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[edc-community] Eclipse / EKITIA: Interview request (on EDC connector)

Dear all,

I am Alice Grenier-Dekeuwer from the association Ekitia. I am contacting you as part of our research work and our innovation approach.

But first, I would like to briefly introduce Ekitia:

Ekitia is a French association, based in Toulouse, which gathers 60 organisations from the public, private and academical fields. Together, they strive to promote a more ethical development of data economics. Ekitia identifies and develops tools to build trust in data-driven projects and remove barriers to data sharing. These tools are based on ethical, legal, technological and economic foundations and expertise.

We also carry out R&D aimed at building trust and ensuring the ethical use of data within Data Spaces.

As part of this work, we launched a study on data and resources orchestration within European Data Spaces. The aim of this study is to provide our members and partners interested in the subject with a decoding (not exhaustive but detailed) of the technical building blocks for orchestrating resources and data within Data Spaces.

We are currently preparing a series of deliverables (deadline: September 4th, 2026) aimed at presenting the findings of the study by proposing a common knowledge base:

  • around the fundamental concepts related to the orchestration of resources and data within Data Spaces
  • on privileged characteristics defined by the Ekitia community such as interoperability, accessible ergonomics, scalable, non-monopolizability, minimum energy consumption, open source, resilient, secure, inclusive, transparent...

 To contribute to the overall deliverable, we would like to write presentation sheets for the technical building blocks of existing solutions (Eclipse, Simpl, Ocean, Dawex…) to:

  • detail their objectives and features
  • describe the elements of the solutions corresponding to the Ekitia criteria

 We are reaching out to you today for a 30-minute discussion, if you agree, to allow us to draft the EDC connector identification sheet, one of the major solutions designed for European Data Spaces. This identity sheet will then be submitted to you for approval before the deliverable is released.

 This exchange would allow us to address:

  • The objectives and services provided by the EDC connector
  • The development projects of the Eclipse Foundation, aimed for Data Spaces
  • The positioning of the solutions proposed by the Eclipse Foundation on the various Ekitia criteria (interoperability, transparency, resilience...).

 Here are the proposed time slots:

  • Monday 21/07 at 4 p.m.,
  • Tuesday 22/07 morning or at 4 p.m.,
  • Wednesday 29/07 from 10:30 am,
  • Thursday 31/07 at the time of your choice,
  • Tuesday 04/08 at the time of your choice,
  • Thursday 06/08 at the time of your choice?

 If none of these time slots suits you, could you please let me know your availability, ideally before August 15th... (target delivery deliverable on September 4th)

 Thanking you in advance for your time, I wish you an excellent day.

 Best regards,

Alice Grenier-Dekeuwer

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