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The Internet of Things (IoT) is emerging as the next technological revolution and with it opens up a new research field. In particular, this new field needs to be studied in conjunction with adequate theories, design principles, and user acceptance. As such, a number of technologies become relevant and intertwined with this new trend. In particular, IoT is an effort to reach out into the real world of physical objects. In this regard, technologies like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), short-range wireless communications, Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), and sensor networks ubiquity contribute to make IoT vision, a reality [13]. Continuous improvements in technological performance, combined with maturing applications and decreasing prices have contributed to the pervasive adoption of Automated Identification Technology (AIT) such as bar codes and RFID technology. Following its incubation period, today RFID technology adoption can be seen in various domains making its diffusion global across industries and national borders. Over the last 10 years, RFID application is witnessing a significant growth in almost each sector. RFID Item-Level Tagging (ILT) initiatives are extensively deployed in sectors such as apparel and footwear - with companies such as Gerry Weber International, American Apparel, Macy, JC Penney, and Wal-Mart leading the movement. Adoption of RFID is closely related to various concepts such as Ubiquitous computing (Ubi-comp), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Web of Things (WoT) [14], or the Web of Things and People (WoTaP) [26], or even as the Social Internet of Things (SIoT) [3]. All these concepts have in common the idea that a tagged object (non-living thing and living thing) can communicate electronically, in real time, with its environment through the global infrastructure of wireless Internet. As RFID enabled sensors and intelligence are added to physical objects, this opens up way to innovative business models in electronic commerce and transformation of modern enterprises and their relationship with their constituencies. Not only it brings about changes to the way commerce takes place, but also to the way people interact with their environment and with each other’s, and thus opening new perspectives to connect the physical world and the digital world [32]. On the other hand, effective application and adoption of these new models and technologies pose a host of research questions requiring scientific intervention. To this end, this article is expected to serve as an inspiration to raise awareness of researchers and attract their attention

Special Issue on RFID - Towards Ubiquitous Computing and the Web of Things: Guest Editors´ Introduction