Foreword

This PAS was sponsored by Flexeye with funding from Innovate UK. Its development was facilitated by BSI Standards Limited and it was published under licence from The British Standards Institution. It came into effect on 31 May 2016.

Acknowledgement is given to Pilgrim Beart of DevicePilot as the technical author of this PAS and to Toby Jaffey and John Davies as authors of the original specification on which this PAS is based.

Acknowledgement is also given to the following organizations that were involved in the development of this PAS as members of the steering group:

• British Telecommunications plc
• BSI Consumer & Public Interest Network
• Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI)
• DevicePilot
• Flexeye
• Greater London Authority
• Hypercat
• IBM UK Ltd
• In Touch Ltd
• King’s College London
• Knowledge Transfer Network
• RedBite Solutions Ltd
• Thingful
• Co-opted member

Acknowledgement is also given to the members of a wider review panel who were consulted in the development of this PAS.

The British Standards Institution retains ownership and copyright of this PAS. BSI Standards Limited as the publisher of this PAS reserves the right to withdraw or amend this PAS on receipt of authoritative advice that it is appropriate to do so. This PAS will be reviewed at intervals not exceeding two years, and any amendments arising from the review will be published as an amended PAS and publicized in Update Standards.

This PAS is not to be regarded as a British Standard. It will be withdrawn upon publication of its content in, or as, a British Standard.

The PAS process enables a specification to be rapidly developed in order to fulfil an immediate need in industry. A PAS can be considered for further development as a British Standard, or constitute part of the UK input into the development of a European or International Standard.

Relationship with other publications

This PAS is based on a specification, known as Hypercat, which was originally developed by the Hypercat working group.

Use of this document

It has been assumed in the preparation of this PAS that the execution of its provisions will be entrusted to appropriately qualified and experienced people, for whose use it has been produced.

Presentational conventions

The provisions of this PAS are presented in roman (i.e. upright) type. Its requirements are expressed in sentences in which the principal auxiliary verb is “shall”. The word “should” is used to express recommendations, the word “may” is used to express permissibility and the word “can” is used to express possibility, e.g. the consequence of an action of an event.

Commentary, explanation and general informative material is presented in italic type, and does not constitute a normative element.

Spelling conforms to The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. If a word has more than one spelling, the first spelling in the dictionary is used.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a PAS cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

PAS 212:2016

Automatic resource discovery for the Internet of Things. Specification

Current

Published:

31 May 2016