FAIR Data Spaces

The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) and the federated data infrastructure GAIA-X pursue the goal of data exchange in different application domains (science and business) but with similar means (networked infrastructure, interoperability through metadata standards). The NFDI prioritizes the implementation of the FAIR principles, GAIA-X the topic of data sovereignty. The networking of both initiatives contributes to the implementation of the federal government's data strategy, which was adopted in 2021 with the aim of harnessing the potential of data in science, business and society.

The federal government's data strategy aims to improve data provision and data access, promote responsible data use and leverage synergies, in particular through GAIA-X to network decentralized infrastructure services into a trustworthy, open and transparent ecosystem and the expansion of the NFDI to improve the use and usability of research data and to strengthen the cultural shift towards sharing and reusing data. FAIR-DS creates the roadmap for cooperation between the two initiatives, clarifies ethical and legal frameworks for data exchange between science and industry, creates common technical foundations and demonstrates the use of GAIA-X technologies for the provision and use of research data along the FAIR principles in various scientific disciplines and industries.
In the project, FIZ Karlsruhe deals with data protection issues involved in linking NFDI and GAIA-X. The research team will analyze the data protection classification of data in GAIA-X and NFDI and develop the data protection framework for linking the two infrastructures. Specific questions on the use of personal data when linking the infrastructures will also be examined in relation to three applications developed in the project, for example how the purpose limitation principle can be observed when merging data in these applications.

• Project manager: Prof. Dr. Franziska Boehm
• Staff: Constantin Breß und Dr. Dara Hallinan
• Project term: May 2021 - May 2024
• Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

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