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This article explores Dataspace OS, a flexible cloud platform for managing data spaces like Catena-X.

What is Dataspace OS?

This article gives an overview of the general concepts that underpin data sharing within Cofinity-X Dataspace OS.

General Concepts of Data Sharing

Discover Dataspace OS - A guide to leveraging a unified data environment for efficient data management, integration and collaboration.

Introduction to the Dataspace OS Manual

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In this collection you will find general information about Dataspace OS

Introduction to Dataspace OS

This initial setup guide walks you through configuring key settings and preferences to get Catena-X Dataspace ready for use.

Initial Setup for the Catena-X Dataspace

Adding a core service is an essential step for your initial setup of the Catena-X Dataspace. You only need to add the core services once.

Add Core Services to Dataspace OS

This article explains the process of accessing Dataspace OS with Single Sign-On (SSO) with Cofinity-X Portal.

First Sign in to Dataspace OS

This guide will walk you through registering and unregistering your EDC under your company BPNL with the Discovery Service via the Dataspace OS interface.

Managing EDC registration

In this Getting Started, you will learn basic information about Cofinity-X Dataspace OS, and general concepts of Catena-X Dataspaces. The initial setup will guide you to set up your Catena-X Dataspace. You only need to set up your Catena-X Dataspace once.

Get started within the Catena-X Dataspace

This guide outlines the key steps for securely and effectively sharing and accessing datasets.

Start your Journey to Data Exchange

This guide covers setting up an EDC in Dataspace OS for secure, compliant, and sovereign inter-organizational data exchange.

Add an Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC)

This guide provides a comprehensive overview for setting up a submodel service in Dataspace OS.

Add a Submodel Service

This guide covers setting up a Digital Twin Registry in DOS, a centralized system for managing digital twins of physical assets in Catena-X.

Add a Digital Twin Registry (DTR)

Policies and Contracts play an important role in determining which partner may have access to which data and for how long.

Define Policies for Contracts

This article will help you to test the functionality of your EDC and your wallet credentials.

Test your EDC and Data Governance Credentials

Monitor Negotiations and Data Sharing

This collection provides comprehensive articles and guides, that help you setting up Eclipse Dataspace Connectors, configuring policies, setting up submodel services, and how to exchange data or assets.

Journey to Seamless Data Exchange

The Share Data Set Assistant allows you to seamlessly share data sets across EDCs through a series of guided steps.

Share Data Set

The Get Data Set Assistant allows you to retrieve data from a partner EDC with a series of guided steps.

Get Data Set

The Data Exchange Assistants of Dataspace allow you to seamlessly share and get data sets across EDCs through a series of guided steps.

Use the Wizard (Data Exchange Assistant)

In this article, you will find step-by-step instructions on how to upload and share your company certificates with your partner via push method.

Share Company Certificates via Push Method

Make your Certificate discoverable to the Catena-X Network via Dataspace OS.

Certificate Discoverability - Pull Method

Notify your Partner that your certificate is available to PULL.

Certificate Availability Notification

In this section, you'll find comprehensive guidance and setup instructions to help you seamlessly navigate and get started with Dataspace OS Certificate Management..

Company Certificate Management

This guide takes you through everything - from initial setup to making your certificate available to Volkswagen. Follow the steps in order and you'll be done.

Setting Up Certificates for Volkswagen from Dataspace OS

This guide takes you through everything - from initial setup to sending your certificate to BMW.

Setting Up Certificates for BMW from Dataspace OS

This guide takes you through everything - from initial setup to making your certificate available to Mercedes. Follow the steps in order and you'll be done.

Setting Up Certificates for Mercedes from Dataspace OS

Explains how certificate sharing is handled across different OEMs to ensure secure and consistent integration. Choose your partner below:

OEM-Specific Certificate Sharing Guidelines

The Components View allows you to search, add, edit, and remove components, while displaying details such as component type, version, name and state. This view also contains the Audit which…

Components

The Audit view allows you to monitor all changes in your Dataspace OS system.

Audit

The Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC) Details allows you to manage EDC Assets, Contracts and Policies Catalogues and Transfers, while displaying details such IDs and source types.

Eclipse Dataspace Connector Details

In the Assets view you can manage EDS assets.

EDC Assets

This article explains how to manage contract definitions in Dataspace OS, including viewing, filtering, adding, and deleting them.

Contract Definitions

The Policies view displays all information about access and usage policies. These policies are used to define contracts, which regulate how your data is accessed.

Policies

A usage policy defines rules for accessing and using assets, outlining restrictions, data handling, and prohibited actions to ensure safe, lawful, and ethical use.

