The SODA standard is an adaptation of the service-oriented architecture (SOA), which greatly simplifies integrating devices to business systems through a set of services that can be reused and combined to address changing business priorities. At the simplest level, SODA lets programmers deal with devices such as sensors and actuators just as business services are used in today’s enterprise SOAs. SODA converts hardware devices to software services with well-defined interfaces, independent of the programming language and the computing platforms to which they are connected.
A draft of the SODA white paper will soon be available. An initial SODA meeting will be announced soon and invitation will be extended to all interested parties. To indicate your organization's interest, you may add yourself to this mailing list.