The Rail Data Space is taking shape

FP1 WP31 is on its way to develop a Rail Data Space (RDS) – a key technological enabler designed to be decentralized, open, trusted, reliable, and cybersecure. This federated data space is essential for facilitating data exchanges within the rail ecosystem, governed by a specific framework.

Key features of the RDS:

• Decentralized Data Storage: Ensures data sovereignty and trust by allowing data providers to retain ownership and full traceability of their data.
• Secure Peer-to-Peer Communication: Enables direct interactions between participants for specific use cases, independent of a central node.
• Efficient Data Exchange: Achieved through the separation of metadata and actual data, enhancing exchange efficiency and data discoverability.
• Provider-Oriented Governance: Data providers have control over access to their data, including usage purposes, duration, and conditions.
• Federated and Open Access: Allows outside players to become a member of RDS through registration and identity verification as per governance framework (to be defined) and ntegrates seamlessly with other data spaces, facilitated by semantic data interoperability and conceptual data models from other WPs in FP1.

Since July 2023, the Rail data Space has been available to all WP31 partners in “Sandbox-Environment” to support development and release of further components.