Documentation

• 1: Eclipse Data Components Status
• 2: European Cloud Accelerator Workshop
• 2.1: ECA Workshop – Bergamo 2025 Recap
• 2.2: Background Resources for the Bergamo event
• 2.3: Agenda
• 2.4: Restaurant & Aruba Map
• 3: Milan Workshop Summary – June 2025
• 3.1: Agenda
• 3.2: Introduction & Attendees
• 3.3: Keynote – Prof. Boris Otto (Fraunhofer ISST)
• 3.4: Intro to Dataspaces
• 3.5: Industrial Data Sharing – Erich Barnstedt
• 3.6: Industry Partners
• 3.7: Aruba and Opiquad
• 3.8: Opiquad and Fulcrum
• 3.9: Technical Deep Dive EDC
• 3.10: Wrap up and Next Steps

1 - Eclipse Data Components Status

Eclipse Dataspace Components – Madrid Development Dashboard for February

Purpose

• Status view for the February 2026 Madrid demo, focused on trusted data sharing based on Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC), DSP and DCP.
• Audience: Extended Project Dali Team.
• Scope: Component list with GitHub links, current status, and what is realistically in scope for the February release.

Status Legend

• GREEN – On track for the scope for the February release.
• ORANGE – Some risks.
• RED – Not able to make the deadlines.

1. Component List with Tracking Links

2. Per-Component Notes

1. Connector Fabric Manager (CFM)

• Role: Tenant and lifecycle manager, enabling connector-as-a-service for multiple organisations.
• February: Used to onboard demo tenants, including DNS setup, EDC-V provisioning, wallet creation, and sample credentials.

2. EDC Virtual Connector (EDC-V)

• Role: Virtualised control plane for trusted data sharing, externalising the data plane via DPS.
• February: Demonstrates multi-tenant control plane behaviour, with actual transfers still using the classic data plane to reduce risk.

3. Identity Hub (Wallet Service)

• Role: Management of decentralised identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (e.g. ISO certificates, membership attestations).
• February: Central to the certificates-for-trust scenario.

4. Classic EDC Connector

• Role: Proven combined control and data plane, used in existing Catena-X deployments.
• February: Responsible for actual data transfers behind the scenes, even when orchestrated by the new architecture.

5. Data Plane Signaling (DPS)

• Role: Standard protocol between control planes (e.g. EDC-V) and independent data plane services.
• February: Specification and prototype available, but not the primary transfer path.

6. Data Plane Core / SDKs

• Role: SDKs and building blocks for implementing DPS-compliant data planes.
• February: Used for experiments and early demos, not yet the sole transfer mechanism.

7. Protocol TCKs (DSP / DCP / DPS)

• Role: Technology Compatibility Kits validating protocol conformance.
• February: Used for internal validation, not directly visible in the demo UI.

8. Portals / UI (Participant and CSP Views)

• Role: Thin UIs for CSP operators and participants to support onboarding, catalog publishing, and transfers.
• February: Minimum viable feature set, functional but not product-grade.

9. Industrial Data Plane & OPC UA Cloud Library

• Role: Industrial data plane using OPC UA semantics via the UA Cloud Library.
• February: End-to-end demo possible but scenario-specific and still prototype-level.

3. February 2026 Madrid Demo – Readiness Snapshot

The demo will be given at the Data Space Symposium 10th & 11th of February in Madrid. https://www.data-spaces-symposium.eu/

Scenario Focus

• Certificate-driven trusted data sharing in a supply-chain context.
• Protocols: DSP for catalog, contract and transfer, DCP for verifiable claims.
• DPS present in prototype form alongside the classic data plane.

What Will Be Demonstrated

• Automated tenant onboarding via CFM.
• Wallet provisioning with membership and ISO certificate credentials.
• Publishing and discovering data offers via DSP.
• Contract negotiation based on credential-backed policies.
• Stable data transfer using the classic data plane under new control logic.

Key Risks and Constraints

• Data plane migration remains parallel to reduce demo risk.
• UI polish is intentionally limited.
• Industrial data plane integration should be clearly labeled as prototype.

4. Reference architecture docs

For deeper architecture details:

• Virtual connector architecture doc (in DCSA sources): https://github.com/Metaform/dcsa/blob/main/content/en/technical/virtual.connector.architecture.md
• CFM architecture notes: https://github.com/Metaform/connector-fabric-manager/blob/main/docs/developer/architecture/system.architecture.md

2 - European Cloud Accelerator Workshop

Bergamo, Italy, Oct 6th & 7th, 2025

After our first technical workshop earlier in June, the European Cloud Accelerator (ECA) community is reconvening—this time at Aruba’s Global Datacenter headquarters in Bergamo, Italy specifically in the Aruba Auditorium, Via S. Clemente, 53, 24036 Ponte San Pietro BG, on Monday 6 & Tuesday 7 October 2025.

The ECA’s mission remains unchanged: to turn trusted, sovereign and interoperable data-sharing into everyday reality for European industry. Our next gathering will move us from concepts to concrete deployments—bringing business leaders and engineers together under one (very large) roof. We will share progress on the Open Source Eclipse Data Components project, which already serves as the base of the Catena-X platform supporting European dataspace initiative.

High-Level Agenda

• The detailed agenda is available here.

Why You Should Attend

• See real deployments: Partners will showcase how they are running EDC.
• Meet the ecosystem: Industry consortia and standards bodies will align on the next steps towards Data-Act compliance and harmonised EU standards.
• Shape the roadmap: Your input will guide the open-source workstreams launched in Milan—from multi-tenant EDC to conformance tooling.

Prepare & Stay Informed

To make the most of the workshop:

1. Missed Milan? All slide decks, recordings and key take-aways are available here.
2. Background material is available in our resources section and includes reports, studies, and partner contributions.
3. A YouTube video playlist of short introductions and context is also available:
   👉 Background material on YouTube
4. If you missed the Milan sessions, you can revisit all slide decks, recordings, and take-aways here.

Getting There

*Traffic permitting.

Nearby Hotels (Hand-picked)

Notes: (Prefer to stay at the airport? The Winter Garden Hotel in Grassobbio is 2 km from BGY.) More lodging options may be listed, so please check back.

If you need an invitation letter or have dietary/access requirements, just let us know.
We look forward to building on the momentum and seeing how you will plug in and contribute.

See you in Bergamo!

Kind regards,
The European Cloud Accelerator organising team

2.1 - ECA Workshop – Bergamo 2025 Recap

Dear Workshop Participants,

On behalf of the organizing team and our gracious host Aruba.it, we extend our heartfelt thanks for your active participation in the European Cloud Accelerator (ECA) Workshop, held in Bergamo, Italy, on October 6–7, 2025.
Your engagement, insightful discussions, and collaborative spirit made this event a true success.

