Open City, Smart City
Create your own awesome citizen apps, using the Antwerp City
Platform as a Service (“ACPaaS”): a set of reusable Engines with
open APIs
Greet Brosens
Open Belgium - February 2016

http://antwerpen.digipolis.be

DIGIPOLIS’s role of
SERVICE BROKER

“A-Stad”
~ “ur city”, not another website...
A-profile!

Four major application platforms
Hybrid Cloud
infrastructure layer
CITIZEN COWORKER SOCIAL
WELLFARE
LOCAL
POLICE
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
frontends
backends

The Antwerp City Platform-as-a-Service
ACPaaS
Hybrid Cloud
infrastructure layer
CITIZEN COWORKER SOCIAL
WELLFARE
LOCAL
POLICE
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
frontends
backends
backend of the backends
APi
Manager
SDK
The first ACPaaS backlog was simply the intersection of the
backlogs of the 4 major platforms, prioritized by demand.

Burgerportaal
Gate15
Visit
Slimnaar
Antwerpen
Bedrijvenportaal
Medewerkersportaal
Onderwijsportaal
A-Welzijn
Focus
Brandweer
Zorgbedrijf
Antwerp City Platform as a Service
ACPaaS

Open data & open services (API)
(Micro-)services-oriented
Community collaboration !
Open Source First
Startup-friendly !
ACPaaS CONCEPT

Burgerportaal
Gate15
Visit
Slimnaar
Antwerpen
Bedrijvenportaal
Medewerkersportaal
Onderwijsportaal
A-Welzijn
Focus
Brandweer
Zorgbedrijf
Antwerp City Platform as a Service
ACPaaS

profile
Kaai
A-Profiel
profile
1.0
Search
search
User
Management
identity & access
0.1
Assets
digital assets
Notificaties
notification
0.1
E-loket
1.0
Meldingen
Redactie Helpcenter Overzicht
Afspraken
planning
e-ID
e-id
Stadsplan
A-kaartPhotoboothUit
Ophaalkalender
planning
A-Profiel
profile
2.0 User
Management
identity & access
1.0
Notificaties
notification
1.0
A-stad
design
2.0 SMS
Communicatie
notification
Rapportering
output generator
Kluis
documentenbox
digital vault
Formbuilder
formbuilder
Webshop
(+ ticketverkoop)
webshop | payment
E-loket
2.0
Personalisatie
(datamodel)
profile
Personalisatie
(content)
profile
(Zaal)zoeker
& Reservering
planning
Ticket app &
Workflow
Balie
toepassing
Kanalen
(flex.home)
Meertaligheid
(content)
multilanguage
Meertaligheid
(app)
multilanguage
Nieuwsbrieven
notification
Contactboek
verenigingen
Bib
Kalender
(persagenda)
planning
Crisis-
communicatie
notification
Perswebsite
Lage Emissie
Zone
Opsinjoren Uit export
Aanpassingen
Blinde &Slecht...
accesibility
search
planning
digital assets
e-id
digital vault
iot
formbuilder
multilanguage
webshop
accesibility
Apps from
Antwerp
api/sdk | open data
api/sdk
open data
ACPaaS engines
A-STAD : CITIZENS PORTAL
AS-IS BACKLOG
(*) (*)
(*)
notification
identity & accesspayment
output generator
Kaai
2.0
identification of
common components
accross platforms
and applications
identification
and isolation of
reusable ‘engines’
1
2
a broad range
of web applications
and web platforms
to leverage engines
3
PLATFORME-DESKCONTENTOTHER

LAB
Burgerportaal
Gate15
Visit
Antwerpen
Bereikbaar
Bedrijven
portaal
Medewerkers
portaal
Onderwijs
portaal
A-Welzijn
Focus
Brandweer
portaal
Zorgbedrijf
ACPaaS
Plugins
IoT
Plugin
SocialMedia
Plugin
OpenData
Plugin
CityAssets
Plugin
Business
engines
Notification
engine
Digital Assets
engine
Multilanguage
Support engine
Output Generator
engine
Digital Vault
engine
Digital Signature
engine
Planning
engine
Workflow
engine
...
Data
Search
engine
1.0
CRS
1.0
Open Data
1.0
Platform
engines
API/SDK
engine
ESB
engine
...
ALM
engine
Logging
engine
User
engine
Dossier Mgt
Data Lake
engine
GiS
1.0
Lab
Manager
Lab
Container
Lab
Container
Lab
Container
Lab
Container
...
Service
Plugin
Application
Plugin
Case Mgt
engine
Identity & Access
engine
e-ID
engine
Account
User Profile
User Roles
User Preferences
...
Shopping Cart
engine
Testing
engine
Event Handler
engine
Powered by start-ups!
Data Sanity
engine

API/SDK ENGINE
API/SDK
engine
Applications and components in and around the City Platform interface through API’s. We
aim at opening up these API’s as much as possible. Not only consumers within Group City of
Antwerp, but also others should be able to use City Platform components and data. The
API/SDK engine unlocks this potential of the City Platform with an API marketplace and
associated Software Development Kit.

