Governance design layers

Part of the LDT Governance and Trust Framework — instantiates the iSHARE Data Space Template block Governance design layers (© iSHARE Foundation, see Legal notices).

Purpose

A layered governance design per the template's nine principles: governance as the foundation of trust; multi-layer structure; authorities as facilitators, not central controllers; subsidiarity & federation; trust as both technical and organisational; rulebooks as modular instruments; separation of governance from operations; inclusivity; evolution over time.

LDT instantiation — drafted by iSHARE

The LDT applies the nine principles in three layers:

1. Scheme layer (this repo): common rules for identity, trust, policies, contracts — derived from the iSHARE Trust Framework; changes approved by the TIPS Committee; scheme-versioning via the change-board pattern (cf. changes.ishare.eu).
2. Use-case layer: each profile (LEZ, PED, airport, port, Marketplace of the EU LDT Toolbox, agents) may add stricter rules for its data-usage group, never weaker ones.
3. Participant layer: each participant's own policies, expressed as ODRL policies within the scheme's baseline.

Separation of governance and operations: TIPS governs; iLabs/Nunsys/site owners operate; iSHARE owns the canonical framework.

Status: DRAFTED — for TIPS review 9 Sep.

PD4 mapping

Feeds PD4 chapter 2 — Governance structure & roles.