Smart Columbus Operating System. The Operating System is envisioned as a web-based, dynamic, governed data delivery platform built on a federated architecture that is at the heart of the Smart Columbus system. It will ingest and disseminate data while providing access to data services from multiple sources and tenants, including the planned Smart Columbus technologies, traditional transportation data and data from other community partners, such as food pantries and medical services. The Operating System will embody open-data, best-of-breed technologies including open-source and commercial off-the-shelf concepts that enable better decision-making and problem solving for all users. It will support a replicable, extensible, sustainable data delivery platform. The Operating System will be the source for performance metrics for program monitoring and evaluation; serve the needs of public agencies, researchers and entrepreneurs; and assist health, human services organizations and other agencies in providing more effective services to their clients. The Operating System will be scalable and demonstrate the potential for serving city and private sector needs well beyond the life of the SCC Award period.
