# HG changeset patch
# User drewp <drewp@bigasterisk.com>
# Date 1580951538 28800
# Node ID f4e1493e9526dc9cec3fd3ae6332d576680ca597
# Parent  0e0713fd23e797a275ed8b056019743c5844f25d
there's a plan

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+# Goals
+
+Make rules easy to add and experiment with. 
+Be transparent and debuggable. 
+Don't pack things into names that need to be parsed out. 
+Prefer RDF and URIs over ad-hoc structures and ids. 
+Integrate with lots of outside data sources. 
+
+## Input
+
+Services create RDF graphs (legacy) and send MQTT messages (esp32 nodes, and eventually everything)
+
+`mqtt_to_rdf` gathers those inputs; writes some of them to influxdb; turns them into an RDF graph
+
+`collector` takes multiple RDF graphs and merges them into new combinations
+
+## Reasoning
+`reasoning` takes an RDF graph and N3 rules; emits an RDF graph (and makes HTTP PUT and POST requests)
+
+## Output
+
+`rdf_to_mqtt` takes RDF graph and emits MQTT messages
+
+(`reasoning` does some of its own output actions)
+
+Services (sometimes, the same ones that gathered input) perform home automation outputs.