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Requirements for Urban Data Platform Federation Across Cities

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Urban Data Platforms (UDPs) are increasingly being adopted by cities to collect, analyze, share, and use data from diverse urban sources. However, data sharing across UDPs from different cities is in its infancy due to technical, organizational, and regulatory challenges. This paper addresses these issues by exploring the concept of UDP federation as a decentralized, interoperable approach to supporting crosscity data sharing while ensuring data sovereignty and legal compliance. Using a systematic literature review approach, we analyzed sixteen peer-reviewed articles and identified five main requirement areas for effective UDP federation: governance and sovereignty, scalable infrastructure, interoperability, privacy and security, and regulatory compliance. These findings provide a theoretical foundation for designing federated data-sharing ecosystems to foster urban innovation among municipalities.

Source: DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands)

Author: Bagheri, S.; id_orcid 0000-0002-1732-2298

Language: English

Topic: Smart Cities and Technologies

Subfield: Media Technology

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7126625766

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