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City Science Stakeholder Stakeholder Brief Description & Relationship to City Science
Other data providers Public and private sector organizations that provide data other than open
(shared, private data, e.g. data.
data marketplaces, etc.)
Similar to open data providers, they can supply the data required for city
science solutions to address urban challenges.
Labour force related The members of city labor force with data processing and management
to data processing and skills are potential stakeholders for the application of city science to solve
management urban problems.
The labor force participates in all the economic activities related to city
science solutions, pertinent data processing and management, etc.
Data regulatory agencies A data regulatory agency (also regulatory authority, regulatory body or
regulator) is a public authority or government agency responsible for
exercising autonomous authority over data in a regulatory or supervisory
capacity. An independent data regulatory agency is a data regulatory agency
that is independent from other branches or arms of the government .
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Data regulations shape and impact city science solutions in terms of
how they use, process and manipulate data to ensure compliance with
applicable regulations.
Data SDOs (standards A data standards organization, data standards body, data standards
developing organizations) developing organization (SDO), or data standards setting organization (SSO)
is an organization whose primary activities are developing, coordinating,
promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise
producing data technical standards that are intended to address the needs
of a group of affected adopters .
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City science solutions can ensure compliance with commonly agreed
standards by utilizing them in implementations.
ICT infrastructure / services Encompasses all the providers of infrastructure and services related to
providers Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

These providers can support and supply data related activities and services.
They can provide readily available connectivity, data processing and security
solutions, among others, to accelerate the implementation of city solutions.

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