Volume 4 - Issue 3
CityScripts: Unifying Web, IoT and Smart City Services in a Smart Citizen Workspace
- Atta Badii
University of Reading Reading, U.K.
atta.badii@reading.ac.uk
- Davide Carboni
Information Society Department Pula (CA), Italy
davide.carboni@crs4.it
- Antonio Pintus
Information Society Department Pula (CA), Italy
antonio.pintus@crs4.it
- Andrea Piras
Information Society Department Pula (CA), Italy
andrea.piras@crs4.it
- Alberto Serra
Information Society Department Pula (CA), Italy
alserra@crs4.it
- Marco Tiemann
University of Reading Reading, U.K.
m.tiemann@reading.ac.uk
- Nagarajan Viswanathan
University of Reading Reading, U.K.
n.viswanathan@reading.ac.uk
Keywords: sensor networks, smart cities, Internet of Things, Internet of Services
Abstract
This article describes a programming experiment in which an entire city is the playground. Building
on the foundation of the SmartSantander FIRE infrastructure, the CityScripts project proposes an
Internet of Things scenario where sensors and actuators in a smart city have digital counterparts and
can be used to compose mash-ups with Internet of Things devices, social networks and other online
data sources and data sinks. This article describes both the general concept of CityScripts, a prototype
implementation built on top of the SmartSantander FIRE infrastructure and a formative user
evaluation carried out in order to determine the CityScripts user experience and in order to identify
goals for the future development of the CityScripts platform.