How to make common European data spaces a reality
The digital transformation of the economy and society is high on the
European Commission’s priorities list. To make it a reality, the
European strategy for data
[https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/strategy-data]
focuses on creating common European data spaces for strategic sectors
such as the environment, agriculture, industry, health, and
transportation. 

Data spaces are ecosystems that data providers, intermediaries, and
users can access to share data. This ensures that more data becomes
available in the economy and society but leaves the control in the
hands of companies and individuals who generate the data. 

Innovative approaches to data sharing such as these data spaces are
key enablers for the digital transformation but what are the
technologies and tools behind them? And which socio-technical factors
and forces come into play with these technologies? 

A recent publication by the Joint Research Centre
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre_en]
looked into these questions and presents a wealth of experiments to
answer these questions. 

One of their key findings is that the open-source community plays an
important role. The European technological landscape contains many
SMEs and “a healthy open-source community of developers and early
adopters. This can act as an enabler for the implementation of the
European strategy for data.”

Researchers also mention the opportunities for using binary data
formats, IoT data, and edge computing for example by using AI to
analyse sensor data to increase the quality of life.

Discover more findings by downloading the full report
[https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC127730].

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Publication Date/Time
2022-02-11T11:00:00+00:00
Emerging approaches for data-driven innovation in Europe