Workshop Recap

The workshop was designed to foster both technical innovation and strategic business development, providing opportunities for both developer-focused and business-focused participants to collaborate and exchange ideas.

Business Track Summary

The Business Track, guided by the ECA Workshop Plenary, focused on the vision and foundational objectives of the European Cloud Accelerator (ECA).
Key highlights included:

• Introduction to the ECA as an open-source technology development project, emphasizing Trusted Data Sharing as a Service to enable cost-effective, enterprise-scale solutions.
• Recognition of six primary stakeholder groups: cloud service providers, manufacturers, suppliers, dataspace associations, trust framework providers, and governments.
• Review of the evolution of dataspaces in Europe, the importance of the EU Data Act, and Microsoft’s role in supporting European competitiveness.
• IDC presentation on the Total Addressable Market for dataspaces in the manufacturing sector.
• Discussion on new business opportunities for European cloud providers in regulatory-driven, decentralized supply chains.
• Exploration of the open ecosystem approach leveraging open-source software (Eclipse Dataspace Working Group), open standards (W3C, ISO/IEC, CEN/CENELEC), and collaboration with CISPE, Gaia-X, IDSA, and iShare.
• Overview of current Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC), multi-tenant solutions, SDKs for industry-specific data planes, and Dataspace-as-a-Service initiatives.

Technical Track Summary

The Technical Track explored the architecture, deployment, and operations of Hosted Dataspace Services (HDS), focusing on enabling SMEs to participate in dataspaces with minimal technical overhead.

Highlights included:

• Development of an HDS Architecture Blueprint for multi-tenant industrial dataspaces.
• Breakout sessions refining architecture, governance, onboarding, and process flows.
• Exploration of tenant management, automated provisioning, and Decentralized Claims Protocol (DCP).
• Hands-on sessions using the Eclipse Data Plane SDK, based on OPC UA and Asset Administration Shell models.
• Demonstrations from Aruba and Opiquad showing EDC component deployment in various cloud environments and white-label onboarding processes.

Technical Decision Maker Track Summary

This track focused on standardization, interoperability, and large-scale deployment of dataspaces and trust frameworks.

Key topics included:

• The IDSA Dataspace Manifesto and the vision for trusted data sharing.
• Insights from the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) on building a global dataspace ecosystem.
• Demonstration of the iShare Trust Framework enabling contractual trust in data sharing.
• Updates on ISO/IEC, CEN/CENELEC, and ETSI standardization efforts, including ISO/IEC 20151 – Characteristics of Dataspaces and CEN/CENELEC JTC 25 for EU Data Act compliance.
• Introduction to FAIR Data Objects (FDOs) supporting Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data.
• Presentation of the Decade-X aerospace supply chain project by Airbus.
• A round-table discussion on the intersection of AI and Dataspaces, envisioning decentralized, trusted access control for data, compute, AI agents, and physical assets.

Final Thoughts & Next Steps

The workshop underscored our collective commitment to open, scalable, and interoperable data sharing infrastructures across Europe.
Your contributions have laid a strong foundation for ongoing collaboration and innovation within the ECA initiative.

We encourage you to:

• Stay engaged with working groups
• Continue sharing insights
• Follow upcoming communications for materials, recordings, and next steps

Resources

• Workshop Overview
• Business Track
• Technical Developer Track
• Technical Decision Maker Track
• Resources

Thank you once again for your invaluable participation and for making the ECA Workshop a resounding success.

Best regards,
The ECA Workshop Organizing Team

2.2 - Background Resources for the Bergamo event

Welcome to the European Cloud Accelerator Workshop – Bergamo 2025

After our energizing workshop in Milan, we are thrilled to welcome you to the next gathering of the European Cloud Accelerator (ECA) community. This time, we will meet at Aruba’s Global Datacenter headquarters in Bergamo, Italy, on Monday 6 & Tuesday 7 October 2025.

The mission of the ECA remains clear: to make trusted, sovereign, and interoperable data sharing a practical reality for European industry. In Bergamo, we will move from concepts to deployments – connecting business leaders, engineers, and standards bodies under one roof.

What to Expect

• Business Track: Perspectives from IDC on the data economy, fireside discussions with BMW, Catena-X, Manufacturing-X, OPC Foundation, and other industry leaders.
• Technical Track: Deep dives on Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC), multi-tenancy, industrial data planes, OPC UA/AAS integration, and DevOps tooling.
• Hands-on Sessions: Fulcrum, Liqo, Radius and multi-cloud deployment patterns.
• Networking Dinner: An opportunity to connect with peers in Bergamo (sponsored by Microsoft).
• Aruba Datacenter Tour: Guided visit of the Bergamo campus.

The detailed agenda is available here.

Prepare & Stay Informed

To make the most of the workshop:

1. Pre-read material is available in our resources section and includes reports, studies, and partner contributions.
2. A YouTube video playlist of short introductions and context is also available:
   👉 Pre-Read Playlist on YouTube
3. If you missed the Milan sessions, you can revisit all slide decks, recordings, and take-aways here.

Why You Should Attend

• See real deployments – partners will demonstrate EDC in production.
• Meet the ecosystem – standards bodies, consortia, and cloud providers aligning on Data Act compliance.
• Shape the roadmap – your input will guide the next iterations of open-source dataspace components.

We look forward to building on the momentum from Milan and working together in Bergamo to take the European Cloud Accelerator one step further.

See you in Bergamo!

Kind regards,
The European Cloud Accelerator Organizing Team
(on behalf of Aruba, Metaform, Microsoft, and community partners)

2.3 - Agenda

European Cloud Accelerator Workshop Agenda

📍 Bergamo – October 6,7 2025

Logistics: Facility closes at 17:00. No parking at the premises; if you parked in adjacent lots, please relocate by 17:00 due to site closure.
Dinner (Mon): Ristorante Ponte di Briolo — walking distance 600m (~9 min). Walking route map (PNG)

📌 Workshop Structure at a Glance

• Monday, October 6

  • 09:00–10:30 — Plenary (all participants together)
  • 10:30–16:30 — Two parallel tracks:
    • Business Track (Plenary Room)
    • Technical Track (Breakout Rooms)

• Tuesday, October 7

  • Two dedicated technical streams:
    • Technical Track for Developers — 09:30–16:30
    • Technical Track for Decision Makers — 09:30–16:30

📍 Facility closes at 17:00 each day.

🗓 Monday, October 6 — Plenary (Big Room)

⏰ 09:00–09:30 — Arrival & Welcome Coffee

Allow time for an on-time start at 09:30.

⏰ 09:30–09:40 — Welcome & Venue Logistics

Host: Aruba
Presenter: Stefano Sordi (10 min)

Abstract:
Explaining why we support the event/project, and briefly say something about the data center campus and its history.

