Putting it all together

The IDS Connector is the central technical component for secure and trusted data exchange. The connector sends your data directly to the recipient from your device or database in a trusted, certified data space, so the original data provider always maintains control over the data and sets the conditions for its use. The connector uses technology that puts your data inside a sort of virtual “container,” which ensures that it’s used only as agreed upon per the terms set by the parties involved.

IDS connectors can publish the description of their data endpoints at an IDS meta-data broker. This allows potential data consumers to look up available data sources and data in terms of content, structure quality, actuality and other attributes .

Vocabulary providers manage and offer “vocabularies” (including ontologies, reference data models, metadata elements) which can be used to annotate and describe datasets. Vocabulary providers provide these (domain-specific) vocabularies and their references to the IDS Information Model, which is the basis for the description of data sources.

The IDS clearing house provides decentralized and auditable traceability of all transactions if needed. In addition, this intermediary provides clearing and settlement services for all financial and data-exchange transactions within the IDS.

App stores provide data apps. These are applications that can be deployed in IDS Connectors to execute tasks like transformation, aggregation or analytics on the data. Data apps may be certified by IDS-approved certification bodies. App stores can be provided by IDS members and must be separately certified under IDS standards.

Identity providers offer a range of services to create, maintain, manage and validate identity information of and for IDS participants and components. Collective trust in the provable identity of all IDS participants is imperative to the successful functioning of IDS-based exchanges and economies.