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Dušan Borovčanin 8be2516321 MF-780 - Use Normalizer as a lib (#915)
* Use Normalizer as a lib

To normalize messages on the consumer side, Normalizer is moved
to the internal pkgs. Writers being message consumers are modified to
do message normalization instead of subscribing to normalized messages
subject.

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* Fix logging middleware for readers and writers

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* Remove normalizer interface

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* Use Normalizer in writers

As we agreed on #919, we'll use normalizer as an interface and provide
the default SenML implementation. Because of that, Normalizer is removed
from `internal` and we'll use the project structure proposed in the
aforementioned issue.

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* Fix tests

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* Remove unused batch settings from influxDB reader

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* Update docs

Move Normalizer service to `addons`.

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* Rename channels input topic

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* Update Noramlizer docs

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* Remove commented code

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* Update readers logging

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* Update addons docker-compose files

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* Update topcis explanations

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## Components
Mainflux IoT platform is comprised of the following services:
| Service | Description |
|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [users](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/tree/master/users) | Manages platform's users and auth concerns |
| [things](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/tree/master/things) | Manages platform's things, channels and access policies |
| [http-adapter](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/tree/master/http) | Provides an HTTP interface for accessing communication channels |
| [ws-adapter](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/tree/master/ws) | Provides a WebSocket interface for accessing communication channels |
| [mqtt-adapter](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/tree/master/mqtt) | Provides an MQTT interface for accessing communication channels |
| [coap-adapter](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/tree/master/coap) | Provides a CoAP interface for accessing communication channels |
| [lora-adapter](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/tree/master/lora) | Provides a LoRa Server forwarder for accessing communication channels |
| [mainflux-cli](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/tree/master/cli) | Command line interface |
![arch](img/architecture.jpg)
## Domain model
The platform is built around 3 main entities: **users**, **things** and **channels**.
`User` represents the real (human) user of the system. It is represented via its
e-mail and password, which he uses as platform access credentials in order to obtain
an access token. Once logged into the system, user can manage his resources (i.e.
things and channels) in CRUD fashion, and define access control policies by
connecting them.
`Thing` represents devices (or applications) connected to Mainflux that uses the
platform for message exchange with other "things".
`Channel` represents a communication channel. It serves as message topic that
can be consumed by all of the things connected to it.
## Messaging
Mainflux uses [NATS](https://nats.io) as its messaging backbone, due to its
lightweight and performant nature. You can treat its *subjects* as physical
representation of Mainflux channels, where subject name is constructed using
channel unique identifier.
In general, there is no constrained put on content that is being exchanged
through channels. However, in order to be post-processed and normalized,
messages should be formatted using [SenML](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-core-senml-08).