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needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as
cultural aspects.

3.2 Terms defined in this document

These Technical Specifications defines the following term:
3.2.1 Architecture: A definition of the structure, relationships, views, assumptions and rationale
of a system.

3.2.2 SSC ICT architecture: The architecture of a smart sustainable city, which emphasizes on the
role of the ICT (set of ICT components, which play individual roles within the system (i.e.,
authentication, data repositories, etc.) and all the components interact in order to establish the
expected entire SSC role.

3.2.3 Architecture framework: The process that results in the definition of an architecture,
consists of 3 steps: a) meta‐architecture definition; b) architecture definition; and c) guides'
definition.

4 Abbreviations and acronyms

These Technical Specification/Reports use the following abbreviations and acronyms:

BSI British Standards Institute

EDA Event Driven Architecture

FG‐SSC Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities

GPS Global Positioning System
HART Highway Addressable Remote Transducer Protocol

ICT Information and Communication Technologies

IoT Internet of Things

ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITU International Telecommunication Union

OAM & P & security Operation, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning, and
Security

RFID Radio Frequency Identity

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SOA Service Oriented Architecture
SOE State‐Owned‐Enterprise

SSC Smart Sustainable Cities

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