Planning documents

Summary

Core Platform

i12e.eu is being developed as an independent, nonprofit reference and comparison platform for European digital infrastructure. Its shared reference covers hosted providers and open-source projects across cloud infrastructure, email, content management, payments and other core categories.

Comparisons adapt to the visitor’s role, infrastructure category and geography, making capabilities, ownership, dependencies and supporting evidence easier to assess. AI agents will maintain a public, freely reusable dataset from approved sources, with human oversight, so that people and AI tools can draw on the same reference.

Dutch Journalism

Within the SVDJ incubator on digital autonomy, the journalism application connects that reference to Dutch news organizations. Automated checks identify publicly observable dependencies; direct contact can help verify findings and add context. A personalized dependency map presents the findings as a guided story, followed by peer comparisons and relevant alternatives. Incomplete and unverified findings remain distinguishable.

Recommendations should offer a net financial benefit after accounting for the costs of changing, or cost neutrality with a substantiated sovereignty gain that the organization can communicate. These are principles for assessing change, not promised outcomes.

Delivery Sequence

June to October

Establish the core

  • Research, prototyping and technology experimentation began on the .
  • Main implementation began on the .
  • Target a first public Dutch cloud reference by the end of September.

October to November

Apply and broaden

  • Apply the shared reference to Dutch journalism.
  • Broaden Dutch infrastructure coverage; category completion dates remain open.
  • Keep funded incubator work within the Dutch context.

Beyond November

Expand with funding

  • Expand internationally when appropriate funding is available.
  • Seek EU funding in late 2026 or early 2027.
  • Work towards a mature platform with wider adoption.