TY - JOUR T1 - Enabling and Promoting Sustainability through Digital API Ecosystems: An example of successful implementation in the smart city domain JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2021 A1 - Maurizio Brioschi A1 - Michele Bonardi A1 - Nadia Fabrizio A1 - Alfonso Fuggetta A1 - Emiliano Sergio Verga A1 - Maurilio Zuccalà KW - digital ecosystem KW - FAIR KW - interoperability KW - sustainability AB - Recent studies have recognized that digital ecosystems can enhance the transformation of enterprises and the sustainability of cooperation networks by enabling a regulated and governed exchange of data between different stakeholders according to common rules. Thanks to digital ecosystems, data can be effectively distributed and leveraged to build innovative services in various contexts, such as smart cities or corporate solutions. In this paper we apply the Cefriel Digital Ecosystem Toolkit approach, which was first adopted to foster digital interoperability during the 2015 World Exposition in Milan, Italy. The goal of this lightweight approach is to combine technologies for building API-based solutions with governance processes and common participation guidelines. Moreover, we argue that this approach fosters data sustainability responding to the FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability) principles for data management and stewardship. Since 2015, this approach has been applied in several projects and featured by the European Commission's JRC and the USA's NIST. The Cefriel Digital Ecosystem Toolkit approach now supports the creation of many-to-many digital relationships between stakeholders operating in various domains, allowing the discovery and reuse of digital assets owned by companies and organizations of any type and size, as well as supporting the development of added value services for citizens and other end-users. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 11 UR - timreview.ca/article/1412 IS - 1 U1 - Cefriel Michele Bonardi has been working in Cefriel since 2008. From 2010 to 2015, he was manager of the Technical Management Board of the E015 Digital Ecosystem. He is now the Head of Digital Ecosystems Practice in Cefriel. U2 - Cefriel Maurizio Brioschi is a Business Developer, Director and Foresight Manager in Cefriel. Since April 1997, he has worked in distributed architectures and the strategic development of complex IT systems, ranging from e-government solutions to industrial infrastructure. He was the project manager of ICT planning for Expo 2015, helping to foresee and shape digital innovation scenarios through digital ecosystems. U3 - Cefriel Nadia Fabrizio is a Senior Manager at Cefriel, where she has worked since 2004. In recent years, she has been working as the principal investigator for H2020 and EIT projects in the field of distributed ledger technologies. U4 - Cefriel Alfonso Fuggetta is a Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Scientific Director of Cefriel. He has been a member of several committees in the Italian Government. He has also collaborated with AIPA, CNIPA, the Department of Innovation, and the Ministries of Health, Labour, and Education and University. U5 - Cefriel Emiliano Sergio Verga has been working at Cefriel as a Digital Ecosystem Manager since 2013. His main role is the Scientific Coordination of the Lombardy Region’s E015 Digital Ecosystem. ER -