CEF Context Broker: FIWARE-NGSI v2 Specification Launched
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FIWARE has launched FIWARE-NGSI version 2 API.
FIWARE-NGSI v2 is intended to manage the entire lifecycle of context information, including updates, queries, registrations, and subscriptions.
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Context Broker Building Block enables organisations (including but not limited to public administrations) to manage and share data in real-time describing, “what is currently happening” within their organisations, in the real world they manage or where they run their daily business processes. Thus, for example, Smart Cities can share information about what is happening in streets (e.g., traffic status, quality of air data, available parking slots or location). This information describing what is currently happening is referred as “context information”.
The CEF Context Broker provides the FIWARE NGSI API, which is a RESTful API enabling applications to provide updates and get access to context information.
The FIWARE Community is an independent Open Community whose members are committed to materialise the FIWARE mission, which is “to build an open sustainable ecosystem around public, royalty-free and implementation-driven software platform standards that will ease the development of new Smart Applications in multiple sectors”
CEF supports multiple digital infrastructure projects, which contribute to improvements in the daily lives of Europeans through digital inclusion, the connectivity and interoperability of European digital services, and the development of a Digital Single Market.