⏰ 09:40–10:10 — Workshop Kick-off & Goals

Owner/Presenter: Jason Matusow (30 min)

Abstract:
Establish a simplified, high-level picture of the ECA project and to help everyone start with a similar context.

⏰ 10:10–10:20 — Project Status Since Milan

Owner: Babak Jahromi
Presenter: Jason Matusow or Babak Jahromi (10 min)

Abstract:
Status and history of the project Progress since Milan, on all fronts (for people newly joining)

10:30: Tracks begin — Business remains in plenary room; Technical moves to breakout rooms.

BUSINESS TRACK – MONDAY (Plenary Room)

Format: 45-minute open discussion/panel sessions with abstracts preserved.

⏰ 10:30–11:15 — Business Models

Participants: Representatives from enterprises, dataspace associations, cloud service providers, trust framework providers, SMEs.

Abstract:
Business models: clarify what each community of actors needs to make the ECA successful.
Topics include:

• Top-level enterprises
• Dataspace Associations
• Cloud Service Providers
• Trust Framework Providers
• Supply chain participants (SMEs)

⏰ 11:15–12:00 — Scale & Segmentation

Abstract:

• Clarify what “scale” really means for each of the community actors
• Discuss how the segmentation of supply chain elements may require different approaches to achieve scale
• Clarify milestones needed for establishing that the solution is on-track over time

⏰ 12:00–12:30 — IDC Presentation

Presenter: IDC Analyst

Abstract:

• Phase 1 analysis and conclusions
• Phase 2 research targets and inputs

⏰ 12:30–13:30 — 🍽 Lunch Buffet

⏰ 13:30–14:15 — Incentives

Abstract:

• How can the ECA community use incentives to drive behaviors
• Where should incentives be focused to maximize success metrics (i.e., is scale the primary objective)
• Are there additional incentive programs to be targeted for maximizing impact of the ECA

⏰ 14:15–15:00 — Labeling & Evaluation

Abstract:

• Sovereignty, compliance…
• Role of trust frameworks
• Labeling objectives and methods
• Data Act, European values, claims

⏰ 15:00–15:30 — Metrics, Measurement & Reporting

Abstract:

• How does success looks like?
• Can we settle on a limited set of essential metrics that will unify the community of actors on shared objectives
• What is needed to measure those metrics
• What kind of reporting will be needed to provide evidence back to funding sources for incentive programs, etc.

⏰ 15:30 — Break

⏰ 15:45–16:15 — Marketing & Communications

Abstract:
Possible February public launch of the ECA

⏰ 16:15–16:30 — Next Steps

⏰ 16:30 — End of Day 1 (Business Track)

Facility closes at 17:00. Please relocate any cars by 17:00.

Evening — 🍷 Drinks & Networking Dinner

• 17:30–18:30 Networking Drinks hour
• 18:30 Dinner at Ristorante Ponte di Briolo (walk/taxi).
  Site: www.ristorantepontedibriolo.it/
  Walking distance from Aruba (600m, ~9 min)

TECHNICAL TRACK – MONDAY

Technical Track for Developers

⏰ 10:30–10:45 — ECA Technical Track Kick-off

Owner/Presenter: Babak Jahromi / Thomas Obermeyer

Abstract:
Kick-off the two-day technical track. Describe a brief history of ECA, refer attendees to the pre-read covering Milan workshop, and set the stage for the two-day technical workshop, its tracks, goals, and the hands-on nature of the developer track.

• Track 1 for developers
• Track 2 for technical decision makers and program managers

Engineering focused collaboration to help B2B data sharing across Europe based on EU requirements and ideas. It is an OSS initiative and its output is ultimately code that participants can build a product out of.

The tracks are meant to be collaborative and interactive. No long lectures. It should be a discussion. Each session will have a lead/facilitator who starts up the session and guides conversations. Everyone needs to engage.

⏰ 10:45–11:30 — White-label Management UI for EDC

Presenter: Marco Mangiulli (Aruba)

Abstract:
This session will introduce the new “white label” workload management UI that simplifies onboarding and operations for Eclipse Dataspace Components, evolving the project from single-tenant connectors to a multi-tenant, SaaS-ready platform. The UI, contributed as open source, enables organizations to set up, configure, and manage dataspace connectors with ease across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Attendees will see how this approach lowers adoption barriers, enhances user experience, and provides a reusable foundation that any adopter can customize for their needs.

Will it offer telemetry about the state of EDC workload, its clusters/cells, their health, etc. It should also include metering and billing interfaces to support billing of the tenants/customers.

This session will include a demo showcasing integration with the south-bound APIs to mount multi-tenant EDC onto Aruba’s cloud infrastructure.

⏰ 11:30–12:15 — Hosting & Onboarding Dataspaces: Fulcrum’s Approach

Presenters: Opiquad / Fulcrum

Abstract:
Opiquad will share their perspective as a hosting partner, highlighting how they approach onboarding using Fulcrum (Open Source project) and managing dataspace environments. The session will provide insights into the operational requirements for hosters, their control plane priorities, and lessons learned from real-world deployments

FULCRUM/EDC integration

⏰ 12:15–12:30 — OPC UA: Update Since Milan

Presenter: Stefan Hoppe

Abstract:
10 min slot for a greeting word but also with the message, that OPC UA is clearly growing to the IT/cloud world and we partner successfully with other partners like Catena-X. In general, the trend is, that associations work together like OPCF & Catena-X & VDA & VDMA e.g. for the battery passport. I am NOT diving into any details – just highlight this need and willingness to cooperate. (and reference the recording Stefan has created)

⏰ 12:30–13:30 — 🍽 Lunch Buffet

⏰ 13:30–14:30 — Catena-X: Progress & Contributions

Presenters: Thomas Obermeyer + Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser + Mathias Brunkow Moser

Abstract:
Catena-X will provide a project update, outlining their engagement, models, and early implementation work. The session will highlight how industry consortia are adopting EDC, what requirements they bring, and how their contributions fit into the broader roadmap of dataspace adoption

Status and progress since Milan workshop back in June

Overview of the onboarding experience of a new participant, including application marketplace from Cofinity-X

List of Challenges

Examples for topics to address:

• AAS models as data exchange format
• End user experience and requirements for corresponding UI/UX to be built by hosters
• Identity management (onboarding, data sourcing, actual sharing)
• Focus on on-boarding, data sourcing/uploading
• Various roles who will be hosting/offering components and/or services

⏰ 14:30–15:30 — Modeling Data for Dataspaces

Presenter: Erich Barnstedt (Microsoft)

Abstract:
Erich will discuss the role of semantic and data models in enabling interoperability within dataspaces. The session will cover how models are evolving, where they fit in the architecture, and how they enable practical scenarios such as automotive and aviation data sharing

Hosting Cloud Library Web UI which will also enable use of Industrial Data Plane

• Web site
• Postgres instance (can start with a shared instance of the database)
• Branding, White Label opportunity

⏰ 15:30 — Open discussion

⏰ 16:30 — End of Day 1 (Developers)

Facility closes at 17:00.

🗓 Tuesday, October 7 — TECHNICAL TRACK DAY 2

Technical Track for Developers

⏰ 09:30–10:00 — Developing & Deploying Hosted Dataspace Services

Presenter: Jim Marino (Metaform)

Abstract:
An overview of the components that will power hosted dataspace services and how they will be developed as open source at the Eclipse Foundation. The introduction will cover key technical requirements and highlight the main challenges that will need to be solved when moving from self-hosted EDC deployments to a multi-tenant architecture.

⏰ 10:00–11:30 — Architecture Blueprint Working Session

Facilitator: Jim Marino (Metaform)

Abstract:
Design and detail an architecture blueprint for hosted dataspace services. We will breakout into three sub-groups:

• Onboarding: SME automated signup and credential issuance
• Tenant Management: Infrastructure and service provisioning, monitoring, and management
• Operational Experience: SME interactions (data loading, sharing), CSP interactions (Management UO), white labeling

Each working group will present their results and we will align on an overall technical architecture for the project.

⏰ 11:30–12:30 — Catena-X Enablement Working Session

Presenter: Thomas Obermeyer + Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser + Mathias Brunkow Moser

Abstract:
This session will focus on applying the architecture blueprint to Catena-X. It will begin with an overview of the Catena-X 2026 roadmap, including support for self-hosted wallets and the main use cases that will be enabled in the network. We will then deep-dive to into requirements for AAS industrial data sharing for SMEs in Catena-X. A roadmap will be devised for enabling the architecture blueprint with Catena-X.

⏰ 12:30–13:30 — Aruba Datacenter Tour

Note: QR code is needed (need to register in advance - link in Welcome email).
Attendees will be divided into 3 groups, each escorted by an Aruba employee to access the secure facility. QR code is needed to get passed data center security. Hence the need for participants names, email, etc.

⏰ 13:30–14:30 — 🍽 Lunch Buffet

⏰ 14:30–15:30 — Developing Data Planes with the Data Plane SDK

Presenter: Jim Marino (Metaform)

Abstract:
This session provides a deep dive into the Data Plane SDK and how to develop custom data planes. This hands-on technical session will cover:

• An overview of different data types (HTTP-based, streaming)
• Standardization efforts at Eclipse
• A code walkthrough

⏰ 15:30–16:00 — CNCF Radius

Presenter: Zach Casper (Microsoft)

Abstract:
30 min - Presenting Radius and how it could help with workload portability and ease the cost of cloud federations in Europe and elsewhere .

Microsoft’s Azure Office of CTO introduces Radius, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) sandbox open-source project that revolutionizes how developers and platform engineers collaborate on cloud-native applications. This session demonstrates how Radius serves as a cloud-native application platform that enables teams to deliver and manage applications following corporate best practices for security, cost, and operations by default.

⏰ 16:00–16:15 — Wrap-up

Facilitator: Jim Marino (Metaform)

Abstract:
Closing of the day, look back, future plans

⏰ 16:15–16:30 — Buffer / End of Day 2 (Developers)

🗓 Tuesday, October 7 — TECHNICAL TRACK DA

Technical Track for Decision Makers

⏰ 09:30 — Governmental Perspective on Data Spaces in Europe

Presenter: Jon Kuiper

Abstract:
In my presentation I will address the initiative of multiple European member states to create an “European Digital Infrastructure Consortium”(EDIC) in the domain of Mobility and Logistics. This EDIC and the cross-border use cases they will implement and subsidize, need to lead to standardisation and interoperability between isolated national initiatives.

I will also address the role IT service providers can play in developing “Data Spaces as a Service” and how business development can support the EDIC initiative.

⏰ 10:00 — Standards & OSS

Presenter: Peter Koen

Abstract:

• 20151
• DSP
• DCP
• EDWG

⏰ 10:30 — Trust Frameworks (iSHARE)

Presenter: Gerard van der Hoeven (iSHARE)

Abstract:
Present iShare and what it could do for the participants of this workshop

⏰ 12:30–13:30 — Aruba Datacenter Tour

Note: QR code is needed (need to register in advance - link in Welcome email).
Attendees will be divided into 3 groups, each escorted by an Aruba employee to access the secure facility. QR code is needed to get passed data center security. Hence the need for participants names, email, etc.

⏰ 13:30 — 🍽 Lunch Buffet

⏰ 14:00 — IDSA

Presenter: Lars Nagel (IDSA)

Abstract:
Present IDSA and what it can do for the participants

⏰ 14:30 — FDOs

Presenter: Sven Bingert

Abstract:
Global Integrated Dataspace and FDOs

⏰ 15:00 — Decade-X (Aviation): Requirements & Progress

Presenter: Patrice Brossier

Abstract:
Requirements and progress report from Decade-X aviation dataspace. Theme is requirement gathering Intro to Decade-X. Why dataspace for aerospace supply chain?

⏰ 15:30 — Dataspaces & AI

Presenter: Peter Koen

⏰ 16:00 — Dataspace Clinic

Facilitator: Peter Koen

Abstract:
Ask all the questions you always wanted to ask…

⏰ 16:30 — End of Day 2 (Decision Makers)

2.4 - Restaurant & Aruba Map

3 - Milan Workshop Summary – June 2025

Key Themes

🌍 Trusted Data Sharing at Scale

Trust emerged as the foundation for everything discussed. Participants emphasized that scalable data sharing across industries and borders requires verifiable identities, enforceable policies, and peer-to-peer exchange models that respect sovereignty.

“Your data, your choice — with great responsibility comes great power.”
— echoed across sessions as a guiding principle

🏗️ Technical Foundation: Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC)

Demos and deep dives showcased how EDC can enable data spaces to operate across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments. Attendees explored how to deploy, extend, and contribute to EDC as a modular open-source stack.

