Common European Data Spaces: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Common European data sharing spaces are essential for the implementation of the European digital market. This chapter addresses the challenges and opportunities of Data Spaces identified by the Big Data Value Association community. It brings forward five independent goals, convergence, experimentation, standardization, deployment, and awareness, each targeted toward specific stakeholders in the data sharing ecosystem and presents a timeframe when the goals should take place. Furthermore, we have proposed actions based on BDVA recommendations and mapped them over the five goals.

A pilot conceptualisation of the data space ecosystems for cultural heritage

“…In summary, both data spaces and data ecosystems process data-related resources and entities, but data space could be seen as the "inner core" of a data ecosystem. Edward Curry frames the theoretical foundations and principles of real-time linked data spaces within real-world smart ecosystems [4,5] like this: "in its purest form, a data space is a set of participants and their inter-relations, where the participant is known as each data source (e.g., database, CSV, web service)". Scerry [15] adds detail to this definition arguing that data space is: "any ecosystem of data models, datasets, ontologies, data sharing contracts and specialised management services (i.e., as often provided by data centres, stores, repositories, individually or within 'data lakes'), together with soft competencies around it (i.e., governance, social interactions, business processes)".…”

“…As for digital skills, the DigiComp EU framework offers many resources, which could be seen as a good base for further specialization for heritage specialists. There are good educational resources for citizens for main and specialized digital skills 5 , but not all are available in Bulgarian language (aged Bulgarian museum staff does not know foreign languages). In 2023 Europeana team created a framework 6 , which defines 9 types of digital skills needed for educators working in the cultural heritage sector and creative industries;…”

“…4 Cultural heritage data spaces are still not mapped on the IDSA radar (they are supposed to be placed in the so-called "Cross-Domain" category). 5 NEMO TOOLKIT [https://www.ne-mo.org/news-events/article/ toolkit-aims-to-empower-museum-professionals-with-digital-skills] Last visited: 31-01-2024. In this respect, we have to mention NGOs like CHARTER (European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance) [2], which work towards creating a comprehensive strategy and resources that will guarantee that cultural heritage professionals are keeping their knowledge up to date with their digital natives' user level.…”

Tokenized Markets Using Blockchain Technology: Exploring Recent Developments and Opportunities

“…The European Union has initiated the European Dataspace for Digital Assets (EDSA) to enable the secure sharing and exchange of data, including digital assets, across Europe. As discussed by Scerri et al [18], the establishment of a European digital market presents opportunities for businesses, citizens, science, and government to improve services and collect real-time statistics. However, technical, legal compliance, organizational, and national challenges must also be addressed, including issues related to data protection and digital transformation.…”

Enhancing Data Space Semantic Interoperability through Machine Learning: a Visionary Perspective

“…The concept of Data Spaces has been in existence for several decades, but in recent times, it has gained significant attention, and considerable effort is being devoted to facilitating data exchange in today's data-driven ecosystem, such as International Data Spaces (IDS) 3 and the Common European Data Spaces [23]. So far, the primary focus in practical data spaces has been on legal, technical, and metadata interoperability, with little attention given to the semantic aspect of data, as only a few studies have been conducted in this area [3].…”