Requirements Changelog

29/09/2026

• New | Supporting Activity: SA12 - The Governance Authority publishes the data space AI services in the DOME Marketplace

28/09/2026

• New | Business Process: BP02F - The Governance Authority onboards the data space into the DOME Marketplace
• New | The following requirements for BP02F - The Governance Authority onboards the data space into the DOME Marketplace have been added:
  • New | 2F.1 - The Governance Authority manages the onboarding request of the data space with the DOME Marketplace
  • New | 2F.2 - The Governance Authority ensures DOME compatible metadata for the AI services eligible to be published
  • New  | 2F.3 - The Governance Authority configures the connection with the DOME Marketplace for publication
  • New | 2F.4 - The Governance Authority updates the onboarding profile of the data space in the DOME Marketplace
  • New | 2F.5 - The Governance Authority deactivates the onboarding of the data space in the DOME Marketplace
• New | Business Process: BP02G - The Governance Authority allows DOME marketplace discovery from its data space
• New | The following requirement for BP02G - The Governance Authority allows DOME marketplace discovery from its data space has been added:
  • New | 2G.1 - The Governance Authority manages the DOME Marketplace catalogue search configuration of the data space

25/09/2026

• New & Updated | The following requirements for SA04 - Provider manages deployment scripts have been updated:
  • Updated | 4.4.1 - A Provider uploads a new deployment script
  • New | 4.10 - A Provider deletes an output template
  • New | 4.9 - A Provider creates an output template
  • New | 4.8 - A Provider deactivates a deployment script
  • New | 4.7 - A Provider updates a deployment script
  • New | 4.6 - A Provider deactivates a VM template
  • New | 4.5 - A Provider updates a VM template
  • New | 4.5.1 - A Provider updates a VM template
  • New | 4.5.2 - A Provider updates the deployment script based on an update of the VM template
  • New | 4.6.1 - A Provider deactivates a VM template
  • New | 4.6.2 - A Provider deactivates the deployment script related to a deactivated VM template
  • New | 4.6.1 - A Provider deactivates a VM template
  • New | 4.6.2 - A Provider deactivates the deployment script related to a deactivated VM template
  • New | 4.7.1 - A Provider updates a selected deployment script
  • New | 4.8.1 - A Provider deactivates a selected deployment script
  • New | 4.9.1 - A Provider uploads a new output template
  • New | 4.7.1 - A Provider updates a selected deployment script
  • New | 4.10.1 - A Provider deletes a selected output template
• New | The following requirements for BP10 - Provider bills Consumer based on resource consumption have been added:
  • New | BP10.1 - A Provider manages the billing process of their usage contract
  • New | BP10.1.1 - A Provider prepares and stores the billing data
  • New | BP10.1.2 - A Provider makes the billing data available to the Provider billing system
  • New | BP10.1.3 - A Provider sends the billing data to the Consumer
  • New | BP10.2 - A Consumer keeps track of the billing data of their usage contract
  • New | BP10.2.1- A Consumer stores the billing data in their Simpl-Open agent

24/09/2026

• New | Business Process: BP02E - Governance Authority monetisation model configuration
• New | The following requirements for BP02E - Governance Authority monetisation model configuration have been added:
  • New | 2E.1 - The Governance Authority assigns a new monetisation model
  • New | 2E.2 - The Governance Authority defines and maintains monetisation model parameters
  • New  | 2E.3 - The Governance Authority defines and maintains Dunning policy
  • New | 2E.4 - The Governance Authority activates a monetisation model configuration
  • New | 2E.5 - The Governance Authority validates a monetisation model configuration
  • New | 2E.6 - The Governance Authority deprecates a monetisation model configuration
  • New | 2E.7 - The Governance Authority informs a Participant about the activation of a monetisation model configuration and asks for acceptance of applicable terms
  • New | 2E.8 - The Governance Authority applies a monetisation model to a Participant
  • New | 2E.9 - The Governance Authority creates a new version of a monetisation model configuration
  • New | 2E.10 - The Governance Authority reviews monetisation model configuration history
• New | The following requirements for BP03A – Onboarding of a new data space Participant - Providers (data - application - infrastructure) & Consumers have been added:
  • New | 3A.5 - Applicant agrees to the applicable monetisation model
  • New | 3A.6 - Governance Authority triggers the monetisation lifecycle
• New | The following requirements for BP14A - Payable Event detection and billing initiation have been added:
  • New | 14A.1 - The Governance Authority detects Payable Events
  • New | 14A.2 - The Governance Authority prepares and stores billing data
  • New | 14A.3 - The Governance Authority makes billing data available to its billing system
  • New | 14A.4 - The Governance Authority sends billing data to the Participant
  • New | 14A.5 - Participant stores billing data in Simpl-Open Agent
• New | The following requirements for BP14B - Dunning rules enforcement | Simpl Programme have been added:
  • New | 14B.1 - The Governance Authority monitors and retrieves credit status
  • New | 14B.2 - Participant views their current credit and Dunning status
  • New | 14B.3 - The Governance Authority manages Dunning enforcement and resolution
• New | The following requirements for SA11 - Participant's configuration of the monetisation model is modified | Simpl Programme have been added:
  • New | 11.1 - Participant views their current monetisation configuration
  • New | 11.2 - Governance Authority requests tier modification
  • New | 11.3 - Participant requests tier modification
  • New | 11.4 - Participant requests periodicity modification
  • New | 11.5 - Governance Authority validates modification request
  • New | 11.6 - Governance Authority notifies a Participant of the outcome
  • New | 11.7 - Governance Authority applies a monetisation model configuration modification