Focus areas included:

• Multi-tenant EDC architectures
• Federated catalog and control plane evolution
• Deployment patterns across Azure, Fulcrum, and Opiquad-hosted clouds

🤝 Industry and Ecosystem Alignment

Leaders from Catena-X, Manufacturing-X, IDSA, iSHARE, OPCF, and the OPC Foundation shared how they are building production-grade data spaces with real-world constraints:

• Automotive, supply chain, and energy sectors are prioritizing interoperability and self-sovereign identity
• Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) must be first-class citizens, with minimal onboarding friction
• Cross-domain and international cooperation is essential — “no one wants to onboard to five data spaces five different ways”
• OPCF highlighted its role in bridging industrial automation and data spaces, including initiatives such as “OPC UA for Battery Solutions” where European Cloud partners, Fraunhofer, Catena-X, Microsoft, Huawei, and others are prototyping a digital battery passport

🧱 Standards and Regulation

With the EU Data Act taking effect, aligning with emerging standards became a top priority. Topics included:

• The upcoming harmonized European standards for data spaces (per Article 33)
• Profiles and protocols from the Eclipse DSSC working group
• Integration of OPC UA, AAS, and policy enforcement models across layers

Takeaways & Next Steps

Babak Jahromi summarized the spirit of the workshop:

“We’ve come far — now everyone must ask: how do I plug in, and how do I contribute? Some of us will work on multi-tenancy. Others can test binaries in their native environment. The path is emerging.”

Immediate Actions

• ✅ Test and deploy EDC in your own environment (Docker, Azure, Opiquad, etc.)
• ✅ Join a working group (EDC, DSSC, Gaia-X, IDSA, OPCF)
• ✅ Contribute use cases, feedback, and reference integrations
• ✅ Plan for migration paths — data spaces are now running in production

📚 View the full introduction to the European Cloud Accelerator →
🔗 Get started with Eclipse Dataspace Components
🔗 Learn more about OPCF and OPC UA
📄 Download the June 2025 Workshop PDF

3.1 - Agenda

European Cloud Accelerator Workshop Agenda

📍 Milan – June 4–5, 2025

🗓 Wednesday, June 4

⏰ 10:00 — Welcome / Introductions / Session Objectives

Presenter: Alexis

• Kick-off meeting
• Get alignment on goals for the two-day workshop

⏰ 10:30 — European Cloud Accelerator Overview / Update

Presenter: Babak — 30 min

• Why we gathered: engineering-focused collaboration on B2B data sharing across Europe
• Align efforts that benefit all dataspace-related initiatives
• Address EU industrial data sharing regulations and digital sovereignty needs

⏰ 11:00 — Keynote: Prof. Boris Otto (Fraunhofer)

Presenter: Boris Otto (remote) — 15–20 min

• Father of data spaces
• Insights into foundational architecture and policy underpinnings

⏰ 11:20 — Intro to Dataspaces and Feedback Solicitation

Presenter: Eric Samson — 15–20 min

• General data sharing concepts
• LLM & multi-agent orchestration
• New MCP protocol
• (NATO deck referenced)

⏰ 11:40 — ☕ BREAK

⏰ 11:50 — Partner Presentations

Moderator: Eric — 1h 25min

• 11:50 — Catena-X — Thomas Obermeyer
• 12:10 —
  • Manufacturing-X — Thomas Hahn (remote)
  • OPC Foundation & Cloud Initiative — Stefan Hoppe (in-person)
    • Includes reference architectures and OPCF-Cloud materials
• 12:40 — Standardization Track: ISO & CEN/CENELEC — Sebastian (20 min)
• 1:00 — iSHARE Trust Framework — Rajiv (in-person) (15 min)

⏰ 1:15 — 🍽 Lunch

⏰ 2:00 — Industrial Data Sharing Scenarios & Feedback

Presenter: Erich — 40 min

• Technologies enabling standardized data sharing
• Use cases:
  • Carbon footprint reporting
  • EU Digital Product Passport
  • Supply chain resilience
• Covers Data Act (Chapters 2 and 3) obligations

⏰ 2:40 — ☕ Coffee Break

⏰ 2:50 — Cloud Partners and Early Adopters

Hosts: Babak, Alexis | Moderator: TBD

• Aruba presentation: LING and ArubaKube — Marco Mangiulli
• Opiquad / Fulcrum marketplace — Jim arranging
• Outreach to CISPE members on topics like:
  • EDC deployment, beta testing, billing, UI/UX
  • Cloud provider needs (e.g., carbon reporting, DPPs)
  • Open-source collaboration
  • Technical trade-offs: multi-tenant vs. single-tenant, Java vs. C#, pluggable architecture

⏰ 6:00 — END OF DAY 1 & Group Dinner

🗓 Thursday, June 5

⏰ 10:00 — Welcome / Recap of Day 1 & Day 2 Objectives

Presenter: Alexis/Babak — 10 min

• Align on objectives and action items

⏰ 10:15 — Technical Deep Dive

Presenters: Jim, Erich, Paul L., Babak — 2.5 hours

• EDC evolution demo (Erich + Paul)
• Component definitions (Jim)
• Docker-based live demo
  • Control plane
  • Industrial data plane
• Trust frameworks overview
• Q&A and technical feedback

⏰ 12:30 — Fulcrum / Opiquad Presentation

Duration: 30 min

• Deployment architecture and marketplace functionality

⏰ 1:00 — 🍽 Lunch

⏰ 2:00 — Project Deliverables / Commitments / Timelines

Presenters: Jim, Erich — 1 hour

• Roadmap discussion:
  • EDC Control Plane
  • Industrial Data Plane
  • Multi-tenancy for smaller participants
  • OSS community engagement
  • Future demo deliverables and ownership

⏰ 3:00 — Partner Asks / Wrap-up / Next Steps

Presenter: Babak — 1–2 hours

• Alignment on:
  • Admin tools
  • Partner requirements
  • Engagement and contribution process
  • Deployment and UX needs
  • Industry-specific models
• Confirm next meeting or working session

⏰ 3:30 — END OF DAY 2

3.2 - Introduction & Attendees

Participant Introductions

• Alexis Corcoran (Microsoft)
  Head of Regulatory Strategy for Modernization and Business Planning at Microsoft.

• Erich Barnstedt (Microsoft)
  Senior Director with over 22 years at Microsoft, specializing in standards.

• Eric Samson (Microsoft)
  Member of the standards team, focused on data space standardization.

• Thomas Obermeyer (Catena-X)
  Architect working on the Catena-X data space initiative.

• Lars Geier-Blaumeiser (Cofinity-X)
  Contributor to the ProConnector initiative within the Catena-X ecosystem, focused on the automotive sector.

• Enrico Corneo, Fulvio Cazzanti, & Ernesto Colombo (Opiquad)
  Contributors to the Fulcrum project.

• Dennis Mulder (Full Circle IT)
  Based in the Netherlands. Former Microsoft CTO, now an advocate for Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC).

• Stefan Hoppe
  President of the OPC Foundation.

• Jim Marino
  CTO of Metaform, creators of the Eclipse Dataspace Components.

• Paul Yao
  Developer supporting EDC, contracted by Microsoft.

• Paul Latzelsperger
  Developer at Metaform.

• Enrico Risa
  Developer at Metaform.

