About SCIRAThe Smart City Interoperability Reference Architecture (SCIRA) is a project of the OGC Innovation Program sponsored by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & Technology (S&T).The purpose of the SCIRA project is to advance standards for Smart Safe Cities and develop open, interoperable designs for incorporating Internet of Things (IoT) sensors into city services.SCIRA will provide free deployment guides, reusable design patterns, and other resources that municipalities can use to plan, acquire, and implement standards-based, cost-effective, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof Smart City IT systems and networks using technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Sensor Webs, and Geospatial Frameworks.Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.OGC_65d0f176-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6_127871c4-6232-4a0a-bcbf-08b1bde8b5a3US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & Technology (S&T)SponsorshipSmart Safe Cities_65d0f310-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6To advance standards for Smart Safe Cities and develop open, interoperable designs for incorporating Internet of Things (IoT) sensors into city services._65d0f3ba-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6ConsensusLack of consensus on both common terminologies and smart city architectural principles can result in standards that are divergent, even contradictory.TerminologyInteroperabilityOften, they fail to provide sufficient interoperability and scalability of underlying Internet of Things (IoT), and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) technologies to provide a suitable foundation for many smart cities applications.ScalabilityReference ArchitectureTo research, design, and test a Smart Cities Interoperability Reference Architecture (SCIRA) _65d0f450-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6[To be named][To be named]SCIRA has the objective to research, design, and test a Smart Cities Interoperability Reference Architecture (SCIRA) as a reusable design toolkit that shows how to integrate commercial proprietary IoT sensors into a common framework for public safety applications at the community level.For a more detailed overview of the project and its goals, Meeting of the Minds has published an article on the SCIRA Project entitled ‘Technology Implementation Guides for Smarter Cities’.To keep up to date on all that's happening in the SCIRA project and/or receive notifications of any upcoming SCIRA events, please subscribe to our SCIRA Newsletters.Assessment_65d0f572-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf61[To be named][To be named]Architecture LandscapeAssessment_65d0f612-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6_65d0f6b2-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6[To_be_inserted_by_user]Architecture Landscape Assessment -- JANUARY-MARCH 2018CompletionCompleted2018-01-012018-03-31[To be determined]2018-01-012018-03-31Worshops_65d0f77a-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf62[To be named][To be named]ConcernsWorkshop_65d0f842-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6_65d0f8ec-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6[To_be_inserted_by_user]Stakeholder Concerns Workshop -- MARCH 2018ConductConducted2018-03-012018-03-31[To be determined]2018-03-012018-03-31ViewpointsWorkshop_65d0f98c-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6_65d0fa36-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6[To_be_inserted_by_user]Architectural Viewpoints Workshop -- SEPTEMBER 2018ConductConducted2018-09-012018-09-30[To be determined]2018-09-012018-09-30Guides & PlaybooksWorkshops_65d0fb94-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6_65d0fc98-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6[To_be_inserted_by_user]SCIRA Guides and Playbooks Workshop -- OCTOBER 2018ConductConducted2018-10-012018-10-31[To be determined]2018-10-012018-10-31Hacking_65d0fd42-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf63[To be named][To be named]HacksConduct_65d0fdf6-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6_65d0feaa-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6[To_be_inserted_by_user]Hacks and the City Hackathon -- NOVEMBER 2018CompletedConducted2018-11-012018-11-30[To be determined]2018-11-012018-11-30Pilot_65d0ff5e-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf64[To be named][To be named]Demonstrations & ReportConduct & Issuance_65d10008-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6_65d100c6-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6[To_be_inserted_by_user]Call for Participation in a SCIRA Pilot -- MARCH 2019CompletionIssued2019-03-012019-04-30[To be determined][To be reported]2019-03-012019-04-30SCIRA Pilot Kickoff -- MAY 2019Kicked Off2019-05-012019-08-31[To be determined][To be reported]2019-05-012019-08-31SCIRA Pilot Demonstrations and Report -- SEPTEMBER 2019Conducted & Issued2019-09-012019-09-30[To be determined][To be reported]2019-09-012019-09-30Toolkit & Guides_65d1017a-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf65[To be named][To be named]Toolkit & GuidesAvailability_65d10238-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6_65d102f6-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6[To_be_inserted_by_user]Draft SCIRA Toolkit and Guides available -- NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 20182018-11-012018-12-31[To be determined]2018-11-012018-12-31SCIRA Toolkit and Guides public release -- OCTOBER 20192019-10-012019-10-31[To be determined]2019-10-012019-10-31_65d103b4-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf62019-10-29https://scira.ogc.org/_65d1047c-f9fe-11e9-815a-8a0c74babdf6AmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.netOwen.Ambur@verizon.net