The i3-MARKET project delivered a blueprint reference implementation for an architecture that enables the connectivity of data marketplaces, the i3-MARKET backplane is today a key enabler for incentivizing the industrial data market economy embracing the latest European Commission Digital Single Market strategy. The activities in i3-MARKET were distributed in 7 Work Packages (WPs) that are organized cohesively:
WP2 Use Cases, Requirements, and Overall i3-MARKET Architecture Specifications collected the feedback from the different stakeholders during the testing and deployment was crucial for the improvement of the i3-MARKET platform, in order to integrate the feedback adequately a governance model was implemented following the agile methodology focused on setting the prioritization of features and functionalities. This WP finalized the definition of use cases and the designs of the i3-MARKET Reference Architecture.
WP3 Trust, Security, and Privacy Solutions for Securing Data Marketplaces, This work package focused on delivering state-of-the-art technologies, interfaces, methods, and solutions for enabling the i3-MARKET with proper trustworthy levels, supported by technologies that offer cyber-security and privacy of the data and most critical identity management using the most advance techniques in self-sovereign identities and the innovative approach on using it in federating data markets. The work package also delivered the data access and transfer component following the OpenAPI enabling interface in a standard way with the generation of smart contracts, wallets, and a monetization system.
WP4 i3-MARKET Backplane for the Integration of Data Platforms and Market Economy Overview, the interoperability is crucial for enabling the exchange of information, this work package implemented the i3-MARKET Backplane in the form of an access gateway and included software tools to facilitate the integration and deployment i.e. and SDK and a Web-Based delivered as reference Implementations (RI), both including multiple Application Programming Interface (API), this design allows the use of the API and their associated services in data marketplaces and data spaces independently of the domain which the data assets belong. The data asset resources are also described using semantic metadata to enable (semi-) automated discovery, selection, and access to the marketplaces and backplane registries with decentralized storage.
WP5 i3-MARKET Pilots Deployment Realisation and Validation demonstrated the capability to instantiate the i3-MARKET Backplane in different infrastructures through exemplary use cases, in three Industry driven Pilots, so as to assess the feasibility and applicability of the integration and federation techniques, procedures and functions developed during the project lifetime. WP5 would also provide evaluation and feedback to other WPs based on experience from pilots and applications that were deployed in collaboration with SMEs.
WP6 Sustainability, Business Exploitation, and Dissemination, this work package provided the economic analysis to propose models and data pricing tools for the communities outside of the project; from promotion and engagement of new customers to the front-line support of current users, and the long-term exploitation of results and sustainability for the project itself. The Open Source ecosystem enlargement was the core of this period and included the creation of processes, responsibilities, and targets to release the code in different git platforms and at the same time have its own open-source portal and online documentation. In this WP we also manage the legal and regulatory aspects.
