Solid Symposium 2023

Solid Potentials and Challenges in Industrial and Logistics Scenarios

• Dr. Jan Hofmann (WebID), Fraunhofer SCS

In this session we will focus on the several use cases for implementing Solid in Industrial and Logistics. We will provide some examples of successful implementations of solid-based solutions and show main characteristics and differences of other approaches in data spaces area, like GAIA-X or IATA ONE Record. With this in mind, we will also discuss challenges Solid needs to meet.

Invited speakers and program

Sebastian Bader (WebID), SAP Germany

Solid Taskforce STAR working group, Fraunhofer SCS and FAU TI

Regis Verschueren, Digita.ai

Detailed program

Gaia-X, Data Spaces, and the Asset Administration Shell: Potentials and limitations of the Solid approach

Sebastian Bader, SAP Germany, approx. 09:00 - 10:00

Several ambitious data ecosystems are prepared at the moment. Namely the Mobility Data Space, Catena-X, but also many others drive the developments towards seamless cross-company data exchange. Interoperability, transparent data representation and control, and the sovereign usage of the exchanged data items are reappearing, critical requirements. The Solid specifications propose solutions to parts of these challenges but need to work together with many other standards and specifications. Prominent examples are Gaia-X and International Data Spaces for cloud scenarios and the Asset Administration Shell for industrial Digital Twins.

This presentation outlines possible combinations of the concepts, discusses the latest developments in the data spaces community, and proposes promising application areas. Based on the experiences from e.g. Catena-X, we talk about the guard rails imposed by Solid and how the available degrees of freedom can be filled in the different domains. However, the demand for enterprise-ready, cloud-native, and highly reliable solutions implies additional constraints, which currently are not sufficiently regarded in any of the named initiatives. We will therefore briefly present our lessons learned, describe the gaps and shortcomings from an ERP-Provider perspective, and open the floor for an interactive discussion.

Solid Use Cases and Boundaries for Industry, Logistics and Supply Chains

STAR working group, Fraunhofer SCS & FAU TI

The Solid working group of Fraunhofer SCS DS&IoT and the FAU Chair of Technical Information Systems discusses potential and realized usage scenarios for decentralised data storage and Solid applications in the field of Logistics and Supply Chains, based on actual and planned projects.

Within the session we will introduce

• our general idea for using dataspaces with Solid (Sascha Meckler, Fraunhofer SCS, approx. 10:00 - 10:30)
• discussion topics from the Solid Taskforce on potentials and challenges in Industry Use Cases (Daniel Henselmann, Fraunhofer SCS, approx. 11:00 - 11:15)
• Potentials an Challenges in a Data Fiduciary Solid Use Case (Daniel Schraudner, Sebastian Schmid, FAU TI, approx. 11:15 - 11:45)
• an approach towards a framework for thrustworthy access control in decentraliced Solid storage (Marco Hauff, Fraunhofer SCS, approx. 11:45 - 12:05)

Opening a discussion on recognized Solid limitations, we aim on enabling the formation of interorganizational teams with interest in solving chosen limitation parts as contribution to the Solid code or solid apps.

Enabling people & organizations to share data without concerns

Regis Verschueren, Digita.ai, approx. 12:05 - 12:30

Slides

Here you find the slides discussed at the Potentials & Challenges Session

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