• Enzo Ribagnac
  President of the CISPE Foundation.

• Sebastian Steinbuss
  CTO of the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA).

• Enrico La Vela (Retelit)
  Product Manager focused on strategy and go-to-market for innovative cloud solutions.

• Marco Mangiulli (Aruba)
  Head of Software Development and lead on ArubaKube (cloud-native multi-cloud Kubernetes platform).

• Luca Castello (Aruba)
  Software engineer contributing to ArubaKube.

• Alessandro Dandrea (Aruba S.p.A.)
  Business Product Owner for Product and Process Management.

• Rajiv Rajani (iSHARE Foundation)
  CTO of iSHARE, a trust framework enabling controlled data sharing across European industries.

  The iSHARE Framework enables organizations to retain control over their data while collaborating across complex value chains. It has evolved from concept to real-world adoption with public and private partners in logistics, mobility, energy, and more.

3.3 - Keynote – Prof. Boris Otto (Fraunhofer ISST)

Summary

Prof. Boris Otto delivered a keynote focused on the essential role of data spaces and trust-based data sharing as foundational elements in Europe’s digital and AI future. His main points included:

• Data sharing is not an end, but a mechanism to unlock value across ecosystems.
• Emphasized three principles: reuse, fairness (reciprocity), and trust.
• Trust must exist in both the participants and the data itself (quality, control, and rights).
• Data spaces are the enabling framework for trusted data sharing—built on interoperability, metadata, policies, and governance.
• Referenced CEN/CENELEC JTC 25, IDSA, Gaia-X, and ISO 20151 as standardization anchors.
• Positioned data spaces across a cloud-edge continuum, from hyperscalers to edge nodes.
• Highlighted the importance of basic data objects (e.g., product and organizational metadata) to enable a digital twin of the European market.
• Connected data spaces with Europe’s AI ambitions, especially the concept of AI Gigafactories and data labs, where trustful data sharing is a prerequisite for foundation models.

“Data is a treasure, but it only has value if used—and used fairly, transparently, and with trust.”
— Prof. Boris Otto

Full Transcript

Boris Otto · Keynote Speech · European Cloud Accelerator Technical Workshop · 4 June 2025

Introduction

It is a pleasure for me to take this opportunity and share some thoughts with you about data spaces and data sharing in the cloud. I want to cover three points:

1. Why data sharing is important and not an end in itself.
2. The role of data spaces as tools to share data while ensuring trust and sovereignty.
3. A vision of how cloud-based data spaces will evolve.

Data Sharing Rationale

The EU data strategy is built around principles that remain true today:

• Data is a strategic resource for competitiveness and sustainability.
• Data is only valuable if reused — value often arises later in the “data value chain.”
• There must be balance and reciprocity between data providers and consumers.
• Trust is fundamental and comes in two forms:
  • Trust between participants in a dynamic ecosystem.
  • Trust in the data itself — quality, rights, usage control.

Data Spaces

The Data Spaces Support Centre defines data spaces as interoperable frameworks with shared rules, standards, and governance to enable trusted data transactions.

A trusted data transaction includes:

1. Rights granted by the data rights holder
2. Metadata publication
3. Data discovery
4. Negotiation
5. Exchange
6. Use

Referenced standards and protocols:

• CEN/CENELEC JTC 25
• IDSA Data Space Protocol
• Decentralized Claims Protocol
• ISO 20151

The ecosystem includes:

• IDSA, Gaia-X, OPC UA, and EDWG for implementation and standardization
• Alignment across initiatives (e.g., IDSA and IDTA convergence)

Otto emphasized the importance of two basic data objects:

• Organization data (e.g., names, registrations, certificates)
• Product data (e.g., lifecycle, reusability, technical specs)

These objects underpin a digital twin of the European Single Market.

Edge-Cloud Continuum

Cloud is the backbone of the modern economy—and by extension, of data ecosystems. Otto envisions:

• A mix of large cloud platforms and many edge/cloud service providers
• Edge computing integrated into vehicles, production lines, etc.
• Cloud ecosystems, as discussed in Gaia-X, bridging this continuum

Fraunhofer’s research (e.g., Cognitive Internet Technologies) supports this infrastructure.

AI and Europe’s Future

Data spaces will be vital for Europe’s AI transformation:

• Foundation models need: models, skills, funding, infrastructure, and data
• Europe has these—but they’re distributed
• The concept of AI Gigafactories introduces data labs that prepare data for AI use
• Data sharing for AI requires trust and fairness — which data spaces enable

Closing

Prof. Otto closed by reiterating the importance of collective alignment and trust. Without it, data’s potential for innovation—especially in AI—cannot be fully realized.

“Thank you for your attention. Let’s continue building the infrastructure that makes trusted data sharing real.”

3.4 - Intro to Dataspaces

Intro to Dataspaces, General Data Sharing Scenarios, and Feedback Solicitation

Speaker: Eric Samson (Microsoft)

Eric Samson introduced foundational data space concepts, focusing on how trust mechanisms reduce risk when sharing data across organizational and technical boundaries.

Key Points

• Data value is created through sharing, but the risk increases as data leaves its origin.

• Data spaces reduce risk by building trust across three core layers:

  • Legal: Jurisdictional compliance
  • Economic: Billing, invoicing, marketplaces
  • Technical: Peer-to-peer architecture using open protocols and connectors

• Policies and claims enable participants to define usage constraints and verify identity.

• The Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC) is the open-source engine that underpins these architectures.

• Architectural principles include:

  • Decentralization
  • Interoperability
  • Multi-cloud support
  • No reliance on centralized data lakes

• Use cases supported:

  • Supply chain transparency
  • Sustainability reporting
  • Training for large language models (LLMs)

• Global momentum:

  • 80+ active projects in Spain
  • Over 100 initiatives in China

“Trust is the key enabler—built on policies, open protocols, and verifiable identity.”
— Eric Samson

3.5 - Industrial Data Sharing – Erich Barnstedt

📅 June 28, 2025 | 🕘 09:22

🔑 Key Takeaways

📘 Digital Product Passport (DPP)

• Mandatory from 2027 for all products sold in Europe
• Must include data on:
  • Recyclability
  • Carbon footprint
  • Supply chain
  • Personnel
• Use cases: Battery Passports, Digital Nameplates

🔗 Interoperability Requires 4 Standardized Elements

• Interface (e.g., REST / OpenAPI)
• Data Format (e.g., OPC UA Nodeset)
• Data Model (e.g., OPC UA Modelling Language)
• Semantics (e.g., AAS Submodel Templates)

🤝 Standardization & Collaboration

• Industry aligned around:
  • OPC UA
  • Asset Administration Shell (AAS)
  • Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC)
• Microsoft contributed 6–8 million lines of open source code to these initiatives

🧪 Proof of Concept

• A DPP for paper was built
  • Highlighted difficulty in capturing carbon footprint data
  • Noted that 90% of emissions come from supply chains, not energy use

🏭 Small & Medium Manufacturer Opportunity

• SMEs often lack internal IT
• Opportunity for cloud providers and software vendors to support compliance

🧰 Smart Manufacturing Profile Designer

• Open-source tool by CESMII
• Enables DPP creation using 400+ templates
• Designed for users with minimal IT skills

☁️ Edge-to-Cloud Integration

• DPPs must function across cloud and edge
• EDC enables cross-platform, peer-to-peer, decentralized data sharing

🌐 IEC Standardization

• IEC TC65 forming a working group to:
  • Create international standards based on AAS, OPC UA, and EDC

💬 Quotes from the Session

“Open source and standards are two sides of the same coin.”

“You can’t build a product carbon footprint without carbon data from your entire supply chain.”

“Somebody with zero to weak IT skills should be able to use it — and that’s the challenge.”

This session illustrated how trusted, interoperable industrial data sharing—powered by open source, common standards, and Eclipse Data Space Components—is central to meeting Europe’s digital transformation and sustainability goals, while unlocking major opportunities for service and technology providers.

3.6 - Industry Partners

Industry Partners

📅 June 28, 2025 | 🕘 09:24

This session featured insights from key industry leaders and initiatives shaping trusted, interoperable, and sovereign data sharing across sectors.

1. Thomas Obermeyer – Catena-X

Origin & Vision:
Started as a German government-funded research initiative, Catena-X has evolved into a global operational network coordinated by the Catena-X Association.

Scope:
Focused on the automotive industry, involving OEMs (BMW, Mercedes-Benz, VW) and suppliers, with hubs in North America, APAC, China, and Spain.

Key Principles:

• Decentralization: Peer-to-peer data sharing with no central storage
• Trust and Governance: Policies to prevent misuse of sensitive data (e.g., defect or capacity information)
• Interoperability: Avoids lock-in to isolated data spaces

Architecture:
Uses connectors, trust-anchoring services, and promotes open-source tools (e.g., Tractos-X)

Future Focus:

• Scaling to SMEs
• Multi-tenant EDC deployment
• Governance frameworks for critical data flow migration

2. Thomas Hahn – Manufacturing-X

Mission:
Enhance resilience, sustainability, and competitiveness in post-pandemic manufacturing

Integration:
Bridges cross-sector initiatives like Catena-X with domains such as chemicals, semiconductors, and energy

Key Use Case:
Battery Passport – tracking material lifecycle via EDC, OPC UA, and international standards

Global Alignment:
Engages with SESAME (USA), and partners in Canada, Japan, Korea

Joint Services:
Developing shared infrastructure for smart manufacturing, OPC-based standards, and product passporting

3. Stefan Hoppe – OPC Foundation

OPC UA:
Vendor-neutral, open standard for secure, interoperable industrial data exchange from sensor to cloud

Focus Areas:

• Semantic modeling of operational/business data (e.g., robots, machines)
• No IP/licensing barriers, supporting open-source legal safety

Cloud Initiative:
Joint reference architecture launched with AWS, Microsoft, SAP, and Google for data ingestion, modeling, and AI

Complementarity:
OPC addresses semantic/interoperability but not data sovereignty—making it synergistic with data space frameworks

4. Sebastian Steinbuss – IDSA (International Data Spaces Association)

Standards Focus:

• Leading conceptual and technical standards for trusted, interoperable data sharing
• Driving ISO/IEC 20151, which defines data spaces

Key Features:

• Policy Enforcement across law, contracts, and usage lifecycle
• Decentralized Trust: No central intermediaries
• Eclipse EDC as open-source reference implementation

Compliance Alignment:
Closely tied to the EU Data Act (Article 33) with active standardization engagement

5. Rajiv Rajani – iSHARE Trust Framework

Goal:
Organizational data sovereignty — “Your data, your choice.”

Framework Capabilities:

• Validates identity, authentication, authorization, and usage policies
• Supports decentralized authorization via registries

Use Case:
Dutch sustainability data space

3.7 - Aruba and Opiquad

Partner Presentations – Aruba and Opiquad

📅 June 4, 2025

This session featured presentations by Aruba and Opiquad, both playing key roles in enabling sovereign, federated, and open-source-aligned cloud infrastructure in Europe.

Aruba Presentation Summary – Marco Mangiulli

🏢 Company Overview

• Founded in 1994, fully family-owned, entered the market in 2000 with Aruba.it
• One of Italy’s largest cloud and data center providers
• Offers cloud computing, eIDAS-certified trust services, and secure email solutions

🏢 Data Centers and Trust Services

• Major data campus in Bergamo (near Milan), plus facilities in Florence and Rome
• Certified as a Trust Service Provider under eIDAS, supporting trusted data spaces in Europe

🌐 Open Source and Cloud-Native Innovation

• Supports Liqo, an open-source Kubernetes-native multi-cluster federation project:

  • Offloads workloads across clusters (on-prem/cloud) transparently
  • Enables GPU sharing, edge inference, and geographic placement
  • Used in production and integrates with Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC)

• EuropaCube, a spin-off initiative, collaborates with universities on open-source and cloud-native innovation

Opiquad Presentation Summary

Speakers: Enrico Corneo, Fulvio Cazzanti & Ernesto Colombo

🌍 Initiative Context

• Founding member of the Fulcrum Project, a federated cloud initiative
• Enables interoperability and market collaboration between European cloud service providers (CSPs)
• Addresses the growing technology gap between hyperscalers and local cloud providers

🧱 Project Architecture & Strategy

• Built on Fulcrum Core (Apache 2.0-licensed open source), enabling:

  • Federation via agents and core gateways
  • Integration with Gaia-X and iSHARE trust frameworks

• Uses CEM (Computational Exchange Market) to allow CSPs to exchange:

  • Compute
  • Networking
  • Services
    …under a wholesale-only model

• Supports:

  • Multi-cloud orchestration
  • Decentralized infrastructure
  • Seamless hosting of EDC and iSHARE agents

🔭 Vision

• Empower local cloud providers to support sovereign, edge-enabled, compliant data spaces
• Enable federated ecosystems out-of-the-box for SMEs
• Strong focus on commercial interoperability as well as technical integration

3.8 - Opiquad and Fulcrum

Fulcrum is an open-source, European initiative designed to transform the fragmented landscape of local cloud providers into a unified, federated “cloud continuum.”
It enables regional cloud and telecom providers to commercially trade compute, network, and higher-level services while maintaining sovereignty, interoperability, and compliance with emerging EU trust and data regulations.