10/09/2026

• New | The following requirements for BP12D - Governance Authority audits data space Participants have been added:
  • New | 12D.4.3 - A Participant manages aggregation rules for sharing aggregated usage contract data to the Governance Authority
• Updated | The following requirements for BP12D - Governance Authority audits data space Participants have been updated:
  • Updated | 12D.4 - A Participant provides audit data to the Governance Authority
  • Updated | 12D.5 - The Governance Authority persists audit data from Participants
  • Updated | 12D.3 - A Participant provides audit data to the Governance Authority
  • Updated | 12D.8.2 - The Governance Authority creates audit reports for ad-hoc auditing
  • Updated | 12D.8.1 - The Governance Authority creates audit reports for standard auditing
  • Updated | 12D.7.1 - The Governance Authority creates and configures audit alerts for standard audits
  • Updated | 12D.7.2 - The Governance Authority creates and configures audit alerts for ad-hoc audits
  • Updated | 12D.6.1 - The Governance Authority creates and configures custom dashboards for standard auditing
  • Updated | 12D.6.2 - The Governance Authority creates and configures custom dashboards for ad-hoc auditing
  • Updated | 12D.3.1 - The Governance Authority requests audit data from Participants for ad-hoc audits
  • Updated | 12D.4.2 - A Participant provides audit data to the Governance Authority through their Simpl-Open agent

• Updated | The following requirements for SA02 - Data processing services used by a Participant have been updated:

  • Updated | 2.9 - A Participant profiles a dataset
  • Updated | 2.8 - A Participant processes datasets in standard formats
  • Updated | 2.7 - A Participant harvests data
  • Updated | 2.6 - A Participant curates data
  • Updated | 2.5 - A Participant aggregates data
  • Updated | 2.4 - A Participant performs data quality checks
  • Updated | 2.3 - A Participant performs data analytics and data visualisation
  • Updated | 2.3.1 - A Participant uses data analytics and visualisation tool provided by Simpl-Open
  • Updated | 2.4.1 - A Participant performs data quality checks to ensure high-quality data
  • Updated | 2.5.1 - A Participant aggregates data to produce specific data views
  • Updated | 2.6.1 - A Participant cleanses data
  • Updated | 2.6.2 - A Participant normalises data
  • Updated | 2.6.3 - A Participant transforms data
  • Updated | 2.7.1 - A Participant harvests data for further processing
  • Updated | 2.8.1 - A Participant processes semi-structured and unstructured dataset types
  • Updated | 2.8.2 - Participant processes structured dataset types
  • Updated | 2.8.3 - A Participant works on a copy of a dataset

   

08/09/2026

• New | The following requirements for Supporting Activities under SA06 - Governance Authority manages metadata quality rules have been added:
  • New | 6.1 -  A Participant consults metadata quality information
  • New | 6.1.1 - A Participant consults the metadata quality rules
  • New | 6.1.2 - A Participant consults the metadata quality governance rules
  • New |  6.2 - A Participant consults metadata quality scores
  • New | 6.2.1 - A Participant consults the metadata quality scores of the resources they are associated with
  • New |  6.2.2 - A Participant consults the details of the metadata quality scores of the resources they are associated with
  • New |  6.3 - The Governance Authority creates a metadata quality rule
  • New | 6.3.1 - The Governance Authority defines the logic of a new metadata quality rule
  • New |  6.4 - The Governance Authority updates a metadata quality governance rule
  • New | 6.4.1 - The Governance Authority updates a selected metadata quality governance rule
  • New | 6.5 - The Governance Authority deletes a metadata quality rule
  • New |  6.5.1 - The Governance Authority deletes a selected metadata quality rule
  • New | 6.6 - The Governance Authority creates a metadata quality governance rule
  • New |  6.6.1 - The Governance Authority creates a metadata quality governance rule
  • New | 6.7 - The Governance Authority updates a metadata quality rule
  • New |  6.7.1 - The Governance Authority updates the logic of a selected metadata quality rule
  • New | 6.8 - The Governance Authority deletes a metadata quality governance rule
  • New | 6.8.1 - The Governance Authority deletes a selected metadata quality governance rule
  • New |  6.9 - The Governance Authority calculates and stores the metadata quality scores and classifications
  • New | 6.9.1 - The Governance Authority calculates and stores the metadata quality scores and classifications when the underlying metadata quality rules are changed
  • New |  6.10 - The Governance Authority notifies all Participants about changes to metadata quality and governance rules
  • New | 6.10.1 - The Governance Authority notifies all Participants about changes to metadata quality and governance rules
• New | The following requirements for Supporting Activities under SA08 - Application orchestration used by a Participant have been added:
  • New | 8.1 -  A Provider manages application workflows throughout their lifecycle
  • New | 8.1.1 - A Provider develop an application workflow
  • New | 8.1.2 - A Provider creates a new application workflow starting from the predefined template provided by Simpl-Open
  • New |  8.1.3 - A Provider consults an overview of their own application workflows
  • New | 8.1.4 - A Provider consults the details of an application workflow
  • New | 8.2 - A Provider creates a new version of an application workflow
  • New |  8.2.1 - A Provider updates an application workflows
  • New | 8.3 - A Provider deletes an application workflow
  • New | 8.3.1 - A Provider deletes an application workflow
  • New | 8.4 - A Provider configures an application workflow to be triggered on application consumption 
  • New |  8.4.1 - A Provider links and configures an application workflow for an application resource
  • New | 8.5 - A Provider triggers workflow execution on application consumption
  • New | 8.5.1 - A Provider executes the linked workflow on application consumption
  • New |  8.6 - A Provider monitors workflow execution and accesses execution logs
  • New | 8.6.1 - A Provider monitors workflow execution and retrieves execution logs
• New | The following requirements for Supporting Activities under SA09 - Data Provider manages consent assertions have been added:
  • New | 9.1 -  Data Provider manages consent assertion status changes
  • New | 9.1.1 - Data Provider withdraws and reactivates consent assertion
  • New | 9.2 - Data Provider manages consent assertions for shared data resources
  • New |  9.2.1 - Data Provider creates resource consent assertions for shared data resources
  • New | 9.2.2 - Data Provider withdraws and reactivates consent assertion
  • New | 9.2.3 - Data Provider consults and updates existing consent assertions

02/09/2026

• New | Business Process: BP14 - The Governance Authority bills data space Participant
• New | Business Process: BP14A - Payable Event detection and billing initiation
• New | Business Process: BP14B - Dunning rules enforcement
• New | Supporting Activity: SA11 - Participant's configuration of the monetisation model is modified

1/09/2026

• New & Updated | The following requirements for BP06 - Consumer searches resources in data space catalogues:
• New | 6.3 - A Trustor Governance Authority receives a search request from a trusted data space
• New | 6.3.1 - A Governance Authority maps the identity attributes for a search received from a Trusted Governance Authority
• New | 6.3.2 - A Governance Authority provides resource descriptions matching a search request received from a Trusted Governance Authority
• New | 6.4 - A Trustor Governance Authority provides the results for a search request to a trusted data space
• New | 6.4.1 - A Trustor Governance Authority provides resource descriptions matching a forwarded search request to a Trusted Governance Authority
• New | 6.5 - A Trusted Governance Authority forwards a search request to a federated data space
• New | 6.5.1 - A Trusted Governance Authority forwards a search request to a Trustor Governance Authority
• New | 6.6 - A Governance Authority provides resources
• New | 6.1.2 - A Consumer searches in the catalogues of a federated data space
• New |  6.7.2 - A Consumer consults the overview of resource descriptions returned by a search request from a federated catalogue
• New |  6.7.4 - A Consumer consults the details of a resource description returned by a search request from a federated catalogue
• New | 6.7.5 - A Trusted Governance Authority forwards a request for the details of a resource description to a Trustor Governance Authority
• New | 6.7.6 - A Governance Authority maps the identity attributes for a resource description request received from a Trusted Governance Authority
• New | 6.7.7 - A Governance Authority provides the details of a resource description to a Trusted Governance Authority
• New | 6.7.8 - A Governance Authority provides the details of a resource description from a federated catalogue
• Updated | 6.1 - A Consumer searches resources in the catalogues of a data space | Simpl Programme
• Updated | 6.2 - A Governance Authority provides resource descriptions matching a search request from own catalogues
• Updated | 6.2.1 - The Governance Authority provides resource descriptions matching a search request
• Updated | 6.7.1 - A Consumer consults the overview of resource descriptions returned from own catalogues by a search request 
• Updated | 6.7.3 - A Consumer consults the details of a resource description returned from an own catalogue by a search request 

27/08/2026

• New | The following requirements for SA01 - Data orchestration used by a Participant have been added or updated:
  • New | 1.6 - Participant executes workflow on saved distribution configuration
  • New | 1.6.1 - Participant executes workflow on saved distribution configuration with pre-dispatch validation
  • New  |  1.8 - Participant defines used distribution model
  • New  |  1.8.1 - Participant configures the distributed execution
  • New  |  1.8.2 - Participant defines workflow distribution model
  • New  |  1.8.3 - Participant defines service distribution model
  • New  |  1.8.4 - Participant defines sub-service distribution model
  • New  |  1.8.5 - Participant defines used execution container cluster
  • New  |  1.8.6 -  Participant defines used sub-service distribution cluster

17/08/2026

• Updated | The following requirements for BP02C - Manage resource description schemas updated:
  • Updated | 2C.5 - Governance Authority – receiving feedback about schema validation issues
  • Updated | 2C.8 - Governance Authority – notifying Providers about schema changes
  • Updated | 2C.6 - Governance Authority – publishing a schema
  • Updated | 2C.2 - Governance Authority - creating a new schema
  • Updated | 2C.5.1 - Governance Authority – receiving feedback and report about schema validation issues
  • Updated | 2C.8.1 - Governance Authority – notifying Providers about schema changes
  • Updated | 2C.6.1 - Governance Authority - publishing a validated schema
  • Updated |  2C.7.2 - Governance Authority – revoking a schema 
  • Updated | 2C.3.1 - Governance Authority – creating a new version of an existing schema for a resource type
  • Updated | 2C.2.1 - Governance Authority – creating a new schema for a new resource type
  • New &  Updated | The following requirements for BP09A – Consumer consumes a data resource from a Provider:
  • New | 9A.4. - A Provider verifies the consent status during a data resource consumption request
  • New | 9A.2 - A Provider verifies the consumption access policies of a data resource consumption request 
  • New |9A.4.1 - A Provider verifies the resource consent status during a data consumption request
  • New | 9A.4.2 - A Provider verifies the contract consent status during a data consumption request 
  • New | 9A.2.1 - A Provider verifies the consumption access policies of a data resource consumption request
  • New |  9A.3.2 - A Provider sets up a VPN tunnel to transfer a data resource to a Consumer
  • Updated | 9A.1 - A Consumer requests a data resource
  • Updated | 9A.3 - A Provider transfers a data resource to a Consumer
  • Updated | 9A.3.1 - A Provider transfers a data resource to a Consumer
  • Updated | 9A.1.1 - A Consumer submits a request for data consumption 
  • Updated | The following requirements for BP09B – Consumer receives a data processing service on a data resource via an application updated:
  • Updated | 9B.2 - A Provider verifies the consumption access policies of an application resource consumption request
  • Updated | 9B.2.1 - A Provider verifies the consumption access policies of an application resource consumption request
  • Updated | 9B.1.2 - A Consumer submits a request for application consumption

13/08/2026

• Updated | The following requirements for BP13 – IT – Administration have been added or updated:
  • Updated | 13.1 - A Participants set the VPN configuration for secure data transfer and secure access to Simpl-Open resources 
  • Updated | 13.1.1 - A Participant sets the VPN configuration for data transfer between the Simpl-Open agent and data resource source or destination

