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5. Relationship to Existing Ecosystems
How WattSchema complements other semantic standards and adjacent ontology efforts.
WattSchema is intentionally positioned as a complement to, not a replacement for, existing semantic efforts:
- ASHRAE 223 provides the foundational semantics for physical systems and observed phenomena.
- Brick Schema offers a mature vocabulary for building equipment and points, widely adopted in building automation contexts.
- RealEstateCore addresses portfolio- and asset-level concerns above individual facilities.
WattSchema focuses on the power and cooling semantics unique to data centers, while remaining interoperable in linked-data environments.
