between the connected nodes;
• obtain a sensor network representation, wherein the sensor network representation comprises elements representing sensors deployed to an infrastructure of the organization;
• perform natural language processing on textual data associated with nodes of the ontology data structure and elements of the sensor network;
• map sensors of the sensor network to corresponding nodes in the ontology data structure based on results of the natural language processing;
• and
• modify at least one of the sensor network or the ontology data structure to align and synchronize the sensor network with the ontology data structure.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• obtain an ontology data structure that specifies a hierarchy of operations of an organization, wherein the ontology data structure comprises a plurality of nodes specifying concepts associated with operations of the organization, and edges connection nodes that represent relationships between the connected nodes;
• obtain a sensor network representation, wherein the sensor network representation comprises elements representing sensors deployed to an infrastructure of the organization;
• perform natural language processing on textual data associated with nodes of the ontology data structure and elements of the sensor network;
• map sensors of the sensor network to corresponding nodes in the ontology data structure based on results of the natural language processing;
• and
• modify at least one of the sensor network or the ontology data structure to align and synchronize the sensor network with the ontology data structure.