A Framework for Big Data Sovereignty: The European Industrial Data Space (EIDS)
Christoph Mertens, Jesús Villadangos Alonso, Óscar Lázaro, Charaka Palansuriya, Gernot Böge, Alexandros Nizamis, Vaia Rousopoulou, Dimosthenis Ioannidis, Dimitrios K. Tzovaras, Rizkallah Touma, Miquel Tarzán, Diego Mallada, Paulo Alves Figueiras, Ruben Costa, Diogo Graça, Gisela García, Begoña Laibarra, Aitor Celaya, Piotr Soboński, Azzam Naeem · 2022
Abstract The path that the European Commission foresees to leverage data in the best possible way for the sake of European citizens and the digital single market clearly addresses the need for a European Data Space. This data space must follow the rules, derived from European values. The European Data Strategy rests on four pillars: (1) Governance framework for access and use; (2) Investments in Europe’s data capabilities and infrastructures; (3) Competences and skills of individuals and SMEs; (4) Common European Data Spaces in nine strategic areas such as industrial manufacturing, mobility, health, and energy. The project BOOST 4.0 developed a prototype for the industrial manufacturing sector, called European Industrial Data Space (EIDS), an endeavour of 53 companies. The publication will show the developed architectural pattern as well as the developed components and introduce the required infrastructure that was developed for the EIDS. Additionally, the population of such a data space with Big Data enabled services and platforms is described and will be enriched with the perspective of the pilots that have been build based on EIDS.