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Learn about IDS, interact with others, co-create the standard
IDS is poised to become the backbone of our future data economy, indispensable to any enterprise that collects, manages, or shares any kind of data. Our vision depends on data spaces which comprise relationships between trusted partners.
IDS is a global standard to build data spaces and ensure data sovereignty.
Learn & follow
To make the IDS standard a reality and to design and develop it according to business needs, you need to gather knowledge and find your role. Get a better understanding of the core ideas of IDS and find out if your company needs an IDS solution or wants to help others create data spaces.
Read our most important documents
You’ll find all the most mission-critical documents and other information about IDSA’s work and partner projects here.
IDS Reference Architecture Model
Version 4 | 2022
IDSA Rule Book
White Paper 2020 | Version 1.0
Design Principles for Data Spaces
Position Paper 2021
Data Connector Report
Report | No. 5 | March 2023
Data Spaces Brochure 2022
August 2022
Collaborate in our GitHub repositories
The open-source community is one of the cornerstones of IDSA. Every data space requires specifications that detail how the components of the software architecture can be implemented. These specifications are under constant development in our GitHub repositories.
IDS-G
In addition to the reference architecture model, the DS-G repository provides specifications for IDS components.
IDS-Testbed
The IDS reference testbed is an open-source setup with IDS components that has been jointly developed by the IDSA open-source community.
Information Model
The information model is an otology that covers the basic concepts of International Data Spaces.
IDS-RAM
The IDS-RAM provides an overview of the concepts, functions and processes for creating a data space and provides specific architecture specifications.
Navigate through the IDSA knowledge base
Do you want to develop IDS components? Or are you looking to implement the open-source components that someone else has developed? The knowledge base is the place to start. We’ve laid out five steps to help you sift through the vast amount of information and documentation. Each step includes links to important resources that are helpful in setting up data spaces.
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Talk & share
Exchange ideas about data spaces with like-minded people. Get valuable advice on how to build your own data space. Or contribute your expertise and help others. We want to give organizations the opportunity to share and connect with each other’s stories to collectively realize the potential of sovereign data sharing.
Get started: Q&A Session
Join us to learn about the key fundamentals for running a data space! Our members have created amazing examples of what a data space and its components can look like. In the Q&A Session, we’ll take you on the journey from becoming an IDSA member to running a data space
Share your use case and expertise
Get support in implementing and launching IDS-certified products and services and participate in member-initiated projects that become success stories for your business.
Data Space Radar
Only the coolest new platform for finding use cases to help you bring data spaces to life, our Data Space Radar maps all our data spaces in one easy-to-use tool.
Become an implementation partner
IDSA works together with many different organizations who serve as implementation partners, ready to help along the adoption journey.
Become a Hub
The IDSA has inspired a strong network of international hubs and competence centers that share knowledge and information about IDS in countries around the world.
Co-create
To be successful in creating truly global, cross-industry data spaces, IDSA needs the involvement of companies of all sizes and sectors. This means you! We hope you’ll consider joining the effort to drive the data economy of the future. See for yourself why and how to embrace data sovereignty and implement IDS technology into products and systems.
Shape IDS in our working groups
Our working groups are IDSA members collaborating on the standards and characteristics for international data spaces. Join us and become an active participant in our working groups.
Working Group Architecture
The Working Group Architecture establishes the IDS’s general framework and the IDS Reference Architecture Model (IDS-RAM). It is also responsible for the standardization of the main software component and for the incorporation of existing standards and related initiatives.
Working Group Certification
The Working Group Certification develops certification requirements and strategies. It creates and maintains the IDSA certification process as an important aspect of building trust among participants in data spaces. This includes certifying operational environments and core components, defining roles and developing evaluation methods used during certification.
Working Group Rule Book
The Working Group Rule Book creates and maintains rules for the common interplay in data spaces. These rules are written down in the IDSA Rule Book, which covers all aspects relevant for ensuring secure, fair and trustworthy cross-organizational data sharing – both within sector-specific data spaces and across data spaces of different industries.
Task Force Legal Framework
The aim of the TF Legal Framework is to provide tangible answers to the questions that we all have in the legal aspects of data sharing, such as IP, ethics, data sharing contracts, or usage control. The Task Force meets for 4 workshops per year to discuss existing challenges and possible solutions to them.
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To be successful in creating truly global, cross-industry data ecosystems in which anyone can participate, IDSA needs the involvement of companies of all sizes and sectors. This means you! We hope you’ll consider joining the effort to drive the data economy of the future.
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