Skip to Content
The Realization
The Realization

KDW - Conception of a municipal data works

Daten
Data
Governance
Governance
Innovation 1
Innovation

KDW - Conception of a municipal data works

The Kommunale DatenWerk (KDW) is a virtual space for the exchange of data between different actors in a municipality. The goal of the joint project of DKSR, Mainzer Stadtwerke AG, Fraunhofer FOKUS and Parken in Mainz GmbH is to develop a uniform technological infrastructure based on open source standards for the transfer and management of municipal data sets for the city of Mainz - and, in the future, for other cities as well. The platform will enable holistic applications based on municipal data involving various parties and sectors with defined user and role management. In this way, access to the imported data is regulated. KDW also creates a standardized legal framework for data exchange. In order to ensure future regular use by actors with different levels of experience, the focus is on simple handling and user-friendliness of the platform.

Opportunities

  • Development of an open source-based interface for the exchange of municipal data on various urban indicators as a basis for further data spaces
  • New applications are made possible through access to previously inaccessible data
  • Due to the open source architecture and the publication of the underlying methodology, the developed software can be easily replicated and further developed
  • The publication of the legal framework creates a basis for further data spaces and platforms
image description

In Mainz, the platform will be used primarily for smart traffic management.

ADAPTION FOR YOUR CITY

  • The KDW project is scheduled for 20 months with a kickoff date in March 2023 and expected project completion in summer 2024. Open source software and methodology, as well as the legal framework, will be published as a basis for further projects.

Necessary technologies

  • Planned: Data on e-charging stations in the Mainz city area, including occupancy, charging processes and charging duration using parking sensors.
  • Planned: Utilization and passenger numbers of buses and trains in the Mainz city area in conjunction with data on travel times, schedules and routes.
  • Planned: Utilization figures (actual occupancy and forecasts) of parking garages as well as data on long-term parkers.
  • More data sets can be fed in quickly and easily, but prior legal coordination with the respective data providers is always mandatory.

Factor money

  •  A 1:1 The application can be adapted for use in different locations with medium effort.
  • The investment includes the connection of different data sets, the calculation logic (data model) and the explanation of underlying methodologies and architectures.
  • The largest cost factor is the connection of the data and the development of a simultaneous architecture.

Project goals

The overall project goal is the development of a platform for intra- and inter-municipal data exchange, with a focus on the development of a role and rights concept for the secure sharing of data. The individual project components (especially the developed software architecture and the legal framework) should be generically derivable for further data room projects with similar goals. Particular challenges of the project are the peculiarities of the data sets to be included as well as the conceptual and logical development of a uniform data platform based on open source standards. In the course of the project, central project learning will also be added at this location.

image description

Daniel Stölzle
Innovationsmanager

For us as a municipal company, it is very important, as with all our traditional services, to achieve the greatest possible security in dealing with data, to offer it and to implement it at the municipal level. This creates trust - for us, our partners and our customers.

Previous
Next

Which SDGS are addressed?

In order to create globally sustainable structures, the member states of the United Nations have set themselves 17 goals by 2030, which are set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

image description
image description
image description

FURTHER INFORMATION

You need support in adapting the application for your city? You would like to know what you have to pay attention to during the implementation? You would like to adopt the application but are not yet a community member? Contact the experts who are responsible for the implementation. We will be happy to assist you!

To UDC Membership
image description

DKSR GmbH

Verena Mutz
Consultant

Write E-mail
Previous
Next
Back to top