[[[#exploration-mech]]].
For self-describing Things, this can be the TD of the Thing itself.
- If the URL references a Thing Description Directory, this MUST be the Directory Description of the
+ If the URL references a Thing Description Directory, this MUST be the Thing Description of the
Thing Description Directory.
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
DNS-Based Service Discovery
td
-
Absolute pathname of the Thing Description of the Thing or Directory Description of the Thing Description Directory.
+
Absolute pathname of the Thing Description of the Thing or Thing Description of the Thing Description Directory.
type
Type of the Thing Description, i.e. Thing or Directory.
If omitted, the type is assumed to be Thing.
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
DNS-Based Service Discovery
Absolute path name of the API to get an array of Thing Description IDs
from the directory service. register:
- Absolute path name of the API to register a Directory Description with the Thing Description Directory.
+ Absolute path name of the API to register a Thing Description with the Thing Description Directory. path:
The URI of the thing description on the Web Thing's web server td:
@@ -673,15 +673,15 @@
CoRE Link Format and CoRE Resource Directory
A Thing or Thing Description Directory MAY advertise its presence using the
Constrained RESTful Environment (CoRE) Link Format [[RFC6690]].
- A Thing or Thing Description Directory MAY use the CoRE Resource Directory [[CoRE-RD]]
- to register a link to the Thing or Directory Description.
+ A Thing or Thing Description Directory MAY use the CoRE Resource Directory [[CoRE-RD]]
+ to register a link to its corresponding Thing Description.
The resource type (rt) of the Link that targets the Thing Description of the Thing
MUST be wot.thing.
- The resource type of the Link that targets the Directory Description of the Thing Description Directory
+ The resource type of the Link that targets the Thing Description of the Thing Description Directory
MUST be wot.directory.
@@ -696,22 +696,34 @@
DID Documents
- The DID Document obtained by resolving the DID of a Thing or Thing Description Directory MUST
- contain a Service Endpoint which points to a Thing Description describing that Thing or Thing Description Directory.
+ The DID Document obtained by resolving the DID of a Thing or Thing Description Directory MUST
+ contain a Service Endpoint which points to a TD describing that Thing (using the WotThing service name)
+ or a TD of a Thing Description Directory (using the WotDirectory service name).