NOTIFICATION ENGINEA generic component that allows applications to send personalised notifications, taking into
account the preferences of the digital user. A notification is a short message to notify users
(citizens, colleagues, companies, visitors) that relevant information about city activities or
services is available.
Notification
engine

MULTILANGUAGE SUPPORT ENGINEA generic component supporting mulitlingual labels and content of applications, allowing
users to interact with the digital city in their own language.
Multilang.
engine

Apps from Antwerp
Create your own awesome citizen apps,
using open data and services from the
City of Antwerp
Open API for A-profile
Join & follow us to
see what’s next...
Allow users to log in to
your applications with
their A-profile, their
own digital identity of
the City of Antwerp.

Join our community!
ACPaaS: antwerpen.digipolis.be
Open data: opendata.antwerpen.be
Apps from Antwerp: AppsFromAntwerp.be
Meetups: meetup.com/DigAnt-Cafe
Follow us!
Twitter: @dgplsantwerpen
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/digipolis
Facebook: facebook.com/digipolis
Digipolispoweredbystart-ups
145
STARTUPS
282
ENROLLMENTS
96
123
PITCHES
OFFERS
27
CONTRACTS

Draft slides

Open City, Smart City
Create your own awesome citizen apps, using the Antwerp
City Platform as a Service (“ACPaaS”): a set of reusable
Engines with open APIs
Open Belgium - February 2016
Greet Brosens

ANTWERP STARTUP CITY

ECOSYSTEM: challenges and jobs - webpage •
•
•

❏ Financial compensation
for a useable ‘shippable
product’.
❏ IPR is to be negotiated
❏ Contribution of innovation
of startups
BUYING FROM STARTUPS inspired by
Pre-Commercial
Procurementannouncement
request
for quotation
…
…
enroll through
antwerpen.digipolis.be
set candidacy
‘pitch’ followed
by selection
PITCH
MOMENT
SIMPLIFIED
OFFER
contract
negotiation
‘offer’ followed
by award
2 weeks 2 weeks
kick-off
select awardcandidateshow interest
bafo
85k€

Create an attractive biotope for citizen developers &
start-ups
Create an ACPAAS Community
-> algemene info + info per engine
-> externe marketplace
-> open source code
-> using our own engines (webcontent engine, user API)

ACPaaS start-up friendly
PREPARATION
ANNOUNCEMENT
❏ antwerpen.digipolis.be
PITCH MOMENT
❏ “why do you believe
you are best fit
for the job?”
RFQ & OFFER
❏ publish lean RFQ
❏ simplified offer
(presentation)
+ evaluation
❏ BAFO + evaluation
CONTRACTING
❏ contract negotiation
❏ project kick-off
buying from startups via ‘rock & roll’ procedures
max. 2 hours

144
STARTUPS
279
ENROLLMENTS
117
PITCHES
88
OFFERS
24
CONTRACTS
next steps...
DIGIPOLIS POWERED BY STARTUPS
STARTUPS POWERED BY DIGIPOLIS

To do?
Iets rond consent-pages / scopes?
Concreet: User API -> Apps From Antwerp
Open source code
Portaal

Volg ons!
facebook.com/digipolis
twitter.com/dgpls
linkedin.com/company/digipolis
www.digipolis.be
antwerpen.digipolis.be
opendata.antwerpen.be
Bouw mee!
+ meetup!

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Digipolis Antwerp Manifest
1. Supporting IT innovation
2. Making things open and accessible
3. Community-driven co-creation
4. Open, highly scalable future proof technology
5. Responsive organistion
6. Agile development
7. Anti-bureaucratic
8. Osmotic enterprise borders: a biotope for creatives
9. Partner for startups
10. Neutral
11. No commercial drive

❏ Technical Platform for Applications
❏ Plug-in Architecture
❏ Open data & open services (API)
❏ (Micro-)services-oriented
❏ Digipolis Antwerp Appl. Stack (DaaS)
❏ Open Source First!
❏ As a Service (brokerage role)
❏ On top of Hybrid Cloud (IaaS)
❏ Community collaboration
❏ Startup-friendly !
ACPaaS
DESIGN PRINCIPLES

ACPAAS Community

Allow users to log in to your applications with
their A-profile, their own digital identity of the
City of Antwerp.
Apps from Antwerp
Create your own awesome citizen apps, using
open data and services from the City of
Antwerp
Open API for A-profile
Follow us to see
what’s next...

Allow users to log in to your applications with their A-profile, their own digital identity of the
City of Antwerp.
USER API
Account