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This Published Document is the UK implementation of ISO/IEC TR 25005‑2:2025.

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Introduction

This document aims to provide common considerations about data use in smart cities based on the analysis of collected use cases.

The objectives and implications of this document are:

to support effective, sustainable, comprehensive and innovative use of data as city-wide strategic resources for better performance, operation, service and sustainability of city;
to support human-centred standardization collaboration on data use for better harmonization, connectivity, interoperability and reusability of data as strategic resources and assets in digital transformation of city;
to synthesize common considerations that enable data availability, data usefulness, data connectivity, data security, and data enabled intelligent predictions and actions from city wide multi-stakeholder’s interests from collected use cases;
to collect good practices that enable mapping, building, operating, assessing and continuous improvement of data use in ICT development and application, investment, procurement, monitoring, auditing and performance assessment;
to improve digital enhancement of total capabilities of data use and evidence-based decision making in smart cities such as data use for public health emergency and control across multi-dimensions, multi-domains, multi-layers and multi-regions;
to support data-based and data-driven and data-enabled ICT development and application in smart cities including but limited to digital governance, legal governance, data quality governance, ICT governance, data security governance, smart governance;
to support the appropriate use of rights related to data distributed within and between cities, including intellectual property rights and data privacy derived from human rights.

1 Scope

This document provides use cases and common considerations for use cases analysis for data use in smart cities.

In particular, this document includes:

methods for collecting use cases;
methods of analysing the collected use cases about data use in smart cities;
common considerations about data use in smart cities based on the analysis of collected use cases.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Abbreviated terms

5 Methods for collecting use cases of data use in smart cities

5.1 Use case template structure and description

5.2 Use cases selecting criteria

6 Methods of use case analysis of data use in smart cities

6.1 Key variables in considerations for analysis of data use

6.2 Framework for analysing use cases of data use in smart cities

6.3 Process of use case analysis

7 Common considerations about data use in smart cities

7.1 Overview

7.2 General

7.3 Considerations for data availability

7.4 Considerations for data quality assurance

7.5 Considerations for ease of data use

7.6 Considerations for data use security

7.7 Considerations for data-enabled innovation

Bibliography

PD ISO/IEC TR 25005-2:2025

Information technology. Data use in smart cities - Use case analysis and common considerations

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Published:

31 Oct 2025