Introduction to FI-WARE

Information Session

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSEvolution of the Internet

The Internet will again transform the daily life of

individuals and businesses

The Next Computer

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSThe FI-WARE Program

• Goal: capture opportunities derived from the new wave of digitalization of life and businesses

• Strategy: Build an ecosystem that will work as catalyst for capturing the opportunities. Lead standardization in Smart Cities and IoT (Internet of Things)

• Pillars:

– : a generic, open standard platform which serve the needs of developers in multiple domains

– : a meeting point where innovation takes place, an opportunities can be incubated

– : a program that funds developers and entrepreneurs, and ignites roll-out of the ecosystem

– : the suite of tools easing deployment and operation of FI-WARE instance nodes

• Global footprint: open to regions sharing the ambition

eHealth

tourism

Transport,

Mobility and

Logistics

e-government

Smart

Energy Grid…

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Open Standard

Platform

ecosystemopen globalsustainable

Ecosystem and Platofrm: two linked concepts

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSOpen Standard Platform

• Avoid vendor lock-in:– Standard Southbound APIs for sensor providers.

– Standard Northbound APIs offered to applications.

– Portability among platform providers.

– Interoperability of solutions enabled by the platform.

• Larger community of developers– True innovation.

– Lower costs.

• No one particular standard is enough– Modularity for improved flexibility

– Enable a variety of business models.

– Integration with standard open data platform.

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSFI-WARE

FI-WARE = advanced OpenStack-based Cloud +

rich library of Generic Enablers

Sustainability ensured

Driven by implementation

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSFI-WARE Generic Enablers (GEs)

A FI-WARE Generic Enabler (GE):

Set of general-purpose platform functions available through APIs.

Building with other GEs a FI-WARE Reference Architecture.

FI-WARE GE Specifications are open (public and royalty-free).

FI-WARE GE implementation (FI-WARE GEi):

Platform product that implements a given GE Open Spec.

There might be multiple compliant GEis of each GE Open Spec.

At least one open source reference implementation of FI-

WARE GEs (FI-WARE GEris):

Well-known open source licenses.

Publicly available Technical Roadmap updated in every release.

Available FI-WARE GEis, GEris and incubated enablers

published on the FI-WARE Catalogue (www.fi-ware.org).

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSAreas that FI-WARE covers

• Federation of infrastructures (private/public regions)

• Automated GE deploymentCloud

• Complete Context Management Platform

• Integration of Data and Media ContentData

•Easy plug&play of devices using multiple protocols

•Automated Measurements/Action Context updatesIoT

•Visualization of data (operation dashboards)

•Publication of data sets/servicesApps

•Easy support of UIs with advanced web-based 3D and AR capabilities

•Visual representation of context information.Web UI

•Advanced networking capabilities (SDN) and Middleware

• Interface to robotsI2ND

•Security Monitoring

•Built-in Identity/Access/Privacy ManagementSecurity

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSHow it All Fits Together

Being “Smart” first requires being “Aware”• Implementing a Smart App requires gathering and managing context

information

• Context information refers to the values of attributes characterizing entities relevant to the app

Bus• Location• No. passengers• Driver• Licence plate• Etc.

Citizen• Name-Surname• Birthday• Preferences• Location• ToDo list• Etc.

Shop• Location• Business name• Franchise• Offerings• Etc.

Context Information

Application/Service

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSHow it All Fits Together

Managing Context Using FI-WARE:• The FIWARE Context Broker GE implements the OMA NGSI-9/10 API: a simple

yet powerful standard API for managing context information

• The FIWARE NGSI API is RESTful: any web/backend programmer is familiar with these types of services

Application/Service

Bus• Location• No. passengers• Driver• Licence plate• Etc.

Citizen• Name-Surname• Birthday• Preferences• Location• ToDo list• Etc.

Shop• Location• Business name• Franchise• Offerings• Etc.

Context Broker

NGSI API

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Open data publication

Once context information is obtained, a lot of useful complementary FIWARE GEs can be used:

Context Broker

Advanced Web-based UI (AR,

3D)

Data/Apps visualization

Big Data AnalysisComplex Event

ProcessingMultimedia processing

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSMaking the Life of the Developer a Little Easier

• Smart city platform as a

Data/Knowledge Hub

• Non-intrusive, open to

third parties

CKAN

Big Data

Context Broker

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IDM

& A

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Short-term

historic

data

BigData Processing

Data Quering/Action, Publish/Subscr

Open Data publishing

Real-time processing

BIETL

RULESDEFINITION

TOOL

OPERATIONAL DASHBOARD

KPI GOVERNANCE OPEN DATA PORTALS

Service

orchestrator

Context

Adapters

CEP

IoT BackendDevice Management

measures / commands

IoT Broker & Config Management

(from sensors to things)

IoT/Sensor Open DataactuatorsMedia

streams

Real Time

Media

Stream

Processing

City Services

GIS

Inventory

Specific Enablers

Generic Enablers

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSFI-WARE Lab

FI-WARE Lab: going beyond technology, the “meeting point”

where innovation takes place

Entrepreneurs, Developers

• Develop once for a large market

• Easily meet potential customers

• Marketing, promotion

• Ability to test with real data and

end users

• Simple yet powerful APIs that

accelerate product development

App Customers and Data providers

• Connect to entrepreneurs

• Put their data at work

• Bring new innovative services to

end users

• Be more efficient

• Social Reputation

FI-WARE Technology Providers

• “Competitive” approach

• Connect to entrepreneurs: jointly

exploit the opportunities

4,2 M€ promotion campaign

• Campus Party events

• Startup Weekend events

• Chambers of Commerce

• 870 K€ in prizes

80 M€ of funding devoted to

entrepreneurs in phase 3 of

the FI-WARE program

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSFI-WARE Lab

FI-WARE Lab (http://lab.FI-WARE.org)

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSAdditional Benefits of FI-WARE

Make the most of existing infrastructure so as

to keep costs low and under control

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSHolistic Benefits of FI-WARE

• Gathering, publishing, processing and analyzing private and open

data at large scale

• Easing connection to the physical world

• Offering rich web-based user interfaces

• Reaching target users, monetize

• Ubiquitous access, making the most of the network and device

capabilities

• Ensuring Privacy, Security and Trust

CAP TABLES OF CONTENTSFI-WARE

For more information - http://edu.fi-ware.org/

FI-WARE Catalogue - http://catalogue.FI-WARE.org

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For more information about FI-WARE, please visit:

www.fi-ware.orgFor general information about the frontierCities Call, visit:

www.fi-frontiercities.euFor detailed problems or issues with FI-WARE, or for general questions, visit

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