Define Data Sources

In a smart city, data is collected from a variety of sources (Gharaibeh et al. 2017) (Chen et al. 2013). Therefore, the objective of this activity is to define what will be the data collection sources for a given service offered to citizens.

Relationship

• A city service consumes different data sources from the city.

History

In order to provide an efficient service, the data manager needs to plan how to manage the data throughout the process which will be used to provide services to citizens (Gharaibeh et al. 2017) (Sinaeepourfard et al. 2016). Therefore, it is necessary that to identify where the data will be collected, in order to plan the activities that constitute the lifecycle, which should be used to transform the data into information and thus reach citizens as a service.

Examples

• Sensors
• Smart metres
• Smartphones
• CCTV cameras

References

• Chen, J. & Chen, Y. & Du, X. & Li, C. & Lu, J. & Zhao, S. & Zhou, X., 2013. Big data challenge: A data management perspective. Frontiers of Computer Science. 7. 10.1007/s11704-013-3903-7.
• Gharaibeh, A. & Salahuddin, M. & Hussini, S. & Khreishah, A. & Khalil, I. & Guizani, M. & Al-Fuqaha, A., 2017. Smart Cities: A Survey on Data Management, Security and Enabling Technologies. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. PP. 1-1. Available at: 10.1109/COMST.2017.2736886.
• Sinaeepourfard,A., Garcia, J., Masip-Bruin,X. and Marín-Tordera,E. “A comprehensive scenario agnostic Data LifeCycle model for an efficient data complexity management,” 2016 IEEE 12th International Conference on e-Science (e-Science), Baltimore, MD, 2016, pp. 276-281. doi: 10.1109/eScience.2016.7870909