Permanent project revision

Citywide LoRaWAN Network & DOdata Hub

Revision 2026-08-15-baseline · effective 2026-08-15

Superseded. A later revision exists: 2026-08-20-source-dates-b8 →

unreviewed

Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 7 claims and 3 source dossiers.

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Change set

  • add /evidencePassport — Added claim-level evidence mapping and source dossiers.
  • add /revisionHistory — Established a permanent, hash-addressed baseline revision.
7
of 7 claims mapped
3
source dossiers
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publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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exact locators
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content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-21fcbd43d6700c3c quantitative
built a LoRaWAN radio network across the city and reported near-complete outdoor coverage by the end of 2019
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The article quotes the operator: by the end of 2019 nearly 100 percent of Dortmund's outdoor areas were covered.
Caveat
The coverage figure is the operator's own statement; no independent measurement has been published.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Themen-Magazin — DOdata, der SmartCity DataHub für Dortmund
Claim 2 clm-917da499f3717c1e quantitative
on 29 October 2019 it founded DOdata GmbH
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The trade-press report dates the founding of DOdata GmbH to 29 October 2019.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. stadt+werk — Daten-Management-Tochter gegründet
Claim 3 clm-f3e87677f2f8a214 descriptive
a wholly owned subsidiary co-steered with the city
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Both sources describe DOdata as a 100% DEW21 subsidiary jointly managed with the City of Dortmund, explicitly to keep urban data under municipal responsibility.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. stadt+werk — Daten-Management-Tochter gegründet
  2. Themen-Magazin — DOdata, der SmartCity DataHub für Dortmund
Claim 4 clm-5d313a5d442867b8 quantitative
around 2,500 water meters sitting in underground shafts are being converted to daily remote reading
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The article states that the roughly 2,500 water shaft meters in Dortmund's city area will be read remotely via the LoRaWAN network, daily.
Caveat
A rollout intention with early-stage numbers; no newer public count of converted meters was found.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Themen-Magazin — DOdata, der SmartCity DataHub für Dortmund
Claim 5 clm-346c5af4280f44ef descriptive
several hundred running in test operation first
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The article reports several hundred meters already in successful test operation at the time of writing.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Themen-Magazin — DOdata, der SmartCity DataHub für Dortmund
Claim 6 clm-b9e0ce86dfefb6c9 quantitative
pilots in parking, waste fill levels and CO2 monitoring
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Both the trade article and the operator's site name smart parking, waste fill-level sensing and air/CO2 monitoring as the early application fields.
Caveat
Described as pilots and offerings; neither source states deployment scale.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Themen-Magazin — DOdata, der SmartCity DataHub für Dortmund
  2. DOdata (operator site)
Claim 7 clm-fd957d972cb624c7 descriptive
a utility subsidiary jointly steered with the city so that urban data stays in municipal hands
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The founding report describes the shared city-company governance as the mechanism for keeping data under municipal responsibility.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. stadt+werk — Daten-Management-Tochter gegründet

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

unreviewed Revision 2026-08-15-baseline effective 2026-08-15 · created 2026-08-15

Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither.

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7
of 7 claims mapped
3
source dossiers
0
publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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exact locators
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content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
DOdata GmbH (wholly owned DEW21 subsidiary, co-steered with the City of Dortmund)
Actor types
utility, city-government
Funding model
utility
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

3 source dossiers

stadt+werk — Daten-Management-Tochter gegründet stadt-und-werk.de · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-c8ac558a9187d284
Publisher
Name not classified · stadt-und-werk.de
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-15
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Trade press on the founding: DOdata GmbH established 29 October 2019 as a 100% DEW21 subsidiary, jointly managed with the City of Dortmund; leadership and data-sovereignty rationale.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Themen-Magazin — DOdata, der SmartCity DataHub für Dortmund themen-magazin.de · 5 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-c270b594da5097d6
Publisher
Name not classified · themen-magazin.de
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-15
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Interview-based trade article carrying the operator's figures: near-100% outdoor LoRaWAN coverage by end of 2019, ~2,500 shaft water meters slated for remote reading with several hundred in test operation, parking/waste pilots.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
DOdata (operator site) dodata.solutions · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-2dd3806168034f5d
Publisher
Name not classified · dodata.solutions
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-15
Dossier created
2026-08-15
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Operator's own site, live in 2026: positions DOdata as data hub and LoRaWAN operator for Dortmund; lists parking, waste, water and air-quality use cases without deployment counts.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.