Four practical use cases

ngsildclient can be useful in practice to :

• model a domain-specific system

  it has many benefits in the exploration phase :

  • use the interactive mode to quickly build entities thanks to Python REPL (console)

  • use Jupyter notebooks to share and discuss about modeling or for didactic purpose

  • load and extend example entities from the Smart Data Model Initiatives

• demonstrate feasibility

  quickly develop a Proof Of Concept by :

  • populating the broker with sample entities

  • query the broker to test relationships

• develop a full NGSI-LD Agent

  putting all parts together the NGSI-LD Agent :

  • collects incoming domain-specific data

  • converts data to NGSI-LD compliant entities

  • feed the NGSI-LD broker

• administrate the broker

  allow admin tasks in interactive mode :

  • purge entities

  • list contexts