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The smart city platform should integrate software and tools to deal with data management and
processing, data mining, engineering analysis, system control, machine learning, environmental
assessment, and economic and social analyses. These tools should be able to share data and
information among the city stakeholders. The platform should also integrate powerful modelling
tools, such as GIS, Civil Information Modelling (CIM) and Building Information Modelling (BIM). In
some cases, the platforms should integrate Big Data analysis tools.

3 Interoperability and integration

This layer allows interconnection between applications and with other platforms. The city platform,
through the Interoperability layer, provides standard and open interfaces that guarantee the sending
of data by devices and other information systems and access to them by different applications,
both in real time and deferred.

Effective Open Data must be structured around well-defined standards and accompanied by the
corresponding metadata, and it must be made available in files in standard formats or via well-
defined APIs. The license associated data must clearly state whether it can be shared and freely
used by third parties. Finally, proper care must be taken about the privacy of citizens, applying
anonymization techniques whenever needed .
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4 Vertical services layer

Business applications and services are deployed on a layer of different vertical components,
including the management and control of the elements of the city platform that are used in the
verticals. Applications can be running on the platform or there can be other external services that
publish or use the information.

The interaction and involvement of stakeholders is at the heart of the smart city concept. The
platform should integrate specific tools to interact with citizens, the administration, service providers,
professionals, and visitors, using the opportunity to diffuse information to different groups (social
communities) while also receiving information, feedback and requests from the city stakeholders.

5 Security management and support layer

Urban/City Platforms must have a support layer that offers auditing, monitoring and security
services. It must be able to receive, process, view, monitor and manage the different services and
systems that are integrated, providing a single and centralized vision.

• Security: This provides security mechanisms, such as authentication, authorization, and ciphering.

• Monitoring: This collects platform operation information.

• Audit: This registers those who have accessed sensitive information.

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