3a7b400be1d0ed8e712612f2a1fd9ad9 revllendre_a2026n85p168iENG.pdf 9eaddf4f19c8ae25ebac6b6549f385c56a118161 revllendre_a2026n85p168iENG.pdf 8954c9b46b2331acfeb425ae535e48caa40c98d82ef049aafb6cbf1cab95fc92 revllendre_a2026n85p168iENG.pdf Title: Interoperability without erasure: Law, language, and the future of the European data space Subject: This article interrogates the legal and linguistic foundations of interoperability within the European data space, contending that current semantic frameworks risk undermining the European Union’s commitment to pluralism. While interoperability is often framed as a technical objective, the paper reveals its deeper implications for legal meaning-making and epistemic justice. Standards like the Data Catalogue Application Profile (DCAT-AP) and the Semantic Interoperability Community (SEMIC), though designed to facilitate cross-border data exchange, embed dominant legal categories that marginalise alternative worldviews, particularly those of minority and indigenous communities. Drawing on legal hermeneutics, semiotics, and decolonial theory, the article proposes a model of federated interoperability grounded in multilingual ontologies, dynamic consent protocols, and relational data governance. It argues that true legal interoperability must move beyond uniformity towards a jurisgenerative architecture, one that enables semantic alignment without erasure. In doing so, the European data space can evolve into a digital common that honours the linguistic and legal diversity it purports to serve. Aquest article qüestiona els fonaments legals i lingüístics de la interoperabilitat dins l’Espai europeu de dades, i sosté que els marcs semàntics actuals corren el risc de soscavar el compromís de la Unió Europea amb el pluralisme. Si bé la interoperabilitat sovint es planteja com un objectiu tècnic, l’article revela unes implicacions més profundes en la creació de conceptes legals i en la justícia epistèmica. Estàndards com el Perfil d’aplicació del catàleg de dades (DCAT-AP) i la comunitat d’interoperabilitat semàntica (SEMIC), tot i que estan dissenyats per facilitar l’intercanvi transfronterer de dades, incorporen categories legals dominants que marginen visions del món alternatives, particularment les de les comunitats minoritàries i indígenes. Sobre la base de l’hermenèutica legal, la semiòtica i la teoria descolonial, l’article proposa un model d’interoperabilitat federal fonamentat en ontologies multilingües, protocols de consentiment dinàmic i una governança de dades relacional. Argumenta que la veritable interoperabilitat legal ha d’anar més enllà de la uniformitat cap a una arquitectura jurisgenerativa que permeti l’alineació semàntica sense esborrament. D’aquesta manera, l’Espai de dades europeu pot evolucionar cap a un bé digital comú que respecti la diversitat lingüística i legal a la qual pretén servir. 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While interoperability is often framed as a technical objective, the paper reveals its deeper implications for legal meaning-making and epistemic justice. Standards like the Data Catalogue Application Profile (DCAT-AP) and the Semantic Interoperability Community (SEMIC), though designed to facilitate cross-border data exchange, embed dominant legal categories that marginalise alternative worldviews, particularly those of minority and indigenous communities. Drawing on legal hermeneutics, semiotics, and decolonial theory, the article proposes a model of federated interoperability grounded in multilingual ontologies, dynamic consent protocols, and relational data governance. It argues that true legal interoperability must move beyond uniformity towards a jurisgenerative architecture, one that enables semantic alignment without erasure. In doing so, the European data space can evolve into a digital common that honours the linguistic and legal diversity it purports to serve. Aquest article qüestiona els fonaments legals i lingüístics de la interoperabilitat dins l’Espai europeu de dades, i sosté que els marcs semàntics actuals corren el risc de soscavar el compromís de la Unió Europea amb el pluralisme. Si bé la interoperabilitat sovint es planteja com un objectiu tècnic, l’article revela unes implicacions més profundes en la creació de conceptes legals i en la justícia epistèmica. Estàndards com el Perfil d’aplicació del catàleg de dades (DCAT-AP) i la comunitat d’interoperabilitat semàntica (SEMIC), tot i que estan dissenyats per facilitar l’intercanvi transfronterer de dades, incorporen categories legals dominants que marginen visions del món alternatives, particularment les de les comunitats minoritàries i indígenes. Sobre la base de l’hermenèutica legal, la semiòtica i la teoria descolonial, l’article proposa un model d’interoperabilitat federal fonamentat en ontologies multilingües, protocols de consentiment dinàmic i una governança de dades relacional. Argumenta que la veritable interoperabilitat legal ha d’anar més enllà de la uniformitat cap a una arquitectura jurisgenerativa que permeti l’alineació semàntica sense esborrament. D’aquesta manera, l’Espai de dades europeu pot evolucionar cap a un bé digital comú que respecti la diversitat lingüística i legal a la qual pretén servir. 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While interoperability is often framed as a technical objective, the paper reveals its deeper implications for legal meaning-making and epistemic justice. Standards like the Data Catalogue Application Profile (DCAT-AP) and the Semantic Interoperability Community (SEMIC), though designed to facilitate cross-border data exchange, embed dominant legal categories that marginalise alternative worldviews, particularly those of minority and indigenous communities. Drawing on legal hermeneutics, semiotics, and decolonial theory, the article proposes a model of federated interoperability grounded in multilingual ontologies, dynamic consent protocols, and relational data governance. It argues that true legal interoperability must move beyond uniformity towards a jurisgenerative architecture, one that enables semantic alignment without erasure. In doing so, the European data space can evolve into a digital common that honours the linguistic and legal diversity it purports to serve. Aquest article qüestiona els fonaments legals i lingüístics de la interoperabilitat dins l’Espai europeu de dades, i sosté que els marcs semàntics actuals corren el risc de soscavar el compromís de la Unió Europea amb el pluralisme. Si bé la interoperabilitat sovint es planteja com un objectiu tècnic, l’article revela unes implicacions més profundes en la creació de conceptes legals i en la justícia epistèmica. Estàndards com el Perfil d’aplicació del catàleg de dades (DCAT-AP) i la comunitat d’interoperabilitat semàntica (SEMIC), tot i que estan dissenyats per facilitar l’intercanvi transfronterer de dades, incorporen categories legals dominants que marginen visions del món alternatives, particularment les de les comunitats minoritàries i indígenes. Sobre la base de l’hermenèutica legal, la semiòtica i la teoria descolonial, l’article proposa un model d’interoperabilitat federal fonamentat en ontologies multilingües, protocols de consentiment dinàmic i una governança de dades relacional. Argumenta que la veritable interoperabilitat legal ha d’anar més enllà de la uniformitat cap a una arquitectura jurisgenerativa que permeti l’alineació semàntica sense esborrament. 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