As the Internet of Things evolves, attention has been paid to adding intelligence capabilities, some of them via semantic technologies. However, many of these developments are still too device-centric and more needs to be done to make the IoT more people-centric. One important aspect in this direction is supporting spatial constructs that are meaningful to humans. We present the OpenThings platform as a basis to provide meaning via semantic technologies and demonstrate how it can be used to

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... d environments that take into account a human-centered view of temporal and spatial context. We exemplify this by building a prototype for a system that supports proxemic interactions and time awareness.