Emamjome F1, Ali M2, White A3, Shafee T4
1Australian Research Data Commons, , Australia, 2Australian Research Data Commons , , Australia, 3Australian Research Data Commons , , Australia, 4Australian Research Data Commons, , Australia
Biography:
Fahame Emamjome is a Senior Manager, Design and Delivery at the Australian Research Data Commons, based in Brisbane, Australia. She works across national research infrastructure programs with a focus on data governance, trusted data sharing, interoperability, stakeholder engagement, and program delivery.
Muhammad Ali: With a background in data-intensive solutions, Muhammad provides data architecture advisory through the ARDC. He has over 9 years of experience in data-driven solutions and has contributed to cross-disciplinary projects to accelerate research and innovation. He works with solution architects and stakeholders to deliver multifaceted projects.
Abstract:
Australia's research sector continues to face increasing fragmentation in data sharing, with inconsistent governance frameworks, duplicated effort, and limited interoperability across domains and sectors. This presentation proposes the positioning of the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Australian Dataspace (ADS) Hub to support trusted, sovereign, and interoperable data sharing, for research, within and across different sectors and domains.
The ADS Hub's proposed services include reusable assets, capability-building resources, community of practice facilitation, and contextualised guidance to facilitate implementation of international dataspace frameworks in Australia. Working in partnership with the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) and drawing on learning from the European Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC), the Hub is intended to prioritise contextualisation over standards development, leveraging existing international resources rather than replicating them locally.
The ADS Hub design is informed through consultation with the research and cross-sector partners. This includes Hub’s governance and delivery model, how the Hub relates to and builds on existing ARDC activities and Infrastructures, and what the appropriate scope of the Hub's role is across the research, government, and industry sectors. The initial phase of the ADS Hub will be deliberately bounded to retain flexibility as the Australian dataspace landscape continues to mature.
This presentation will offer a federated governance model and staged sustainability pathway as a basis for community feedback, with the goal of establishing a durable national capability that reduces duplication and supports Australian dataspace initiatives to scale across multiple sectors.
