title: A web based tool for storing and visualising data generated within a smart home.
abstract: There is a growing need to re-assess the current approaches available to researchers for storing and managing heterogeneous data generated within a smart home environment. In our current work we have developed the homeML Application; a web based tool to support researchers engaged in the area of smart home research as they perform experiments. Within this paper the homeML Application is presented which includes the fundamental components of the homeML Repository and the homeML Toolkit. Results from a usability study conducted by 10 computer science researchers are presented; the initial results of which have been positive.
authors.affiliation: Computer Science Research Institute and the School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster. swan-h2@email.ulster.ac.uk
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Nugent
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Finlay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hallberg
mesh_terms: D057225:Data Mining / Q000379:methods*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface