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Data management Working Group

Find out more about the goals, activities and publications of this Working Group

 

The Data Management Working Group is dedicated to addressing various facets, spanning technical means for exchanging and processing data among stakeholders, to formulating rules for data exchange. This includes tackling security issues and determining the distribution of responsibilities in data handling.

Aligned with its mission, the WG has identified three key areas of collaboration, fostering mutual exchange of perspectives and discussions: 

  • Communication infrastructure – this entails enhancing technical means for the effective exchange of data
  • Cybersecurity and data privacy – this encompasses data integrity, customer privacy, and protection;
  • Data handling – this entails establishing the framework for data exchange and related roles and responsibilities

The Data Management Working Group is divided into five task forces:

  1. Use cases repository – this task focuses on providing a comprehensive view of all simplified and homogenised projects, presenting use cases in a straightforward format
  2. EU data exchange reference architecture – this task force is involved in the development of a standardised language and Data Exchange Reference Architecture (DERA3.0), supporting the concept of a data space, featuring a federated structure.
  3. Reference framework – this task aims to establish a methodology and reference framework that enables the interoperability and flexibility of assets. This is achieved through a meticulous analysis of implemented solutions in various projects, including the definition of Generic Business Processes (GBPs)
  4. Bridge Standards User group – this task force is dedicated to the dissemination (i.e., through webinars) of collective knowledge at the system level
  5. Interoperability of home appliances – this task focuses on characterising and comparing the solutions used by BRIDGE projects for achieving home appliance interoperability, through the use of “common languages” and adapters

 

For more information about this Working Group, contact secretariat@horizon-bridge.eu.

Chair:

Dune Sebilleau (TRIALOG)

Co-Chair:

Krzysztof Piotrowski (IHP Microelectronics)

Latest reports and documents

Annual report 2025-2026 | Data Management
The Data Management Working Group aims to cover aspects ranging from the technical means for exchanging and processing data between interested stakeholders to the establishment of rules for exchange, including security issues and responsibility distribution in data handling. Accordingly, the WG has identified 3 areas of collaboration: Communication Infrastructure, embracing the technical and non-technical aspects of the communication infrastructure needed to exchange data and the related requirements Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, entailing data integrity, customer privacy and protection and general security of energy systems Data Handling, including the framework for data exchange and related roles / responsibilities, together with the technical issues supporting the exchange of data in a secure and interoperable manner, and the data analytics techniques for data processing
Updated report 2025 (Reference Framework) - Data Management Working Group (November 2025)
This report addresses the area, “Data Handling”, identified by the Working Group. It specifically covers the framework for data exchange and the associated roles and responsibilities, along with the technical aspects that enable secure and interoperable data exchange. In addition, it explores data analytics techniques for data processing and discusses the development of a “Reference Framework” for interoperability.
Data Exchange Reference Architecture (DERA) - Data Management
Updated report - (October 2025) Action 2 of the BRIDGE Data Working Group focused on deploying the BRIDGE DERA 3.1 reference architecture. Building on last year’s Smart Grid Architecture Model–based report, a new implementation methodology was developed, aligned with ETSI–CEN–CENELEC practices. This step-by-step approach supports defining use cases, identifying key interfaces, mapping data exchange standards, and validating interoperability through tests such as Intnet.