sovity’s EDC Connectors
are the foundation for data
sharing and data-driven
business models connecting
companies of any size or
domain in Data Spaces
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CTO & Co-Foundersovity GmbHJourney
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Interoperability

1.

Who is sovity

2.

sovity’s EDC versions

3.

Open-Sourced Features

4. What’s next?

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sovityeasiest access to Data Space technologies

EclipseDataspace
Components

Data sovereignty

Best technology

Part of key initiatives

Strong network

Connector and Data
Space based on opensource software
enriched with keyfeatures

sovity shapes thestandard of sovereign
data exchange with
important initiatives

Customers andpartners give strong
evidence to team,products and services
of sovity

experts
Team of experts
involved in Data Spacetechnology since its
origin in 2016

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1Managed software product

Data Sovereignty-as-a-Service
by sovity to accelerate Data Spaces

Connector-as-a-Service

Data Space-as-a-Service

Easiest onboarding and participation

Fastest setup of entire Data Spacein Data Spaces by relevant Connector

based on latest technology standards

technology

to facilitate Data Space operators

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towards

Interoperability1.

Who is sovity

2.

sovity’s EDC versions

3.

Open-Sourced Features

4. What’s next?

2sovity‘s EDC is based on Open Source

Develop open-source EDC

EDC-Community
Core EDC

Softwareused byTractus-X
Further Data Spaces

Tractus-X EDC

Further developed with several extensions (EDC UI, Broker ext.)

sovity EDC

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sovity EDC is used in

And more!

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EDC:
Interplay
between
Connectors

Use Case
Application

Connector
UI

Connector
UI

API Wrapper

DataSource

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Use Case
Application

API Wrapper

Control
PlaneControlPlaneDataPlane

DataPlane

DataSink

2sovity offering: CaaS features and pricing
Community Edition
open-source

CaaS Basic

Data Space Starter

CaaS Professional

CaaS Enterprise

freeFree trial

Free trial

Contact Sales

Leverage sovity open-source
EDC Connector self-hosted✓ Open Core: Based on EDC
open-source✓ sovity EDC frontend✓ Basic extensions to connect
data sources✓ Docker compose templates✓ Postgres DB

Managed EDC Connector tobegin your journey in DataSpaces✓ Everything of Community
Edition, plus
✓ Cloud hosting &management✓ User access mgmt. with 1user✓ 2 consumed data contracts
included✓ Monthly data transfer
volume: 100 GB✓ Self-service via sovity
knowledge base & FAQ✓ Monitoring tools

Data Space Expert

Managed EDC Connector toscale your Data Spaceinvolvement✓ Everything of CaaS Basic,plus✓ User access mgmt. withunlimited users✓ Up to 15 consumed data
contracts included✓ Unlimited data transfer
volume✓ Premium Support (Mail)✓ Guided onboarding✓ Premium infrastructure✓ (soon) Advanced catalog
function
Certified Solution

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Data Space Scaler

Scales enterprise usage ofmanaged EDC Connector✓ Everything in CaaSPremium, plus
✓ Individual consumption ofdata contracts✓ Use company
SSO/SAML/LDAP✓ Developer API access✓ Choose your infrastructure✓✓✓(soon) ETL data integration(soon) easy integration of use
case by API Wrapper(soon) build your own API

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Interoperability

1.

Who is sovity

2.

sovity’s EDC versions

3.

Open-Sourced Features

4. What’s next?

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UI Demojourney:
Data
Exchangein Catena-X

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towards

Interoperability

1.

Who is sovity

2.

sovity’s EDC versions

3.

Open-Sourced Features

4. What’s next?

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Align EDC Usage Pattern on Best Practices
Customer / 3rd Party
Environment

User1a) Extract
DT Data

Customer Data
Sources

Identity
Provider2b) Create Data Offering with usage
policies set by user via new EDC
Management APIs

1b) Upload or enter data and define
usage policies via

4) Provide DT Data from

Bundled Application
Simple Data Exchanger (SDE)4) Contract
Agreement andData Exchange

EDCOpposingCompanyEDC

3) Offer DT Meta
Data fromSDEFrontend

3) DT Retrieval via
SDE Backend2a) Store as JSON
Catena-X format

decentral Digital
Twin Registry (dDTR)

SubmodelServer (static)2b) Register DT at
DT Registry

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Digital Twin
Registry

Discovery
CoreServices

Data Space Catena-X

DT = Digital Twin, dDTR = decentral DT Registry, EDC = Eclipse Data Space Components
Connector, IP = Identity Provider, SDE = Simple Data Exchanger

4Extend EDC (DSP) with Further Processes
Contract Negotiation• Participant Communication• Accept/decline contract

negotiation requests manually• Notification processes• Provider initiated data push
• … and many more

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Transfer Process

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Next is Business Process Interoperability!
Next

Business Process Layer

Interoperability?

Technical Layer
Governance Layer

DSP

IATP

RuleBook

Building
BlocksLegal Layer
Lawyers

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Let us accelerate the new eraof data sharing!
Thank you!
Dr. Sebastian Opriel | CTO & Co-FounderSebastian.Opriel@sovity.de
LinkedIn | www.sovity.de |Data Spaces Symposium 2024

github.com/sovity