Normas UNE 178: Estándares para Ciudades y Territorios Inteligentes

Miguel López

La interoperabilidad es una de las herramientas más potentes para aprovechar al máximo las ventajas de la digitalización. Al permitir la integración del mayor número posible de herramientas externas —gracias al lenguaje común utilizado por todas ellas—, se multiplican las funcionalidades que un sistema dado puede ofrecer. Al mismo tiempo, el hecho de que los propios datos, materia prima de cualquier sistema digital, sean almacenados y gestionados de acuerdo a unos estándares comunes permite su aprovechamiento por una gran variedad de actores distintos, maximizando así los resultados de cualquier análisis generalizado.

No es de extrañar, entonces, que desde las instituciones y principales entidades del sector de la transformación digital, y sobre todo de las Ciudades y Territorios Inteligentes, se esté buscando fomentar una norma estándar que permita la mayor interoperabilidad posible entre sistemas. En España, esta estandarización viene marcada por la norma UNE 178104.

Las normas UNE, elaboradas por los Comités Técnicos de Normalización de la Asociación Española de Normalización, establecen unos criterios cuya adopción no es a priori obligatoria —al contrario de lo que pasa con los reglamentos técnicos, o con las normas europeas EN. Sin embargo, las distintas entidades integradoras y usuarias finales suelen imponer la adherencia a estos estándares, por ejemplo a través de requisitos concretos en pliegos de licitación en el caso de contrataciones públicas.

Entonces, ¿Qué es lo que codifica esa norma UNE 178104:2017? Su título no deja lugar a dudas: Sistemas Integrales de Gestión de la Ciudad Inteligente. Requisitos de interoperabilidad para una Plataforma de Ciudad Inteligente. Dicho de otra forma, regula los sistemas centrales que permiten organizar, distribuir y procesar toda la información generada por los distintos elementos de una ciudad inteligente, y los mecanismos que aseguran la interoperabilidad de los mismos.

La norma en sí consta de 4 bloques fundamentales: En el primero, se da una vista funcional de las ciudades inteligentes, concretando los servicios que debe ofrecer una Plataforma Integral. En el bloque número dos, se presentan las características generales que deben presentar los elementos de la plataforma, los distintos módulos que integran un sistema de estas características y su categorización en el llamado modelo de capas, y se identifican ciertos problemas de interoperabilidad actuales. El bloque número tres proporciona distintas métricas mediante las que valorar una Plataforma Integral, y el número cuatro está dedicado a los anexos.

Esta norma viene complementada por otras publicadas por el mismo Comité Técnico (CTN 178): normas como la UNE 178301 (gestión de datos abiertos), UNE 178201 (Definición y atributos de las Ciudades Inteligentes) o la UNE 178501 (Destinos Turísticos Inteligentes). En conjunto, todas estas guías configuran una infraestructura imprescindible para asegurar la calidad, transparencia y efectividad de las Ciudades y Territorios Inteligentes.

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FIWARE SPACE

FIWARE Space is the innovation center of the Provincial Council of Badajoz to bring the new technologies of IoT and Big Data to citizens, SMEs and start-ups. It is constituted as an official Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) in Badajoz province to promote the digitization and transformation of companies through technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and artificial intelligence with FIWARE as data connector from different sources.

This center is part of a global project called “Badajoz Es Más“, which aims to develop municipalities with a better quality of life through sustainable development. The objective is clear: to turn the province of Badajoz into an Intelligent Territory or a “Smart Province”. In order to achieve this goal, it is a must to involve the local companies, the public administration and the citizens.

FIWARE Space coordinates the activity related to the knowledge, use and possibilities offered by the Provincial Platform for Smart Management of Public Services, which allows the integration of information from different smart services in one place, to facilitate the analysis and management of services that are the responsibility of the Provincial Council of Badajoz. This platform uses the latest technologies promoted by the European Commission about how to integrate near real-time data and how to manage context information.

FIWARE Space is a non-profit innovation center that aims to make the technological knowledge and tools of the “Badajoz Es Más” project available to different entities, among which are:

 

– Public administrations
– Municipalities
– Small and medium enterprises
– The teaching and research staff of the university and other educational institutions
– The entrepreneurs
– The citizens

One of the main goals of this center is to support our small and medium enterprises through the digital transformation of the province. For this, the center offers to these entities de following services.

 

SERVICES

A 2-month mentoring program to go deeper in the technology knowledge and the opportunities that are behind the intelligent province development, to know first-hand the technological work that is being carried out and how to take advantages of this digital transformation. In these 2 months, the company will adapt its solution or service to a FIWARE smart solution, thus being compatible with the platform used by the Badajoz Provincial council that connects all the data sources of the province, and with any other smart city platform that uses this technology.

Specialized consulting and technical support for the integration of solutions in FIWARE. We help the creation and adaptation of data models, architecture knowledge and the possibilities of integrating into this European standard.

Certification of solutions in the FIWARE Marketplace website of the FIWARE Foundation. We advise on how to apply with the solution developed to obtain the different certifications.

Advice on acceleration programs. After the completion of the mentoring program, we try to find a suitable European acceleration program to take the project to the next level.

Physical location for the development of integration in FIWARE. We have a physical space in which you can work to integrate the solution into FIWARE, with the tools and support of the technical office.

Theoretical and practical training workshops. Every Friday of the year we conduct workshops to learn more about how a smart city works and what’s the technology behind.

Visits to the innovation center. Interested people or entities can visit the center once a week to see first hand the digital transformation that is taking place in the province and meet the real solutions that are being installed.

 

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PYMES

 

FIWARE Space also carries out some unique activities throughout the year:

Hackathons. Workday in which, by teams, a real technological problem is solved by multidisciplinary teams.

IoT challenge. Companies are presented to solve a real problem of the province through technology. Once the applications have been submitted, an evaluating court chooses the winner, who will receive an economic endowment to carry out his idea and put it into operation in the province.

Design Thinking Workshop. Workshop that aims to foster creativity through innovative new methodologies that will allow us to go deep in a specific challenge.

 

EVENTS

In addition to all this, FIWARE Space, in the hands of the Badajoz Provincial Council, participates in different local, national and international events in which it provides visibility to the local companies with the aim to contribute to the expansion of this companies in other regions.

Finally, it should be noted that FIWARE Space is considered as a 2-star FIWARE iHub, catalogued by the FIWARE Foundation, thanks to the work and the number of activities carried out to bring new technologies to citizens.