New Internet technologies promoting cloud-based services, the Internet of Things (IoT), real-world user interfaces, use of smart phones [REF] and smart meters, networks of sensors and RFIDs, and more accurate communication based on the semantic web, open new ways to collective action and collaborative problem solving.
Online collaborative sensor data management platforms are on-line database services that allow sensor owners to register and connect their devices to feed data into an on-line database for storage and allow developers to connect to the database and build their own applications based on that data [REF].