The example high level Criteria taxonomy below provides guidance on the types of capability characteristics needed to detail a specific view of how the capability will be made up. This should be supported by a lower level of Criteria, that will need to extend this high level set with the attributes needed to address specific Smart City technologies, services and new functional requirements. The lower level attributes should encompass terminology derived from the emerging Smart City controlled vocabularies and related taxonomic structures. This ensures a level of consistency across all the capabilities and will aid integration and interoperability.
| Criteria Taxonomy |
| Overview – High level summary of the capability |
| Ownership – Organisational structure |
| Directive – A list of the primary responsibilities of the capability |
| Governance – The structure necessary to design and govern the capability |
| Processes – Key Processes required to orchestrate and guide Roles |
| Key Inputs – Key required input and dependencies |
| Key Outputs – Key outputs of the capability based on input and directives |
| Interfaces – Primary interfaces with other capabilities |
| Roles – Key Roles including role title |
| Triggering Events – Events that will trigger the capability |
| Technologies – Technologies required to fulfil solution requirements |
The Capability criteria can be taken from a number of sources including enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zackman or SABSA. These three should provide the majority and specific criteria can be extended through technology standards, compliance or more recent smart city vocabularies from standards bodies.
| Further reading |
| Smart City classification, ontology, taxonomy and vocabularies |
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