Summary

Recommendation ITU-T Y.4481 addresses a type of middle platform called the data middle platform (DM), which is expected to provide innovative digital data services to deliver data value. It allows the separation of the fundamental technical support capabilities from business-related services. The main purpose of a DM is to aggregate and manage cross-domain data into services.

For Internet of things (IoT) and smart sustainable cities (SSC), a DM aims at providing common data services that can be reused in diverse application domains by governments, enterprises, organizations and individuals.