An interoperable Open Specifications Framework for Smart City urban platforms

Hernández, José L.; García, Rubén; Fischer, Michael; Schonowski, Joachim; Atlan, Daniel; Ruohomäki, Timo

doi:10.1109/giots.2019.8766396

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“…Flexibility is defined in terms of capability of adaptation to the city needs, providing a full context where Smart City requirements may be covered. Figure 3 [11,41] describes the proposed Open Specifications Framework. This framework is built upon the previous initiatives while, at the same time, redefining some of the concepts to present the Smart City Urban Platforms with a broader overview.…”

Section: Mysmartlife Open Specifications Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For this purpose, to complement the framework a data management procedure is also determined where the different stages and interoperability levels are highlighted. Figure 4 [11,41] displays how the framework manages data from the collection to the consumption. Basically, the IoT sensors and other field measurement equipment publish data that need to be collected by means of data drivers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Data require to be modified according to GRDP constraints and/or quality checks (surveillance layer) in order to store and calculate the analytics (data layer). Furthermore, next step exposes data [41] to overcome with the next level of interoperability (northbound in the interoperability layer) by the publication of the datasets. Finally, services and third parties consume data to provide intelligent services and/or applications (intelligent services layer).…”

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“…For this purpose, metadata should be also considered when sharing, i.e., northbound interoperability based on open APIs. Metadata provide mechanisms to auto-interpret and self-discover data [41]. Urban platforms are expected to support heterogeneous and multi-domain sensors, a fact that complicates the data understanding, hence requiring dynamic data models that are being adapted along the urban platform life cycle (i.e., representation of current and future data types, instead of fixed data models).…”

Section: Data Sharing: Metadata For Structural Interoperabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Interoperable Open Specifications Framework for the Implementation of Standardized Urban Platforms

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García²,

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et al. 2020

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The current cities' urban challenges go through digitalization and integration of new technologies under the perspective of actual and future ecological, as well as socio-economic commitments. This process is translated into the Open Standardized Urban Data Platform, which plays a pivotal role. Within its main functionalities, data ingestion, analytics and services as vertical domains become necessary to create more environmentally friendly cities. However, there still exist some deficits. Among them, openness and interoperability are outlined. On the one hand, there is a lack of open data initiatives for increasing the smart services stock. On the other hand, interoperability depends upon vendors and integrators, reducing the possibilities of Smart City growth. In this context, under the mySMARTLife project (GA #731297) umbrella, an Open Specifications Framework has been developed in order to address four main issues: (1) data interoperability; (2) services or verticals interoperability; (3) openness; and (4) replicability. It enlightens the implementation and integration of multiple city domains (like infrastructures, mobility, energy, buildings) for smart management and big-data analytics. Its applicability is demonstrated in the three lighthouse cities of the project, Nantes (France), Hamburg (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland).

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“…Finally, we have found in the literature a set of works providing tools to enable interoperability. Hernández et al [44] describes a framework to specify adopted standards. Similarly, a model based, lightweight middleware to simplify interoperability of IoT services is described in [45].…”

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confidence: 99%