**8. Conclusion**

The origins and features of SEIS have been discussed in relation to the increasing interconnection and interaction of building transportation systems with

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the buildings and cities which they support. The importance of conforming to a standard definition of the operation of building transportation systems cannot be overstressed and SEIS provides this in an open and accessible format while being compatible with a properly secured environment, allowing commercial confidence and intellectual property to be protected. The examples presented have illustrated how wide and varied is the range of potential applications for SEIS in this domain. In particular the example of a group dispatcher indicates the role that SEIS could play in supporting the interoperation of devices (potentially the 'things' in the Internet of Things) where different autonomous elements, which may not have interacted previously, must collaborate.
