Our Knowledge Corner
As innovation, optimisation, and productivity depend on how you exchange data, adopting the iSHARE Trust Framework is a strategic investment. It establishes a trusted, secure, and controlled foundation for data collaboration across data spaces, so your organisation can operate with confidence.
There are hower many elements you need to know when starting a data sharing initiative (or Data Space). This section presents our collection of tools to help guide you through this process.
Our Toolbox
Navigating a data-sharing initiative comes with many complexities, ranging from conceptual understanding to software components. iSHARE removes that burden, offering a comprehensive suite of educational tools that guide you through every aspect of our framework, clearly, efficiently, and completely free of charge.
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Data Space Template
The building blocks and steps to design your own data space, aligned with the Blueprint of the EU’s Data Spaces Support Centre.
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iSHARE Trust Framework
The rulebook itself, the operational, technical, legal, and organisational agreements every participant signs up to. Robust to the core, adaptable to your sector’s rules and needs.
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Developer Portal
The harmonised API specifications, credential definitions, and step-by-step implementation guidance for those building the digital architecture.
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Change Management
How the trust framework evolves through participant propositions, reviews, and decision-making procedures.
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Trust Body of Knowledge
Answers to the questions that come up during adoption, with worked solutions from practice.
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Cookbook for Data Spaces
Start here: a plain-language guide to what a data space is, its key components, and how to build one.
Data Space, Certified Party, or Ecosystem Hub?
Find your ideal iSHARE membership to drive secure cross-border collaboration while keeping complete authority over your data.




