The following work was performed during the project until M66:
1. The platform architecture was designed from scratch, reaching a TRL of approx. 6 in the end
2. Database and modelling services were integrated
3. The workflow ontology has been created to make clear distinctions between process flow and data flow
4. Knowledge service components were integrated to provide linking between software solutions, models, data and knowledge services
5. All modules of the platform have been completed and demonstrated to establish the full potential of MarketPlace. These are namely the workflow builder, app store, and HPC services.
6. The Web-Platform facilitates an environment for exploring existing solutions, interact with experts through translations services, training & education, and forum discussions, creating and executing simulation workflows, getting access to simulation platforms and providing an application store.
7. Aspects concerning data privacy and security as well as formulating Terms of Use were carefully addresses with legal aid to comply with relevant regulations (e.g. GDPR).
8. Successful demonstration of the platform and its robustness via the project’s use cases of WP5.
9. Conducting a User Experience Survey to collect feedback from users of the MarketPlace platform.
10. Creation of a Business Plan to ensure sustainability of the project and prepare the formation of a legal entity in the form of a non-profit association. The founder team has been identified and work towards the registration of the legal entity has reached an advanced level.
11. Coordination of all activities (scientific, financial, administrative, legal) of the consortium, with focus on finalizing the project based on an amendment with an extension of six months.
The main results (including exploitation and dissemination) can be summarised as follows :
1. The platform was created from scratch and has been made open to the public in June 2023. As a result, it is now possible for any person to register themselves into the platform and start using it. The platform is available under the URL
https://materials-marketplace.eu/(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).
2. The user docs have been created to include documentation and tutorials related to the project use cases of WP5. The docs include a scientific part for explaining the motivation for the use case as well as its methodology for solving problems.
3. Several public workshops were organized to introduce and train interested externals on how to use the platform. The first workshop took place on February 24th 2022 and the second one on June 21st 2023.
4. The formation of a legal entity has been significantly progressed. The format of the entity, as a non-profit organisation, has been decided on, founding members have been defined and intensive discussions with legal teams (internal and external) took place. The legal entity is now very closed to be registered and to begin its activity.
5. Collaborations with other European projects have been successfully demonstrated. Namely, OntoCommons , Apache , SimDOME , OntoTrans , and ReaxPro . Market-Place has also been demonstrated and discussed as a part of the 4th EMMC International Workshop 2023.