16/07/2026

• Updated | Business Process: 03A – Onboarding of a new data space Participant - Providers (data - application - infrastructure) & Consumers

22/06/2026

• New & updated | The following requirements for BP13 – IT – Administration have been added or updated:
  • New | 13.8 - A Participant uses the Simpl-Open landing page
  • New | 13.8.1 - A Participant uses the Simpl-Open landing page adapted to their Participant type 
  • Updated | 13.2.1 - A Participant integrates their Simpl-Open agent with software firewall solutions 

27/05/2026

• New & updated | The following requirements for SA01 – Data orchestration used by a Participant have been added or updated:
  • New | 1.5 - Participant executes a data orchestration workflow 
  • New | 1.2.1 - Participant creates a new data orchestration workflow 
  • New | 1.3.1 - Participant creates a new version of a data orchestration workflow 
  • New | 1.4.1 - Participant deletes a data orchestration workflow

24/04/2026

New & updated | The following requirements for BP12D - Governance Authority audits data space Participants  have been added or updated:

• New | 12D.1 The Governance Authority manages audit rules
• New | 12D.1.1 - The Governance Authority creates a new audit rule
• New | 12D.1.2 - The Governance Authority updates an audit rule
• New | 12D.1.3 - The Governance Authority deactivates an audit rules
• New | 12D.1.4 - The Governance Authority notifies all Participants about changes to the audit rules 
• New | 12D.2 A Participant consults audit rules 
• New | 12D.2.1 - A Participant consults audit rules 
• New | 12D.3 The Governance Authority initiates an ad-hoc audit
• New | 12D.3.1 - The Governance Authority requests audit logs and metrics from Participants for ad-hoc audits
• New | 12D.4 A Participant provides logs and metrics to the Governance Authority for audit purposes 
• New | 12D.4.1 - A Participant manages aggregation rules for sharing aggregated logs and metrics to the Governance Authority 
• New | 12D.4.2 - A Participant provides audit logs and metrics to the Governance Authority through their Simpl-Open agent 
• New | 12D.5 The Governance Authority persists audit logs and metrics from Participants
• New | 12D.5.1 - The Governance Authority persists audit logs and metrics
• New | 12D.6 The Governance Authority audits the actions of Participants related to audit rules 
• New | 12D.6.1 - The Governance Authority creates and configures custom dashboards for standard auditing
• New | 12D.6.2 - The Governance Authority creates and configures custom dashboards for ad-hoc auditing
• New | 12D.7 The Governance Authority generates audit alerts about the actions of Participants related to audit rules
• New | 12D.7.1 - The Governance Authority creates and configures audit alerts for standard audits 
• New | 12D.7.2 - The Governance Authority creates and configures audit alerts for ad-hoc audits
• New | 12D.7.3 - The Governance Authority stores audit alerts 
• New | 12D.7.4 - The Governance Authority generates and sends audit alerts 
• New | 12D.8 The Governance Authority creates audit reports about the actions of Participants related to audit rules 
• New | 12D.8.1 - The Governance Authority creates audit reports for standard auditing
• New | 12D.8.2 - The Governance Authority creates audit reports for ad-hoc auditing

25/03/2026

• New & updated | The following requirements for BP06 – Consumer searches resources in data space catalogues  have been added or updated:
  • New | 6.1.2 - A Consumer consults the details of a resource description returned by a search request
  • Updated | 6.1 - A Consumer consults the returned resources of a search request
  • Updated | 6.3 - A Consumer searches resources in the catalogues of a data space
  • Updated | 6.1.1 - A Consumer consults the overview of resource descriptions returned by a search request 
  • Updated | 6.3.2 - A Consumer searches resources in the catalogues of a data space using advanced search
  • Updated | 6.3.1 - A Consumer searches resource descriptions in the catalogues of a data space using quick search 

24/03/2026

• New & updated | The following requirements for BP02A - Configure ID/Trust security solution have been added or updated:
• New | 2A.2.2 - Tier 2 identity attributes configuration

24/12/2025

• New & updated | The following requirements for BP09A – Consumer consumes a data resource from a Provider have been added or updated:
  • New | 9A.1 - A Consumer requests a data resource
  • New | 9A.1.1 - Request a data resource
  • New | 9A.1.2 - A Consumer provides a resource destination for the requested data resource
  • New | 9A.6 - Subscription to a data/application/infrastructure - Provider
  • New | 9A.6.1 - Manage Subscriptions - Provider
  • New | 9A.2.2 - Access policy enforcement
  • Updated | 9A.7 - A Provider provides access to a data resource
  • Updated | 9A.7.1 - A Provider transfers a data resource to a Consumer

19/12/2025

• Updated | The following Non-Functional Requirements have been updated:
  • Updated | Adopt open and standard protocols
  • Updated | Enable multilingual user interface support
  • Updated | Corrective & adaptive maintenance
     
• New | Supporting Activity SA01 - Data orchestration used by a Participant including a set of high-level and detailed-level requirements. Please find the high-level requirements below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:
  • New | 1.1 - Participant consults their own data orchestration workflows
  • New | 1.2 - Participant creates a new data orchestration workflow
  • New | 1.3 - Participant creates a new version of a data orchestration workflow
  • New | 1.4 - Participant deletes a data orchestration workflow
  • New | 1.5 - Participant executes a data orchestration workflow
  • New | 1.6 - Participant monitors and accesses data orchestration workflow execution logs
     
• New | Supporting Activity SA02 - Data processing services used by a Participant including a set of high-level and detailed-level requirements. Please find the high-level requirements below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:
  • New | 2.1 - Participant - pseudonymises a dataset
  • New | 2.2 - Participant - anonymises a dataset
     
• New | Supporting Activity SA03 - Credentials actions by the Governance Authority including a high-level and detailed-level requirements. Please find the high-level requirement below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:
  • New | 3.1 - Participant management
     
• New | Supporting Activity SA04 - Provider manages deployment scripts including a set of high-level and detailed-level requirements. Please find the high-level requirements below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:
  • New | 4.1 - A Provider consults their own VM templates
  • New | 4.2 - A Provider consults their own deployment scripts
  • New | 4.3 - A Provider creates a new VM template
  • New | 4.4 - A Provider creates a new deployment script

17/12/2025

• Updated | Requirements for BP12B – Single node logging & monitoring. The following high-level requirements and detailed requirements have been updated and/or added. Please find the high-level requirements below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:
  • Updated | 12B.1 - A Consumer and Provider log the consumption of infrastructure resources
  • Updated | 12B.2 - A Participant logs the usage of Simpl-Open agent components
  • Updated | 12B.3 - A Participant logs business actions
  • Updated | 12B.4 - A Consumer and Provider log the consumption of data and application resources
  • Updated | 12B.5 - A Participant checks the health of the application components of their Simpl-Open agent
  • Updated | 12B.6 - A Participant stores logs and metrics
  • Updated | 12B.7 - A Participant monitors their Simpl-Open agent usage, consumption of resources, and business actions
  • Updated | 12B.9 - A Participant reports on their Simpl-Open agent usage, consumption of resources, and business actions
  • New | 12B.8 - A Participant generates alerts on their Simpl-Open agent usage, consumption of resources, and business actions
  • New | 12B.4.3 - A Consumer and Provider collect logs when an data resource is used on the infrastructure of a Provider
  • New | 12B.9.1 - A Participant creates and exports reports
  • New | 12B.9.2 - A Participant retrieves logs and metrics for reporting

16/12/2025

• Updated | Requirement for BP13 - IT - Administration
  • Updated | 13.3 - Additional Network and Security Services - VPN integration - software

15/12/2025

• New | Business Process Description BP02 - Configuration of data space Governance Authority
   
• New | Business Process Description BP02A - Configure ID/Trust security solution
   
• New | Business Process Description BP02B - Manage vocabularies including a set of high-level and detailed-level requirements. Please find the high-level requirements below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:
  • New | 2B.1 - The Governance Authority consults vocabularies
  • New | 2B.2 - The Governance Authority creates a new vocabulary
  • New | 2B.3 - The Governance Authority creates a new version of a vocabulary
  • New | 2B.4 - The Governance Authority validates a new vocabulary or a new version of a vocabulary
  • New | 2B.5 - The Governance Authority publishes a new vocabulary or a new version of a vocabulary
  • New | 2B.6 - The Governance Authority deprecates a vocabulary
     
• New | Business Process Description BP02C - Manage resource description schemas
  • New | 2C.2.2 - The Governance Authority - versions a new schema
  • New | 2C.3.2 - The Governance Authority - versions a new version of a schema
  • Updated | 2C.4.1 - Governance Authority – validating a schema’s syntax, semantics, and default properties
     
