  Integrating different Internet of Things devices from different manufacturers
to create a mashup scenario can be a tedious and error-prone task that involves
studying non-standard datasheets. A Thing Description (TD) as defined by the
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) can make such a task less complicated by
providing a standardized model for describing the metadata and the interface of
a Web of Things (WoT) entity. However, a situation where a mashup developer has
access to a Thing's TD before having access to the Thing itself may still
arise. A way of simulating devices based only on their TDs is thus helpful
during the development process of a mashup. In this work, we present a method
of creating a virtual Thing that simulates the behavior of a WoT-enabled entity
based only on its Thing Description.
