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Open Belgium 2016: open city, smart city
1. Open City, Smart City
Create your own awesome citizen apps, using the Antwerp City
Platform as a Service (“ACPaaS”): a set of reusable Engines with
open APIs
Greet Brosens
Open Belgium - February 2016
5. Four major application platforms
Hybrid Cloud
infrastructure layer
CITIZEN COWORKER SOCIAL
WELLFARE
LOCAL
POLICE
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
6. The Antwerp City Platform-as-a-Service
ACPaaS
Hybrid Cloud
infrastructure layer
CITIZEN COWORKER SOCIAL
WELLFARE
LOCAL
POLICE
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
backend of the backends
APi
Manager
SDK
The first ACPaaS backlog was simply the intersection of the
backlogs of the 4 major platforms, prioritized by demand.
12. API/SDK ENGINE
API/SDK
engine
Applications and components in and around the City Platform interface through API’s. We
aim at opening up these API’s as much as possible. Not only consumers within Group City of
Antwerp, but also others should be able to use City Platform components and data. The
API/SDK engine unlocks this potential of the City Platform with an API marketplace and
associated Software Development Kit.
13. NOTIFICATION ENGINEA generic component that allows applications to send personalised notifications, taking into
account the preferences of the digital user. A notification is a short message to notify users
(citizens, colleagues, companies, visitors) that relevant information about city activities or
services is available.
Notification
engine
14. MULTILANGUAGE SUPPORT ENGINEA generic component supporting mulitlingual labels and content of applications, allowing
users to interact with the digital city in their own language.
Multilang.
engine
15. Apps from Antwerp
Create your own awesome citizen apps,
using open data and services from the
City of Antwerp
Open API for A-profile
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Allow users to log in to
your applications with
their A-profile, their
own digital identity of
the City of Antwerp.