Data Space Standardisation in a Volcano

Trains at Atocha station Madrid I spent the week in Ciudad Real in Spain, under an hour by high speed train (~200km) south of Madrid. I was there for a plenary meeting of CEN/CENELEC’s joint technical committee (JTC) 25 that works on European standards for data management, data spaces, and cloud & edge. The need for these standards originates in the European Data Act. The event was hosted by one of the committee members at the University of Castille-la Mancha. It was a very warm week (up to 35 degrees) with intensive long days, but also nice to visit somewhere I hadn’t been before (photos on Flickr). Group picture with local and national dignitaries immediately displayed in the University’s hallways Flags of countries represented in the room (the meetings were hybrid) Turns out, Ciudad Real is situated in the crater of a volcano, a maar. From the center of the town the roads all go up the slopes of the crater. Ground water is said to be warm and somewhat fizzy. The surrounding region…