Add a Usage Policy

An access policy specifies who can access a service, defining roles, permissions, and authentication to ensure secure and controlled access.

Add an Access Policy

Creating custom policies is beneficial when additional rules or greater complexity are required.

Add a Custom Policy

This article describes how the Catalog in Catena-X displays partner assets, requiring an EDC URL with DSP endpoint and a BPN.

Catalog

Contract Negotiations displays all information about requests during the negotiation phase, e.g. during sharing data or getting data.

Contract Negotiations

Contract Agreements displays all information about requests after the negotiation phase for sharing data or getting data.

Contract Agreements

The Transfers view displays all information about transferred data, like sharing data or getting data.

Transfers

Handlers can be used to manage asset information externally.

Handlers

The Submodel Service Details allows you to search, add, edit, and remove submodels, while displaying details such IDs and source types. This view also contains the logs of the selected…

Submodel Service Details

The DTR Components View allows you to search, add, edit, and remove shell descriptors, while displaying details such as version, name and state. This view also contains the logs of…

Digital Twin Registry Details

Shell Descriptor Submodels describe the properties, behavior, and interfaces of digital twins.

Shell Descriptor Submodels

The Dataspaces View allows users to add and edit dataspaces, while displaying detailed information such as used version and Business Partner Number. This view also allows users to add services…

Dataspaces and Core Services

The Data Exchange Assistants simplify complex processes for you by breaking them into manageable, sequential steps, improving your experience and reducing errors.

Data Exchange Assistants

The Users View allows users to assign roles to users, while displaying details such as names and contact information.

Users and Roles

Plus Applications shows additional features for Catena-X.

Plus Applications

The Contact View displays helpful links for technical support and assistance.

Contact

The Technical Users view lets you add, edit, or remove users, showing details like client ID, secret, and group paths.

Technical Users

With the upcoming releases, you may need to upgrade your EDC to a newer supported version to ensure bug fixes and enhanced security.

Upgrade EDC version

The graphical user interface of Dataspace OS (GUI) is accessible via web browser. The GUI is commonly referred to as frontend.

Graphical User Interface of Dataspace OS

This article gives an overview of Eclipse Dataspace Connectors (EDC) in Cofinity-X Dataspace OS.

What is an EDC?

This article gives an overview of dataspaces Cofinity-X Dataspace OS.

What is a Dataspace?

This article gives an overview of semantic models in Cofinity-X Dataspace OS and Catena-X networks.

What is a Semantic Model?

This article gives an overview of submodels in Cofinity-X Dataspace OS and Catena-X networks.

What is a Submodel?

Whats is a Service?

This article gives an overview of assets in Cofinity-X Dataspace OS, Catena-X networks and Industry 4.0 in general.

What is an Asset?

This article gives an overview of technical users Catena-X networks and Industry 4.0 in general.

What is a Technical User?

This article gives an overview of policies in Cofinity-X Dataspace OS, Catena-X networks and Industry 4.0 in General.

What are Policies?

This article gives an overview of contracts in Cofinity-X Dataspace OS, Catena-X networks and Industry 4.0 in general.

What is a Contract?

Understanding the difference between production and pre-production environments is crucial for ensuring smooth working with Cofinity-X systems.

Production and Pre-Production Environments

This article gives an overview of Dataspace OS Core Services.

What is a Core Service?

A Digital Twin Registry in Catena-X is a centralized system that maintains digital representations of physical assets.

What is a Digital Twin Registry (DTR)?

A shell descriptor provides a standardized description of a digital twin.

What is a Shell Descriptor?

Shell Descriptor Submodels describe properties, behavior, and interfaces of digital twins.

What is a Submodel Descriptor?

General Concepts of Data Sharing in Catena-X Dataspaces

Learn the general concepts of Dataspace OS and Catena-X network.

Concepts of Dataspace OS and Catena-X Network

This article describes how to retrieve an EDC URL with endpoint.

EDC URL with DSP Endpoint

This guide provides information on how to easily create a submodel with a submodel template.

Use Submodel Templates to Generate a Submodel

For security reasons, especially in sensitive or emergency situations, the EDC API key may need to be changed or updated.
This document describes the procedure for performing an API key…

Dataspace OS EDC - Key Rotation

In this article you can find out how to check the endpoints of an EDC for the Saturn EDCs (0.11.x and later)

Protocol Version Handling for Saturn EDC (0.11.x and later)

This article describes how to upgrade EDC to version 0.12

EDC v0.12 upgrade

Additional how-to guides, topics and information about Dataspace OS features.

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