OTTAWA – The Digital Governance Standards Institute is proud to announce the reaffirmation of the National Standard of Canada on the Discovery of Digital Twins. This National Standard i provides a shared set of criteria that will encourage interoperability, collaboration and support commercialization and advancement of the development and management of digital twins. Digital twins are becoming a vital planning tool for cities and the market for them is growing rapidly. Digital twins have the ability to revolutionize the way we build, access and navigate cities and have the potential for endless applications including reducing barriers and improving safety and accessibility of cities.
“This standard takes us a step closer to the realization of accessible Digital Twins for the built environment by providing a common vocabulary for referring to their core concepts and components.”
– Mark S. Fox, Director, Urban Data Centre in the School of Cities, University of Toronto
The standard, CAN/DGSI 106-1: Connected Cities: Part 1 – Discovery of Digital Twins, is available on the Digital Governance Council website for download.
“We are excited to publish this standard and kick off the important work of building out standards to support the adoption of accessible Digital Twins for the built environment. .”
– Darryl Kingston, Executive Director, Digital Governance Standards Institute
For media inquiries:
Darryl Kingston
Executive Director
Digital Governance Standards Institute
darryl.kingston@dgc-cgn.org
About the Digital Governance Standards Institute
The Digital Governance Standards Institute develops digital technology governance standards fit for global use. The Institute works with experts, as well as national and global partners and the public to develop national standards that reduce risk to Canadians and Canadian organizations adopting and using innovative digital technologies in today’s digital economy. The Institute is an independent division of the Digital Governance Council. To learn more about the organization and its initiatives, visit www.dgc-cgn.org or contact info@dgc-cgn.org.