ahemaid / minimumviabledataspace

Guidance on documentation, scripts and integration steps on using the EDC project results

Minimum Viable Dataspace

The Minimum Viable Dataspace (MVD) is a sample implementation of a dataspace that leverages the Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC). The main purpose is to demonstrate the capabilities of the EDC, make dataspace concepts tangible based on a specific implementation, and to serve as a starting point to implement a custom dataspace.

The MVD allows developers and decision makers to gauge the current progress of the EDC and its capabilities to satisfy the functionality of a fully operational dataspace.

As a fully decentralized dataspace is hard to imagine, the MVD also serves the purpose of demonstrating how decentralization can be practically implemented.

MVD Documentation

Developer documentation can be found under docs/developer, where the main concepts and decisions are captured as decision records.

Create Dataspace Deployment

To be able to deploy your own dataspace instances, you first need to fork the MVD repository and set up your environment.

Once your environment is set up, follow these steps to create a new dataspace instance:

• Go to your MVD fork in GitHub.
• Select the tab called Actions.
• Select the workflow called Deploy.
• Provide your own resources name prefix. Please, use at most 3 characters, composed of lower case letters and numbers. This name prefix guarantees the resources name's uniqueness and avoids resource name conflicts. Note down the used prefix.
• Click on Run workflow to trigger the deployment.

Destroy Dataspace Deployment

Follow these steps to delete a dataspace instance and free up the corresponding resources:

• Go to your MVD fork in GitHub.
• Select the tab called Actions
• Select the workflow called Destroy
• Click on Run workflow
• Provide the resources prefix that you used when you deployed your dataspace.
• Click on Run workflow to trigger to destroy your MinimumViableDataspace dataspace.