HA Object Model or Taxonomy?

[alan.trevennor@xxxxxxxxxx]

Good morning all.

I just joined, so be gentle if this is a silly question, or reopening old
wounds! I did a search of this forum and found nothing much to answer my
question, so here I am asking it!

I've been looking for a freely available (non proprietary) object model for
the smart home which is suitable for use by the hobbyist or home-brew HA
enthusiast. I've found some Java classes that relate to HA which would be
useful if using Java (I guess) but seem very language specific. I've found
several useful looking documents issued by standards bodies (DLNA and
others) - but which in fact require you to join them at a fee of thousands
before you can access them. Not at all suitable for the lone hobbyist on
low low budget.

I've also found several commercial companies who say their products all use
their standard object model, but who don't actually publish that object
model, thus ignoring the lessons of recent history that say that publishing
interface standards increases market traction.

I've found several old stale sites which say they are working on an open HA
object model, but which seem to long ago have failed to proceed.

And so on...

So my question is: Does such a thing exist? A freely available and
comprehensive object model for the smart home, suitable for use by the
great unwashed?

My Googling would seem to suggest to me that there is no such thing. Am I
wrong? I hope I am 8-)

Thanks in advance for your help.
Alan T



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