Fuse has been designed from the ground up to support relationships between the car and everything else in the vehicle ecosystem.

1. RELATIONSHIPS:
MODELINGTHEVEHICLE
ECOSYSTEM
Phillip J.Windley, Ph.D.
Enterprise Architect
BrighamYoung University

2. Fuse is an open-source, connected-car project (see http://joinfuse.com). But it's more than that. Fuse is also a system
for modeling the relationships that a car has with people, organizations, places, things, and so on. Because of their
utility, expense, longevity, and mobility, cars have numerous, significant relationships.
A relationship is more than an identifier. At the least, a relation implies means of communication that leads to
interaction. Relationships are build on mutual exchange of value (not necessarily monetary).

3. Drive down any Main Street in the US and count the businesses that have something to do with cars.
Vehicle ecosystem is huge
- 250 million vehicles in US alone
- Americans spend an average of $3400/car/year
- And that doesn't count car sales

4. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

5. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

6. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

7. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

8. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

9. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

10. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

11. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

12. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

13. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

14. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

15. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

16. Among the most important relationships that a car has is with its owner. But there's more than one owner. At the
beginning of it's life, the car's owner is the manufacturer. Later the car is owned by the dealer, and then by a person
or finance company. And, of course, cars are frequently resold. Over the course of it's lifetime a car will have many
owners.
The nature of relationships change over time. For example, the car probably needs to maintain a relationship with the
manufacturer and dealer after they are no longer owners. With these changes to the relationship come changes in
rights and responsibilities.
In addition to relationships with owners, cars also have relationships with other players in the vehicle ecosystem
including: fuel vendors, mechanics, parts vendors, insurance companies, finance companies, and government
agencies. Vehicles exchange data and money with these players over time.
In addition to the owner, the car has relationships with other people: drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
And the car might have relationships with other vehicles, traffic signals, the roadway, and even potholes (see http://

17. Fuse makes your car social...
Makes things social by linking them to their owner, service shop, manufacturer, and others

18. RELATIONSHIPS
• identity
• policy
• attributes
• rights
• responsibilities
• needs
• frequencies of user
Each of these relationships is based on unique identities for the various players. Each of the relationships are based
on communication channels that need to be authenticated, authorized, and controlled by policy. Each has different
attributes, different rights, different responsibilities, different needs, and different frequencies of use. Some are
permanent or semi-permanent. Others are temporary or even transient. For example, a car will have a
(semi-)permanent relationship with its manufacturer and owner, a temporary relationship with the service shop
changing the oil, and a transitory relationship with the traffic signal it's sitting at and other vehicles around it on the
roadway.

19. Use
Maintain
RecommendPurchase
Select
Research
Buy
Market & Sell
Own
Support & Serve
Companies spend a lot of money on the so-called buy cycle.
We think that creating an online model of the relationships a car has with service vendors presents significant
opportunities in the own cycle.

20. Built correctly, these relationships form a model of the entire vehicle ecosystem. Relationships link the models for
individual cars, the people who interact with them, roads, and so on to provide a vast, distributed online system that
mirrors the vehicle ecosystem. Such a collection of linked, active models could provide a system for understanding
traffic and the economic and social structures around car ownership and use.

21. Fuse builds these models using something we call a pico, short for "persistent compute object." Picos allow things to
exist online as long-lived entities with a unique identity and purpose. Picos allow any thing, whether it's active, like
the car, or passive, like the road or a pothole, to have an online representation that supports persistently storing
data, running programs, and communicating with other things. Picos allow things like your car to support
relationships and form networks that model their features, functionality, and utility in the physical world.

22. THE COMPUSERVE OFTHINGS
The real power of the Internet of Things is the relationships between those things. What's missing in the CompuServe
of Things are the relationships (see http://www.windley.com/archives/2014/04/the_compuserve_of_things.shtml).
Cars show this clearly because of their rich connections to other players in the vehicle ecosystem. Fuse brings the
relationship network in that ecosystem online and makes it part of the Internet.

23. MODELINGTHEVEHICLE
ECOSYSTEM
Contact info:
Phil Windley
phil@windley.org
www.windley.com
@windley
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