SIMPL
Vision & Engagement
Manuel Mateo Goyet
Acting Head of Unit – Cloud & Software
European Commission DG Connect E2Simpl is the common software behind common data spaces

SIMPL

Industrial
data cloud

Citizens

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IoT
data cloud

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SMEs

Industries

Common European Data Spaces are afederated data ecosystem based on shared
policies and rules. The participants of data
spaces are enabled to access data in a secure,transparent, trusted, easy and unified fashion.

SIMPL

Research

SIMPL

Open
data source

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Data
Intermediary

Data exchange
Metadata exchange

Public Org.

Data holders remain in control of who canaccess and use their data, for which purpose
and under which conditions.

European Single Market for Data
Data legislation
Data Act

Data Governance Act

…

GDPR

Open data directive

Common European Data Spaces

HealthIndustrial&Manufact.

Agriculture

Finance

Mobility

Green
Deal

EnergyPublicAdmin.

SkillsEuropean Data Innovation Board•

Facilitate the sharing of bestpractices•

EOSC

Tourism

CulturalheritageMedia

Language

High
Value
Datasets
frompublic
sectorData Spaces Support Centre

Prioritisation of cross-sectoralinteroperability standards•Development of•
blueprint, glossary, etc.

Support of data space
projects

Technical infrastructureStandards

Digital identity(eIDAS)

Smart Middleware
solutions(Simpl)

High-Performance
ComputingTesting andExperimentation
Facilities

Simplopen-source means built-in trust &security, flexibility to deploy,
simplicity to customise

middleware are software suites
that enable applications anddatabases to work seamlessly
together and provide a flawlessuser experience

Simpl is the open-source smart middleware
platform that enables cloud-to-edge
federations and all major data initiatives
funded by the European Commission
cloud-to-edge federations put together resources
across cloud and edge computing environments as acohesive system, creating a seamless integrated
infrastructure that combines the strength of both cloudand edge computing.

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all major data initiatives, in particular thedevelopment of Common European Data
Spaces modular and interoperable way.

Simpl’s value proposal
No wheel re-invention
Interoperability

Save money
Save time5Simpl is made of three products
Simpl-Open

Simpl-Labs

Simpl-Live

Simpl-Open
Simpl-Open= the open-source smart middleware
itself
Simpl-Labs

Simpl-Live

Simpl is deployed throughout data spaces
With centralised and decentralised components
Data space• Centralised services = services that provide
capabilities through centralised systemcomponents.

Data provider αDatacatalogue

Identity
authority

Data spaceparticipant

Simpl• Data, Infrastructure and application
catalogues provide the cataloging service forend users to discover shared services in thedata space• Vocabulary providers provide the definitionof metadata representation, vocabularies,and ontologies• Identity authorities manage the identities ofthe data space participants and provides
proofs that other participants can use forauthentication and authorization

Infrastructure
provider x

Simpl

Infra
catalogue

Simpl

End user A

Centralised
service
Datacommunications

Simpl

Application
provider nLegend:

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Communication tocentralised
services

Application
catalogue

Vocabulary
providerSimpl’s conceptual architecture is stable
Governance

Data services

Administration services
Federation management

Application sharing

Data sharing

SupportContracts

Application discovery

Data discovery

CSIRT

Distributed execution

Data governance

Data orchestration

Data processing

Security
Access control & Trust
Audit

Infrastructure connector services

Reporting

Cloud & Edge computing

HPC

Monitoring

PaaS services

Distributed execution

Network

Infrastructure discovery

Infrastructure orchestration

Infrastructure providers (DC, public cloud, private cloud, etc.)

More details al Simpl website, The architecture vision;

Simpl adjusts to different data spaces and facilitatesinteroperability
Smart Communities

Industrial data space
Simpl

Simpl

Simpl

…

FranceCompatible API

Destination EarthSimpl
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Compatible API

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Compatible API

Compatible API

Brussels

Andalucia

Destination Earth middleware

HPC

Simulations
Cloud nodes

MachinelearningEarthobservations

Copernicus

Zoom into 2024 Simpl-Open’s development that will last until atleast 2026

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Simpl-Labs
Simpl-Open= playground environment for Simpl-Open+
interoperability test for existing data spaces

Simpl-Labs

Simpl-Live

Simpl-Labs timeline 2024

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Simpl-Live
Simpl-Open

Simpl-Labs= instances of Simpl-Open for common
European data spaces

Simpl-Live

European Health Data Space 2ary

Public Procurement Data Space
Destination Earth
Language Data Space
Smart Communities

Simpl-Live timeline 2024

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Contract awarded toAnd
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What are
we workingon today?

17Breaking news: Simpl-open requirements are onlinePublished requirements

L0

Business processes / Use cases*

11 out of 11

L1

High-level requirements

4 out of 41

L2

Detailed requirements

17 out of 279

L3User stories

Architecture, open-source code, documentation
18*Definitions:• Business process: Business Process (BP) is the end-to-end process that involves actions outside of the Simpl platform, encompassing interactions and transactions thatextend beyond the platform's internal flows, E.g. manual approvals & reviews, contract signatures, etc.
• Use case: Use cases refer to the specific processes and scenarios within the Simpl platform, detailing how users interact within the system, the functionalities they employ,
and the internal workflows designed to meet their needs

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Numbers will change !!!

Simpl-open requirements – An example

Architecture, open-source code, documentation
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L0

Onboarding of a new data space participant

L1

Simpl shall process onboarding requests of a
new data space participant

L2

Simpl shall provide UI interface for applicant data
space participants to submit onboarding
documentation

L3"As an applicant data space participant,I want to upload the specific documentation toinitialise the onboarding procedure"

1. Setup of Dataspace: Role of Governance Authority
2. Setup of Catalogues and Vocabulary
3. Onboarding of a new Dataspace Participant: Providers of data, application,infrastructure
4. Onboarding of a new Dataspace Participant: Data Consumers
5. A provider adds and updates a new Resource of data, application or infrastructureon the Dataspace’s Catalogue
6. Data Consumers search Resources on Dataspace’s Catalogues
7. Data Consumers establish a contract with the Provider for selected Catalogue
Items
8. Data Consumers use a Resource from the Provider of data, application,infrastructure
9. Data Consumers decommission the Resource from the Provider of data,application, infrastructure
10. Management and Operations of Dataspace Business including catalogues,vocabulary and clean up
11. IT Technical Administration

Breaking news: Simpl-open requirements are online

https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/simpl

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The Programme beyond 2024

New batch of studies

Funds for blue part: ~48m€ from Digital Programme 2021-22
Budget for yellow part: 41m€ from Digital Programme 2023-24
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Initial input from interviewed stakeholders
What is Simpl’s added-value?

What is Simpl’s difference with other initiatives
that sound similar?
• Gaia-X? Data Space Support Centre?

Is Simpl tailored for small and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs)?
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Thank you

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Simpl Programme 2024 – In details

27Simpl Programme 2024 – In short

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