• Updated | Requirement for BP03A – Onboarding of a new data space Participant - Providers (data - application - infrastructure) & Consumers:
  • Updated | 3A.2.4 - Onboarding request automated validation
     
• Updated | Business Process  BP03B – Onboarding of a new data space - Participant End-User
  • New | 3B.4 - Federated authentication
  • New | 3B.1.2 - End user authentication process - api
  • Updated | 3B.2.1 - Roles management operations
  • Updated | 3B.3 - Manage users and permissions
  • Updated | 3B.3.1 - Users and roles configuration
  • Updated | 3B.4 - Federated authentication
     

• New | Business Process BP03C - End-User Role Request including a high-level requirement and detailed-level requirements. Please find the high-level requirement below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:

  • New | 3C.1 - Access Control - End-Users Role Request
  • New | 3C.1.1 - End-User Role Request
  • New | 3C.1.2 - End User Role Request Review
  • New | 3C.1.3 - Role request review notifications
  • New | 3C.1.4 - Role request submission notifications

   

• Updated | Requirements for BP05B - Provider manages resource descriptions:
  • New | 5B.6 - A Provider notifies Consumers about a new version of a Resource description
  • New | 5B.9 - The Provider notifies Consumers about the revocation of a resource description
  • Updated | 5B.4.1 - A Provider signs and submits a new Resource description or a new version of a Resource description
  • Updated | 5B.6.1 - A Provider notifies Consumers about a new version of a Resource description
  • Updated | 5B.9.1 - A Provider notifies Consumers about the revocation of a resource description

26/09/2025

• Updated | Business Process BP06 – Consumer searches resources in data space catalogues:
  • Updated | 6.1 - Search in data/application/infrastructure catalogue through a UI or an API
  • Updated | 6.5 - Data quality assessment

11/09/2025

• Updated | Business Process BP07 - Consumer and Provider establish a usage contract for selected catalogue items has been updated with a new set of high-level and detailed-level requirements. Please find the high-level requirements below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:
  • New | 7.1 - A Consumer requests a new usage contract offer
  • New | 7.2 - A Provider verifies the request for a usage contract offer
  • New | 7.3 - A Provider creates and provides the usage contract offer
  • New | 7.4 - A Consumer reviews the usage contract offer
  • New | 7.5 - A Consumer signs, stores and provide the usage contract offer
  • New | 7.6 - A Provider validates the signed usage contract offer
  • New | 7.7 - A Provider signs, stores and provides the usage contract to the Consumer
  • New | 7.8 - A Consumer validates the signed usage contract

25/08/2025

• Updated | Business Process BP05B - Provider manages resource descriptions has been updated with a new set of high-level and detailed-level requirements. Please find the high-level requirements below, which will also guide you to the new detailed level requirements:
  • New | 5B.1 - A Provider consults its own Resource descriptions
  • New | 5B.2 - A Provider creates a new Resource description
  • New | 5B.3 - A Provider creates a new version of a Resource description
  • New | 5B.4 - A Provider signs and submits a new Resource description or a new version of a Resource description
  • New | 5B.5 - The Governance Authority publishes a Resource description
  • New | 5B.6 - A Provider requests the revocation of a Resource description
  • New | 5B.7 - The Governance Authority revokes a resource description

22/08/2025

• Updated | Business Process 3A – Onboarding of a new data space Participant - Providers (data - application - infrastructure) & Consumers:
  • New | 3A.2.1 - Onboarding request notifications and warnings
  • Updated | 3A.3 - Onboarding of a new data space participant - finalizing onboarding
  • Updated | 3A.3.1 - Credentials installation and review - identity attributes check
  • Updated | Onboarding of a new data space participant - registration of onboarding request
  • Updated | 3A.1.1 - Register onboarding application
     
• Updated | Business Process BP03B – Onboarding of a new data space - Participant End-User:
  • Updated & moved from BP03A to BP03B | 3B.3 - Onboarding of a new data space participant - participant actions
  • Updated & moved from BP03A to BP03B | 3B.3.1 - Users and roles configuration
  • Moved from BP03A to BP03B | Access control - end users to agent
  • Moved from BP03A to BP03B | Ensure RBAC compliance
  • Moved from BP03A to BP03B | Identity provider federation initialisation
     
