Operational guidance on “Build the UDT in pills”

The UISH Project makes available the module called “Build the UDT in pills”: a simplified, practical guide that summarises the key content of each section in an accessible format, guiding its intended readers through the essential steps by means of questions, checklists and decision paths. The module is designed for those who are approaching the legal and technical complexity of urban digital twins for the first time and wish to find their bearings quickly before going into the individual sections of the Vademecum in depth.

How the “Build the UDT in pills” module works

What is it?

The “Build the UDT in pills” module turns the decision paths of the Vademecum into guided interactive questionnaires: you choose a topic, answer one question at a time and, depending on your answers, arrive at a result with operational guidance and legal references.

How to use it, in brief

Choose a path.
Answer the questions one at a time: the path adapts to your choices.
Arrive at the result, with recommended actions and legal references.
Consult or export the outcome from the web page.

Notes on licences and on the use of artificial intelligence tools

The tools Build the UDT in pills, AI checker and Licence checker are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone wishing to reproduce, distribute or adapt the material must attribute the work in the manner specified by the authors, without suggesting that the authors endorse the user or the user's use of the work.

Without prejudice to the above release conditions, the specific licences, usage restrictions and rights relating to the individual regulatory and bibliographic components, technical standards, IT tools, software, EU and national legal sources, the case law cited, guidelines and soft law documents, as well as third-party bibliographic materials referred to in the document, must always be preserved and respected. In particular, these remain subject to their respective terms of access and use and are not necessarily covered by the CC BY 4.0 licence adopted here.

Some diagrams and explanatory tables in this document, and the tools mentioned above, were produced with the support of generative artificial intelligence systems (Anthropic Claude).

Statement of exclusion of liability (Disclaimer)

The tools have been developed for research purposes and are informative and indicative in nature. The operational guidance, templates, checklists and legal texts they contain in no way replace the advice of qualified professionals, whose services public administrations and operators using the tools will have to engage.

The Vademecum provides a methodological and regulatory frame of reference, but cannot take into account the specific features of the individual institutional, technical and territorial contexts in which it will be applied.

Moreover, the reference regulatory framework is constantly evolving. The operational guidance contained in the document must be constantly checked in the light of subsequent legislative, regulatory and case-law developments, with particular regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence (AI Act), Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act), and the implementing guidelines issued by the competent authorities at national and European Union level.

The authors, the institutions participating in the UISH Project and their respective organisations decline all liability for any decisions, actions or omissions taken on the basis of the guidance contained in the document without prior and independent verification by qualified legal or technical experts, as well as for any damage, direct or indirect, arising from the use of the information contained herein.

This page is a translation of the Italian original; where the two differ, the Italian text prevails.

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