Liberbyte Data Exchange
Liberbyte Data Exchange, delivered as bytEM, is a federated implementation of the OUDEA data exchange architecture.
What Liberbyte Data Exchange is
Liberbyte Data Exchange, delivered as bytEM, is a federated implementation of the OUDEA data exchange architecture. It is designed to let organizations discover, reference, resolve, and exchange governed data entities across independent systems without requiring a central data platform. The workflow is Search → Find → Exchange, with references linking related entities. Its architecture supports indexing entities, connecting related records, resolving current access, and transferring data under governance controls. Liberbyte describes its approach to data management as combining business needs and governance through metadata and flexible processing, and the system is intended to support controlled publication of data products and commercial data services. OUDEA v0.1 uses Matrix federation as its initial protocol substrate, and the public installer includes Matrix Synapse. The first public bytEM instance and data index is cities.app; environment.app and legalentities.app are available through cooperation. The public installer repository is under AGPL-3.0 and requires a Linux host with Docker Engine and the docker compose plugin. The bytEM core is privately maintained, with source access available by request under a cooperation agreement. Pricing is on request.
Good
- Exchange architecture does not require a central data platform
- Supports indexing, access resolution, and governed data transfer
- Public installer repository is under AGPL-3.0
- cities.app is a public instance and live data index
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request
- Core source access requires a cooperation agreement
- Installer requires Linux, Docker Engine, and docker compose
- Some indexes require cooperation rather than public access
Who it suits
It is aimed at organizations seeking governed data exchange across organizational boundaries, including research partnerships and data index operators. Developers and research partners can also explore the architecture and discuss cooperation.
Verdict
Liberbyte Data Exchange is built around federated discovery and controlled exchange of governed data. Organizations should note that the core is privately maintained and that access to some indexes is through cooperation.
The facts
Each one read from Liberbyte Data Exchange's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access limits
- Liberbyte says environment.app and legalentities.app data services are available through cooperation rather than unrestricted public access.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Architecture
- OUDEA describes an exchange architecture that does not require a central data platform.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Core availability
- The bytEM core is privately maintained, and source-code access can be requested under a cooperation agreement.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Core functions
- The architecture supports indexing data entities, connecting related entities, resolving current access, and transferring governed data.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Core source access
- The bytEM core is in a private repository; source access can be requested under a cooperation agreement.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Core workflow
- OUDEA describes a Search → Find → Exchange flow, with References connecting related entities.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Data governance
- OUDEA is designed to let independently governed data entities be discovered and exchanged across organisational boundaries.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Data management
- Liberbyte describes data management as bringing governance and business requirements together through metadata and flexible processing.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Data monetization
- The solution is intended to support creating data products and commercial data services through controlled publication and exchange.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Deployment
- Liberbyte provides a public installer repository under AGPL-3.0 that includes Matrix Synapse.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Federation
- OUDEA v0.1 uses Matrix federation as its initial protocol substrate.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The installer includes Matrix Synapse, and Liberbyte describes Matrix as its data exchange layer between organisations.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- Liberbyte invites organisations, developers, and research partners to explore the architecture and discuss cooperation.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Other indexes
- The environment.app and legalentities.app indexes are available through cooperation rather than unrestricted public access.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Privacy and security
- Liberbyte's privacy policy says website visits use SSL encryption and describes technical and organisational measures to protect website data.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Product identity
- bytEM is Liberbyte’s federated implementation of the OUDEA data exchange architecture.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Public data index
- cities.app is described as the first public bytEM data index and live vertical.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Public implementation
- cities.app is the first public bytEM instance and live data index.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Public installer
- Liberbyte provides a public bytEM installer repository under AGPL-3.0; the installer requires a Linux host with Docker Engine and the docker compose plugin.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- bytEM is a federated implementation of OUDEA for discovering, referencing, and exchanging data across independently governed systems.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Security model
- OUDEA specifies that protected Exchange must enforce applicable authorization and fail rather than disclose protected data when authorization cannot be established; it does not prescribe one universal security implementation.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Support
- Liberbyte invites users to contact it for deployment cooperation, source access, research partnerships, and product demonstrations.checked 9 Oct 2001
The company
- Headquarters
- 65817 Eppsteinchecked 28 Sep 2001
Where it runs
- Support and demos
- Liberbyte invites organizations to contact it for product details, cooperation, consulting, research partnerships or a demo.checked 8 Oct 2001
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