1. A method for generating a dynamic representational state of a thing, the method comprising: generating by a data management computing apparatus a plurality of instances of things, each of the instances of things comprising a dynamically generated interface structure and one or more services associated with, and one or more properties of, a corresponding thing; retrieving and providing by the data management computing apparatus the one or more services associated with, and the one or more properties of, a selected one of the plurality of instances of things; retrieving and providing by the data management computing apparatus a service definition for a selected one of the one or more services based on the retrieved and provided one or more services associated with, and one or more properties for, the selected one of the plurality of instances of things; executing by the data management computing apparatus a requested consumption call for the selected one of the one or more services based on the retrieved service definition; and providing by the data management computing apparatus a defined result set for the executed consumption call in the dynamically generated interface structure associated with the requested one of the plurality of instances of things, wherein the generating the plurality of instances of things comprises: receiving by the data management computing apparatus the one or more services and the one or more properties associated with each of the generated plurality of instances of things; and persisting by the data management computing apparatus each of the generated plurality of instances of things with the corresponding received one or more services and the one or more properties; wherein the generating the plurality of instances of things comprises: receiving by the data management computing apparatus a defined shape for each of the generated plurality of instances of things; receiving by the data management computing apparatus a defined template for each of the generated plurality of instances of things; generating by the data management computing apparatus the dynamically generated interface structure based on the received defined shape, the received defined template and the received one or more properties for each of the generated plurality of instances of things; and persisting by the data management computing apparatus the dynamically generated interface structure for each of the generated plurality of instances of things.