The proposed DBX project will support the continuation of the innovative research work of the IPSY team from the DataBri-X project 101070069, coordinated by IPSY and funded by HORIZON Europe from 2022-25, which implemented the DataBri-X toolkit. The IPSY team designs and implements, for example, the KNOWDS system, which extends data spaces with semantic search capabilities, enabling intelligent discovery of data elements through relevance graphs and advanced query mechanisms. This innovation supports the vision of Gaia-X and the International Data Spaces (IDS), and promotes the use of trusted artificial intelligence through data spaces. Data spaces (Common European dataspaces) are not theoretical constructs. They are the building blocks of Europe's digital autonomy. They provide companies with a secure, trusted environment for data exchange, while maintaining control and ownership. The IPSY project team that is active in the field is proving that this vision is not only feasible but also technically and legally viable. At a time when Europe is defining its data governance and digital infrastructure for the coming decades, the project’s contribution is expected to be significant.
For example, the UNDERPIN project, funded by Digital Europe 2023-25 and coordinated by Motoroil, has demonstrated in industrial terms how real-world data – from compressors in refineries or sensors in wind farms – can be securely shared, semantically harmonized, and enriched through artificial intelligence, to improve predictive maintenance, reduce unplanned downtime, and increase the sustainability of heavy industrial operations. The IPSY project team works closely with standardization bodies, IDSA, DSSC, and relevant communities, such as, to ensure alignment with Europe’s broader data strategy. The team's interest, with the DBX project, includes extending the data space ecosystem beyond data exchange, enabling the publication, governance, discovery, negotiation and consumption of data/AI/XAI services, as first-class assets, supported by clear access policies, terms of use and interoperable protocols, enabling reliable and scalable service-based collaboration between participants. Examples: APIs, algorithms, processing pipelines/workflows, containers, ML models. The DBX project may include the support of the IRIS to research infrastructures, both at national level and in European Research Infrastructures (RI), especially to those to which the IRIS team has submitted proposals for their expansion (such as ELIXIR), and to others such as Human Brain, Culture, and Industrial Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing.