BS PAS 183:2017 gives guidance on establishing a decision-making framework for sharingdata and information services in smart cities.It covers:

a) types of data in smart cities;
b) establishing a data sharing culture;
c) data value chain ? roles and responsibilities;
d) purposes for data use;
e) assessing data states;
f) defining access rights for data; and
g) data formats/format of transportation.

This PAS aims to support the sharing of data and information services withincities. For some cities there will also be a need to establish specific data sharingagreements, particularly where data is being shared by multiple organizationsat once.This PAS supports a transparent approach to making decisions and creatingspecific data sharing agreements in order to fully realise the benefits and valueof data and information services in a city.Missing data or misinterpretation of data can lead to the wrong actions beingtaken by city decision-makers. A decision-making framework for sharing data canhelp ensure that they have the best overall data on which to base decisions.This PAS does not cover:

a) national security issues;
b) good practice for use of data by the citizen;
c) existing interoperability agreements between cities;
d) defining application programming interfaces (API) networks; or
e) any data sharing rules and regulations specific to a particular jurisdiction.

It is assumed that a security-minded approach to data sharing is used by cities.NOTE 1 Requirements on establishing and implementing a security-minded approachto data sharing are specified in PAS 185 (in preparation).NOTE 2 Further details on the areas not covered in this PAS, including information onrelevant standards publications, are given in Annex A.This PAS is for use by decision-makers in smart cities from the public, private andthird sectors. It is also of interest to any city organization wishing to share data.