Eclipse has been really pushing boundaries on IoT platforms lately with their IoT Challenges.
One of the benefits from all the talk and work is Eclipse Vorto that helps compile and manage information models, but uses a techonology-independent approach.
One of the cooler things I saw is the Vorto Repository where device manufacturers release their information models for downloading.
The models can be used as Metamodels within Eclipse Vorto and others.
Might be useful to get input also from their side of things...the dev side.
I'll start some side discussions on their mailing list to see how we and they can benefit from one another.
-Thad