• Updated | Business Process BP12B – Single node logging & monitoring:
  • New | 12B.4.2 - List of business actions to log
  • Updated | 12B.10 - Monitoring compliance with EU regulations

09/07/2025

• Updated | Requirements for Business Process 02B: Setup of ID/Trust, Catalogues and Vocabulary:
  • New | 2B.1 - Configure Dataspace Identity Attributes
  • New | 2B.2 - Configure Onboarding Procedure Templates
  • New | 2B.3 - Governance Authority - creating a new schema
  • New | 2B.4 - Governance Authority - creating a new version of an existing schema
  • New | 2B.5 - Governance Authority – validating a schema
  • New | 2B.6 - Governance Authority – publishing a schema
  • New | 2B.7 - Governance Authority – receiving notification about schema validation issues
  • New | 2B.8 - Governance Authority - revoking and retaining a schema
  • New | 2B.9 - Governance Authority – notifying Providers about schema changes
  • New | 2B.10 - Governance Authority – retrieving schemas and their versions
• Updated | Requirements BP03A: Onboarding of a new data space Participant - Providers (data - application - infrastructure) & Consumers
  • New | 3A.3.1 - Onboarding request automated document validation

30/06/2025

• New | Non-Functional Requirements:
  • New | Accessibility
  • New | Availability
  • New | Composability & extensibility
  • New | Discoverability
  • New | Federation
  • New | Interoperability
  • New | Loose coupling
  • New | Maintainability
  • New | Modularity
  • New | Openness & agnosticism
  • New | Reliability
  • New | Resilience
  • New | Scalability & elasticity
  • New | Security, privacy & trust
  • New | Usability

23/06/2025

• Updated | Business Process: 3A – Onboarding of a new data space Participant - Providers (data - application - infrastructure) & Consumers
• Updated | Business Process: 3B – Onboarding of a new data space - Participant End-User
• Updated | Business Process: 5B - Provider manages resource descriptions
• Updated | Business Process: 6 – Consumer searches resources in data space catalogues
• Updated | Business Process: 7 - Consumer and Provider establish a usage contract for selected catalogue items
• Updated | Business Process: 8 – Consumer consumes an infrastructure resource from a Provider
• Updated | Business Process: 9A – Consumer consumes a data resource from a Provider
• Updated | Business Process: 9B – Consumer receives a data processing service on a data resource via an application
• Updated | Business Process: 12B – Single node logging & monitoring

19/05/2025

• Updated | Business Process: 9A – Consumer consumes a data resource from the provider
• Updated | Business Process: 9B – Consumer receives data processing service over a dataset via an application

15/05/2025

• New | Business Process:  7 - Consumers establish a Contract with the Provider for selected Catalogue items

23/12/2024

• Updated | Business Process: 5 – A Provider adds, updates, or withdraws a data-, application-, or infrastructure resource on the Dataspace’s Catalogue
• Updated | Business Process: 6 – Consumers search Resources on Dataspace’s Catalogues
• Updated | Business Process: 8 - Consumers selects and uses an Infrastructure Catalogue Resource from the Infrastructure Provider
• New | Business Process: 9A – Consumer consumes a data resource from the provider
• New | Business Process: 9B – Consumer receives data processing service over a dataset via an application
• New | Business Process: 12B – Single node logging & monitoring

18/10/2024

• Updated | Business Process: 03A – Onboarding of a New Dataspace Participant - Providers (data - application - infrastructure) & Consumers
• Updated | Business Process: BP – 03B – Onboarding of a New Dataspace - Participant End-User
• Updated | Business Process: 05 - A provider adds a new Resource on data, application or infrastructure, on the Dataspace’s Catalogue
• Updated | Business Process: 06 – Consumers search Resources on Dataspace’s Catalogues

18/09/2024

• Updated | Business Process: 12 - Management / operations of dataspace business
  • New | 12.3 - Logging Simpl agent usage
  • New | 12.4 - Monitoring Simpl agent health
  • New | 12.5 - Monitoring compliance with EU regulation
  • New | 12.6 - Logging data or application consumption
  • New | 12.7 - Monitoring business actions
  • New | 12.8 - Central logs repository per Simpl-Open agent
  • New | 12.9 - Monitoring infrastructure, data and application consumption
  • New | 12.10 - Pre-configure and custom monitoring dashboards

10/09/2024

• Migration of all existing requirements from Futurium to the present website.