EDC-Con 2022/01 - EDC Conceptual Overview and Architecture

In order to build up and participate in a dataspace it’s not enough to consider existing data transfer protocols. A common standard is needed for the ‘control plane’, i.e. for discovering, connecting, automated contract negotiation, policy enforcement, auditing. Dataspace connectors act as logical gatekeepers that sit within each participant’s infrastructure and communicate with each other.

In this session Jim Marino outlines the connector’s added value through the separation of control and data plane, which enables a modular and thereby customizable way to build dataspaces. Due to common interfaces and mapping of existing standards, the connector adds capabilities of contract negotiating and policy handling in an interoperable and extensible manner.