{"id":9895,"date":"2021-12-03T07:57:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T06:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartcityjournal.cibeles.net\/sin-categoria\/fiware-foundation-and-oasc-strengthen-ties-to-drive-open-standards-and-innovation-in-cities-and-regions\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T20:29:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T19:29:46","slug":"fiware-foundation-and-oasc-strengthen-ties-to-drive-open-standards-and-innovation-in-cities-and-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/fiware-foundation-and-oasc-strengthen-ties-to-drive-open-standards-and-innovation-in-cities-and-regions","title":{"rendered":"FIWARE Foundation and OASC Strengthen Ties to Drive Open Standards and Innovation in Cities and Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"

They will run joint workshops and events to increase public visibility of both and involve each other in specific projects and project proposals<\/em><\/p>\n

FIWARE Foundation<\/a><\/strong>, the non-profit organization that drives the definition and encourages the adoption of open standards<\/strong> \u2014 based on Open Source technologies, reference architectures and over <\/strong>800 Smart Data Models<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 to ease the development of smart digital solutions, and Open & Agile Smart Cities<\/a> (OASC)<\/strong>, a global network of 160+ cities \u2014 spread across 30+ countries \u2014 committed to ensuring cities and communities have a clear voice toward technology providers and regulators, have entered into a new collaborative agreement to continue their strategic partnership.<\/p>\n

OASC<\/strong>, together with its members, partners, and independent experts, create sustainable impact for cities and communities, by providing minimal technical ground, namely, the MIMs<\/a><\/strong> (Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms). Based on open standards and technical specifications, including FIWARE NGSI-LD and MIM2 \u2013 Smart Data Models, MIMs provide the technical foundation for the procurement and deployment of urban data platforms and end-to-end solutions in cities and communities worldwide.<\/p>\n

Vendor-neutral and technology-agnostic, OASC<\/strong>\u2019s MIMs can be integrated with existing systems, and have already been adopted by the OASC Council of Cities<\/strong>, which represents the entire OASC<\/strong> network. As an example, Slovenia was the first country in Europe<\/a> to have requested its cities to apply MIMs when implementing their strategies for smart cities and regions.<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the new agreement, FIWARE<\/strong> will support cities in their decision process to implement OASC<\/strong>\u2019s MIMs, enabling them to exchange solutions and share open data more easily. Equally, OASC<\/strong> will use its global reach to advise cities and communities about the importance of open standards and digital tools \u2014 such as the one provided by FIWARE<\/strong> \u2014 for companies and public administrations to be able to build a sustainable future. By using open standards and APIs, both organizations strive to enable companies and cities to share and reuse digital, data-driven solutions in a seamless fashion, hence, reducing the cost of innovation, and avoiding vendor lock-in.<\/p>\n

With such shared goals, it is only natural that FIWARE Foundation<\/strong> and OASC<\/strong> go back a long way. Juanjo Hierro, FIWARE Foundation CTO, spearheaded OASC\u2019s launch in 2015, alongside Martin Brynskov, Chair at OASC<\/strong>. The relationship has evolved considerably since then and further synergies keep emerging.<\/p>\n

\u201cEurope-born, FIWARE and OASC complement each other with their respective geographic expansion. Also, given our combined skills from a demand and supply side, respectively, we are ideally positioned to fully understand what cities need in order to implement cost-effective, sustainable, inclusive, smart, and interoperable solutions\u201d<\/em>, said Ulrich Ahle<\/strong>, FIWARE Foundation CEO. \u201cBuilding upon the <\/em>Digital Europe Programme<\/em><\/a> \u2014 that aims to bridge the digital technology gap for businesses, citizens and public administrations \u2014 we will seek ways in which technologies can meet cities\u2019 vision of open, fair, inclusive and sustainable local economic development. Together with both our extended global communities, we will further support cities to ensure they become greener, more digital and resilient.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Smart Data Models<\/h2>\n

<\/em>Both organizations have also started cooperating on Smart Data Models. In June this year, OASC<\/strong> officially joined the Smart Data Models Program<\/a>. With this program, FIWARE<\/a>, TM Forum<\/a>, IUDX<\/a> (India\u2019s Urban Data Exchange) \u2014 and now OASC \u2014 have been leading global activities to standardize Data Models across a wide range of domains, to guarantee interoperability between different systems, solutions, and vertical data silos. In order to deliver such outcomes, standard Data Models and a context management platform like FIWARE\u2019s Orion-LD Context Broker<\/a> are vital to create a thoroughly smart approach. Currently, over 170 contributors have already defined roughly 800 data models in eleven different domains on Github<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe launch of this program was a key milestone for our growing relationship. Driving the digital transformation of cities and communities goes beyond the use of cutting-edge technology. OASC is working hard to make sure that this transformation goes in a direction that benefits society as a whole. One that\u2019s open, free, and fair.\u201d<\/em> As cities are currently overwhelmed with pressing issues, Geni Raitisoja<\/strong>, OASC\u2019s Executive Director, adds that they \u201cneed a voice towards technology providers and policymakers, to help them leverage global infrastructure and services, fast track their innovation, and improve services for their citizens. More importantly, they lack channels to share best practices, and relevant open data with other cities. FIWARE stands by this vision and given the fact that <\/em>250+ global cities are already benefiting from FIWARE open source technologies<\/em><\/a> and standards, this adds value to the OASC network. I look forward to a long-lasting and meaningful partnership\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Both organizations are set to create value and synergies across many other areas. As part of the collaboration, they have agreed to the following:<\/p>\n