Mr Kheeran Dharmawardena1
1ARDC, Australia
Biography:
Kheeran has over 2 decades of experience in delivering ICT services within the higher education and research sector, including infrastructure delivery, service delivery, data management, IT & enterprise architecture and eResearch. He has a special interest in the socio-technical challenges involved in the delivery of data and information infrastructures.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4292-7475
Abstract:
The International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) Reference Architecture Model (RAM) and Rulebook provide a framework for secure and sovereign data sharing. However, directly adopting this European-centric model in Australia presents challenges due to differing legal, regulatory, cultural, and infrastructural contexts.
The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Dataspaces Program is a national initiative designed to establish trusted, secure digital ecosystems for seamless data exchange among research, industry, and government sectors in Australia. Adopting dataspaces in Australia will enhance the interoperability of Australia’s data ecosystems globally, aligning with international initiatives like the European Open Science Cloud and the European Union’s Data Strategy.
Over the last year, the ARDC Dataspaces Program has made significant progress in building the foundations required for a national dataspace ecosystem. The program has been investigating how the International Data Spaces (IDS) model works in the Australian context, this program is establishing the infrastructure and capability to underpin dataspaces within Australia, providing infrastructure, expertise and a standardised framework to build trust among participants in the data supply chain.
This session will provide an overview of the Australian Dataspaces Program as well as an update on program progress as it moves into Phase 2.