[Fiware-technical-committee] Resuming coordination meetings on Data Space Framework activities

[Juanjo Hierro (personal)]

Hi all,

   I'm very proud to announce that today we had resumed the 
community-driven follow-up meetings on Data Space activities we had 
every Wednesday under the umbrella of FIWARE TSC technical roadmap 
activities.

   You know that the core team that was involved in these activities at 
the FIWARE Foundation was hit hardly due to recent lay-offs at the 
FIWARE Foundation.  However, we intend to recover from that situation 
following a community-driven approach.  This has to be one of those 
moments where a problem can be turned into an opportunity and this is 
how we inted to face it.

   Stefan Wiedemann, core developer of data space components has joined 
member company FICodes as employee and this will allow him to continue 
working on data space components, as well as participate in some 
developments for DOME which will ensure that the FIWARE Data Space 
Connector will be the best one in the market compatible with the TM 
Forum standards prescribed in DOME (you may know DOME is a strategic 
project by the EC intended to build a markeplace of Cloud and Edge 
services, but TM Forum standards are adopteded widely worldwide 
supported by relevant Service Providers).  These are rather great news.  
Stefan will help to bring continuity to the great work done before.

   UPM will add also a number of resources to the development of missing 
components (e.g., components targeted to support some relevant IDSA Data 
Space protocols) and aspect related to the support of policies specified 
in ODRL as well as some advanced features.

   People from Capillar IT and ITA-Innova will be working on testing 
what is delivered and make sure good guidelines are made available for 
organizations and projects willing to adopt the FIWARE Data Space 
Connector.  I will be contacting organizations that had already 
expressed in the past their willingness to test and use the FIWARE Data 
Space Connector, trying to engage them in these activities.

   Several members of the FIWARE Foundation technical team (Tim Smyth, 
Gernot Boege, Jason Fox) joined the call and this is a good sign that 
also the FIWARE Foundation may continue contributing with resources as 
much as they can.

   I have contacted Vincent de Mortier in the hope we can revamp the 
DSCaaS (Data Space Connector as a Service) activities as important part 
of this community-driven effort.  I still believe the target goal of 
developing a robust framework allowing FIWARE iHubs to leverage on the 
concept of FIWARE Data Space Connector as a Service Testing and 
Experimentation Facility, helping companies to "test before invest" 
(nice lemma created by Vincent) is of strategic relevance.   That is why 
I also copy him and the FIWARE iHub MSC mailing list.

   One of the first tasks will have to do with revisiting the roadmap 
and establishing priorities.

   Anyone who wish to join this effort, please contact Tim Smyth 
<tim.smyth at fiware.org> or me so that we make sure you have the calendar 
invite.

   After we stabilize a bit, I hope we will be able to run an open 
meeting with the larger FIWARE Community.  Target goal should be end of 
the month.  That would be an additional opportunity to invite more 
organizations to join.

   Cheers,

   Juanjo Hierro

   Chairman, FIWARE Technical Steering Committee
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