Technical Grounding

Making interoperable data spaces a reality

The technical grounding for common building blocks is part of the DSSC blueprint and provides the common technical basis for developing a federation of interoperable data spaces. The blueprint is expected to build upon the evolving work on reference architectures for federated data sharing that have evolved over the last years, e.g. IDSA, Gaia-X, iSHARE and the DSBA. Consensus on protocols and specifications for implementation of the key capabilities on data sovereignty, trust and discoverability are important in this context.

Common, domain independent building blocks

• Data space connectors: Provide a secure gateway for systems and organisations to the EMDS, relating to all building blocks.​ Adhere to a common European data spaces framework for interoperability within a data space and for federation of multiple data spaces.
• Federated services​ (Data sovereignty and trust)​: Enable EMDS interoperability on data sovereignty and trust, both across the federation of mobility data spaces and with other sectoral data spaces. Align policy definition, exchange and enforcement mechanisms.
• Federated data space registry​ (Discoverability)​: Enable discoverability of data services and IT resources, both across federated mobility and logistics data spaces and other sectoral data spaces.​ Align formats for exchanging data services, applications and data models and mappings.