Data modeling of smart urban object networks

Abstract

In the digital age, where research is data-driven, understanding all involved fields of research becomes more and more important. Understanding various data sources within interdisciplinary research and beyond domain boundaries is a significant core competency. All participants should have a same-level understanding of significant information, which can be created from various data sources. Based on this fact, the paper at hand demonstrates a modeling approach for the generation of a unified data model in terms of smart urban objects. These smart objects are represented by interconnected data structures which is a prime example in context of Internet of Things. Further, an implementation of the graph database Neo4J and a correlated visualization of intuitive structuring of data sources beyond domain boundaries will be demonstrated.