# Guiding questions

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**Purpose:** Define the key concepts and relationships that must be standardised to ensure semantic alignment across use cases.
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1. **Understanding Scope & Semantics**

* *Which data products require semantic expression through a shared data model?*
* *Which concepts, entities, and relationships must be standardised for your use case?*

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**Purpose:** Decide whether to reuse, extend, or develop new data models based on adoption, compatibility, and domain standards.
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2. **Selecting or Creating Models**

* *Can existing data models be reused directly? If not, can they be extended rather than replaced?*
* *Which standards organisations or communities maintain the most relevant models for your domain?*
* *What factors (adoption level, integration compatibility, constraints) influence model selection?*

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**Purpose:** Choose meta-standards and reference vocabularies to ensure consistent, machine-readable representation of data models.
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3. **Expressing the Models**

* *Which meta-standards will be used to represent data models? (e.g., RDF/OWL, SKOS, JSON Schema, XML Schema, CSVW)?*
* *What reference datasets or controlled vocabularies (e.g., EU vocabularies, ISO codes) will be linked?*
* *Does your dataspace use W3C as a recognized standards for Identity Management?* 
* *Does Dataspace use JSON-LD type as a recognized standard of Identity & Access Management?* 
* *Are vocabularies in RDF (Resource Description Framework OWL complaint?* 

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**Purpose:** Establish processes for managing ownership, versioning, and stakeholder engagement around data models.
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4. **Governance and Maintenance**

* *Who will act as the data model provider for each model (e.g., Standards Development Organisation, The governance team, sectoral community)?*
* *How will versioning, change approval, and stakeholder engagement be managed?*
* *What processes will be in place for resolving conflicts or inconsistencies between models?*

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**Purpose:** Provide accessible platforms and services to host, discover, and link data models with exchange schemas and APIs.
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5. **Tooling and Accessibility**

* *Which Vocabulary Service platform will host the data models?*
* *How will models be made discoverable across other EU data spaces?*
* *How will models be linked to actual data exchange schemas and APIs?*
* *Does your dataspace have a browser-based UI & API?*
* *Does your dataspace provide a vocabulary service?*