🔧 How the Project is Organised

⚙️ Architectural Principles

• Open & Vendor-Neutral: All code released under Apache 2.0; governance decisions via ICE Foundation
• Federated & Edge-Ready: Each provider retains their PoPs; optimized for proximity and locality
• Wholesale-Only Model: Fulcrum is B2B only—never resells to end-users
• Built-in Compliance: Identity, policy, and audit hooks aligned with the EU Data Act and Cloud Regulation

💡 Why It Matters (and Where Opiquad Fits)

🚦 Current Status

• ✅ Fulcrum Core public release complete; Framework Lab evaluates tech before promotion to Core
• ✅ CEM MVP live with API onboarding, billing, and metering across multiple CSPs
• 🔜 2025–2026 Roadmap includes:
  • Multi-cloud policy propagation
  • Automated edge workload placement
  • Full alignment with EU Data Act and CISPE Code of Conduct

🧭 Take-away

Fulcrum is not another proprietary cloud — it’s the missing exchange layer that allows hundreds of European-scale and regional providers to operate as one hyperscale platform, while retaining control over their infrastructure, customer relationships, and compliance.

Opiquad plays a pivotal role in operationalizing this vision through contributions in:

• Open-source architecture hardening
• Industrial-grade policy enforcement
• EU-trusted data exchange

3.9 - Technical Deep Dive EDC

📅 June 30, 2025 | 🕖 07:41
Presenter: Jim Marino

Jim’s Component Walkthrough Summary

🔄 Two-Tier Architecture: Control Plane vs Industrial Data Plane

• Control Plane: Lightweight, policy-driven layer managing catalog, contract negotiation, and enforcement.
• Data Plane: Handles big-data, file transfers, and streaming workloads.
• Can be split across clouds or run side-by-side, with DSP messages keeping both planes in sync.

🧱 Industrial Data-Plane Blueprint

• Reference stack combines:
  • On-prem ingest pipeline (OPC UA, AAS, edge filtering, blob/SQL storage)
  • Multi-tenant SaaS layer exposing assets over REST or AAS APIs
• Designed for connector-based transfer

🔐 DSP + DCP Protocols

• Dataspace Protocol (DSP): Orchestrates catalog → contract → transfer
• Decentralized Claims Protocol (DCP): Adds verifiable credentials so only trusted partners get access — no central identity provider required

🧪 Virtualised EDC Runtime (EDC-V)

• A virtualisation container enables:
  • Many tenants + many dataspaces
  • One EDC instance per environment
• Context loaded per request, with message queues ensuring scalability and elasticity

🚀 Efficiency Boost via State Machines

• Swaps inefficient polling (“tick-over”) for reliable message queues
• Enables horizontally-scalable connector functions and reduces CPU waste
• JVM overhead amortised across tenants

🧵 Connector Fabric Manager (CFM)

• Tenant & Ops Manager:
  • Tracks tenants, memberships, DIDs
  • Declarative “deployment definitions” for provisioning clusters
• Pluggable agents deploy or migrate clusters (e.g. Kubernetes cells)

⚙️ Built-in Workload Automation

• Tasks like startup, scale, failover, migration simplified to:
  • Copy config + route traffic
  • Infrastructure handled outside EDC using CFM provider plugins

🛡 Policy Engine Upgrade

• Dynamic CEL-based evaluator supports runtime rules per dataspace
  • e.g., apply different access rules for Catena-X vs. Manufacturing-X
• Enables multi-tenant, policy-isolated runtimes

🏛 Standards & Governance Alignment

• Built to align with:
  • ISO 20151, CEN JTC 25 Trusted Data Transactions
  • Eclipse Dataspace Working Group specs
• Supports procurement-ready governance and future-proof interoperability

🧪 Next Steps for Partners

• Help dogfood the virtualised build
• Contribute data-plane plugins
• Integrate CFM with your cloud
• Public Minimum Viable Dataspace repo and demo clusters are available

🔗 Demo Repository:
github.com/paullatzelsperger/MinimumViableDataspace/tree/feat/aas_demo

3.10 - Wrap up and Next Steps

Wrap-up and Next Steps

📅 June 30, 2025 | 🕖 07:43

🔍 High-Level Wrap-Up

✅ What We Set Out To Do

• Bring the dataspace and EU-cloud communities together to align on vision, terminology, and key pain points
• Validate the “dataspace-as-a-service” opportunity for European cloud providers
• Kick off concrete OSS workstreams that any provider can adopt and monetize
• Map the standards landscape to build once and interoperate everywhere

🛠 What We Achieved in Two Intense Days

• 27+ organizations (cloud providers, SIs, SMEs, standards bodies) aligned on:

  • Shared roadmaps
  • Demos and open-source assets
  • Common vocabulary (e.g., control plane ≠ data plane, multilevel policies)

• Confirmed market demand:

  • Catena-X, Manufacturing-X, iSHARE, OPC Foundation, etc.
  • Need for hosted, multi-tenant EDC offerings (1M+ potential SME tenants)

• Demos and deliverables:

  • Minimum Viable Dataspace
  • Industrial data plane
  • Multi-cloud deployment scripts
  • Roadmap agreed for:
    • Virtualised EDC (EDC-V)
    • Connector Fabric Manager
    • Industrial Data Plane
    • Management Portal (M1 release target: Oct 2025)

• Standards alignment:

  • Walk-throughs: ISO/IEC 20151, CEN JTC 25 “Trusted Data Transactions”, Eclipse DSP & DCP, OPC UA Cloud
  • Commitment to submit Eclipse specs as ISO PAS and contribute to CEN test kits

🧠 Key Takeaways

1. Trust is the currency
   Multilevel policies (membership → access → contract → usage) must be machine-verifiable across cloud and dataspace boundaries.

2. No single vendor wins alone
   Open standards and OSS reference code must be adopted collaboratively.

3. Small-company onboarding is the KPI
   “One-click tenant creation, zero-click upgrades” is the goal for EDC next-gen.

4. Standards now carry legal weight
   Q3 2025 Data-Act standardization request will bring conformance testing into the core feature set.

📝 Decisions & Immediate Actions

🧩 Medium-Term Workstreams (Open for Joiners)

1. Connector Fabric Manager
   Kubernetes operator + workflow engine to place tenants on federated EU clouds

2. Industrial Data Plane
   High-throughput data flows (OPC UA, AAS REST, bulk objects) with enforcement hooks

3. Management Portal
   Unified provider UI: onboarding wizard, SLA dashboard, usage-based billing

4. Compliance Toolkit
   Automated conformance tools for Data Act Article 33/36

📅 Next Gathering

“We’re looking forward to having another version of this workshop in October…
Think about location – Munich was mentioned – we need Wi-Fi and good supply 😊.
Alexis will follow up with logistics.”
— Babak Jahromi