Rationale

DATA PoC Topics are specific areas, often linked to a Work Item, where input or feedback from the DATA Proofs of Concept is needed. DATA PoC Topics help to focus PoC Projects on the most relevant topics for the TC DATA, and to increase the relevance of their contributions.

DATA PoC Topics are identified and documented by TC DATA. DATA PoC Topics may include templates for the PoC Contributions and deadlines to ensure that the PoC Contributions arrive on-time to be taken into account by the targeted WIs.

ENI PoC Topics

As described in the DATA PoC Framework (ETSI TS 104 200 V1.1.1 (2025-11)), a PoC Team proposal shall address at least one goal relevant to TC DATA i.e. related to a TC DATA Landscape, Use Cases, or Requirement or the suitability of an DATA Architecture aspect. The output of the PoC should provide feedback to the TC DATA that should support the improvement of the output of the existing WIs. Alignment with existing activities is required. See table below.

Table 1: Summary of the DATA solutions Terms of Reference

	Level 1	Level 2
TC Data Scope	Focus Areas	TC DATA develops deliverables to support the deployment and operation of distributed solutions for data collection, integration, sharing and management, including security and testing aspects.
		The distributed solutions considered by TC DATA include data infrastructures, data products, data access services, and application interfaces (APIs) in the ICT domain, to be used by machines and human beings, and their virtual representations. These solutions address the three dimensions of distributed data processing, i.e. Connectivity (data in transit), Storage (data at rest) and Compute (data in process).
		TC DATA is also committed to addressing European policy and regulatory requirements, including standardization needs in the area of data interoperability, semantic interoperability, ontologies, and data governance.
		TC DATA also engages with other regulatory bodies to ensure that the output supports relevant global, regional, and national requirements.
		TC DATA is responsible for providing input on technical aspects of the ETSI responses to EU Standardization Requests and other government requests regarding data solutions.
		TC DATA also provides relevant technical content for ETSI deliverables related to the European Data Act and to the data-related aspects of the European AI Act.
		TC DATA cooperates with open-source initiatives relevant for the data domain standardization, including (but not limited to) relevant existing and future ETSI SDGs providing relevant reference implementations and interoperability testing specifications.
		TC DATA cooperates with other European and international standards organizations in the data solutions domain to avoid duplication of work and promote harmonization, through the use of partnership agreements.
		… this needs to be extensible within the scope of TC Data.
TC Data Activities	The activities of TC DATA include the following:	· Providing a centre of expertise in the area of data infrastructures, services and applications for ETSI, in coordination with the other ETSI activities in this context.
		This includes data solutions targeting services for IoT, human beings, telecommunication systems and networks, and other industries.
		· Developing technical standards to support data interoperability and semantic interoperability.
		· Maintaining and evolving specifications related to data solutions and published by other ETSI TGs, upon agreement with them.
		· Supporting the development and the maintenance of semantic and data models, such as SAREF (including the SAREF open portal) and NGSI-LD.
		· Supporting the transposition in ETSI of the outputs of oneM2M.
		· Supporting the maintenance and evolution of relevant industry data standards, such as the data model in the maritime domain.
		… this needs to be extensible within the scope of TC Data.