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            What is SAREF?
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          <p><strong>The Smart Appliances REFerence (SAREF)</strong> ontology is a shared model of consensus that facilitates the matching of existing assets in the smart appliances domain. </p>
          <p><em>SAREF provides building blocks that allow separation and recombination of different parts of the ontology depending on specific needs.</em></p>
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            Why SAREF?
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          <p><strong>SAREF</strong> explicitly specifies recurring core concepts in the smart appliances domain, the main relationships between these concepts, and axioms to constrain the usage of these concepts and relationships. SAREF has been
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              <li><strong>Reuse and alignment</strong> of concepts and relationships that are defined in existing assets</li>
              <li><strong>Modularity</strong> to allow separation and recombination of different parts of the ontology depending on specific needs</li>
              <li><strong>Extensibility</strong> to allow further growth of the ontology</li>
              <li><strong>Maintainability</strong> to facilitate the process of identifying and correcting defects, accommodate new
                requirements, and cope with changes in (parts of) <strong>SAREF</strong></li>


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