# Front Matter ## Publisher International Data Spaces Association Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2 10178 Berlin Germany ### Editor Sebastian Steinbuss, International Data Spaces Association ## Copyright International Data Spaces Association, Dortmund, Germany, 2022 ![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ## Authors and Contributors * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Otto, Fraunhofer ISST * Sebastian Steinbuß, International Data Spaces Association * Andreas Teuscher, SICK * Sebastian Bader, Fraunhofer IESE
* Prof. Dr. Sören Auer, L3S Research Center * Sebastian Bader, Fraunhofer IAIS * Harrie Bastiaansen, TNO * Hannes Bauer, orbiter * Tim Berthold, sovity * Pascal Birnstil, Fraunhofer IOSB * Martin Böhmer, Fraunhofer IML * Dr. Jürgen Bohn, Schaeffler * Gernot Böge, FIWARE Foundation * Robin Brandsätter, Fraunhofer IESE * Gerd Brost, Fraunhofer AISEC * Juan Ceballos, Deutsche Telekom * Dr.-Ing. Jan Cirullies, Fraunhofer ISST * Constantin Ciureanu, T-Systems * Eva Corsi, Boehringer Ingelheim * Simon Dalmolen, TNO * Søren Danielsen, GateHouse Logistics * AlexanderDuisberg, Bird & Bird * Andreas Eitel, Fraunhofer IESE * Thilo Ernst, Fraunhofer FOKUS * Kim Fidomski, Fraunhofer FIT * Fabiana Fournier, IBM * Marquart Franz, Siemens AG * Mark Gall, Fraunhofer AISEC * Dr. Sandra Geisler, Fraunhofer FIT * Joshua Gelhaar, Fraunhofer ISST * Roland Gude, Fraunhofer IAIS * Dr.-Ing. Christian Haas, Fraunhofer IOSB * Jürgen Heiles, Siemens * Burkhard Heisen, cybus * Juanjo Hierro, FIWARE * Joachim Hoernle, ATOS * Arghavan Hosseinzadeh, Fraunhofer IESE * Manuel Huber, Fraunhofer AISEC * Monika Huber, Fraunhofr AISEC * Sonia Jimenez, International Data Spaces Association * Christian Jung, Fraunhofer IESE * Prof. Dr. Jan Jürjens, Fraunhofer ISST * Dr. Anna Kasprzik, L3S Research Center * Dr. Markus Ketterl, msg systems * Judith Koetzsch, Rittal * Jacob Köhler, Deloitte * Dr. Christoph Lange, Fraunhofer FIT * Dorothea Langer, Deloitte * Jörg Langkau, nicos * Dominik Lis, Fraunhofer ISST * Sven Löffler, T-Systems * Dr.-Ing. Steffen Lohmann, Fraunhofer IAIS * Dr. Ulrich Löwen, Siemens * Dr. Christian Mader, Fraunhofer IAIS * Bernhard Müller, SICK * Nadja Menz, Fraunhofer FOKUS * Christoph Mertens, International Data Spaces Association * Andreas Müller, Schaeffler * Lars Nagel, International Data Spaces Association * Dr. Ralf Nagel, Fraunhofer ISST * Harri Nieminen, Fastems * Thomas Reitelbach, Bosch * Aleksei Resetko, PricewaterhouseCoopers * Daniel Pakkala, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland * Julia Pampus, Fraunhofer ISST * Florian Patzer, Fraunhofer IOSB * Heinrich Pettenpohl, Fraunhofer ISST * René Pietzsch, eccenca * Jaroslav Pullmann, Fraunhofer FIT * Matthijs Punter, TNO * Dr. Christoph Quix, Fraunhofer FIT * Aleksei Resetko, PwC * Dr. Dominik Rohrmus, Siemens * Lena Romer, Boehringer Ingelheim * Mike de Roode, TNO * Jörg Sandlöhken, REWE Systems * Patrick Schöwe, agma data * Daniel Schulz, Fraunhofer IAIS * Dr. Julian Schütte, Fraunhofer AISEC * Dr. Karsten Schweichhart, Deutsche Telekom * Stefan Schwichtenberg, Pi-Lar * Natalia Simon, International Data Spaces Association * Inna Skarbowski, IBM * Prof. Egbert-Jan Sol, TNO * Peter Sorowka, Cybus * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gernot Spiegelberg, Siemens * Markus Spiekermann, Fraunhofer ISST * Christian Spohn, ATOS * Michiel Stornebrink, TNO * Gerrit Stöhr, GESIS * Erwin Tanger, ATOS * Dr. Michael Theß, Signal Cruncher * Rizkallah Touma, I2CAT * Dr. Sebastian Tramp, eccenca * Anil Turkmayali, International Data Spaces Association * Wouter van den Berg, TNO * Dr. Mona Wappler, thyssenkrupp * Ann-Christin Weiergräber, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen * Dr. Sven Wenzel, Fraunhofer ISST * Aram Wiencke, GEC * Jonas Winkel, PwC * Oliver Wolff, Advaneo * Heike Wörner, DB Schenker ## Maintainers | Section | Maintainers | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | [1. Introduction](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/1_Introduction/README.md) | Sebastian Steinbuss | | [2. Context of the International Data Spaces](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/2_Context_of_the_International_Data_Spaces/README.md) | Sebastian Steinbuss | | [3.1. Business Layer](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/3_Layers_of_the_Reference_Architecture_Model/3_1_Business_Layer/README.md) | Sebastian Steinbuss | | [3.2. Functional Layer](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/3_Layers_of_the_Reference_Architecture_Model/3_2_Functional_Layer/README.md) | Sebastian Steinbuss | | [3.3. Information Layer](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/3_Layers_of_the_Reference_Architecture_Model/3_3_Information_Layer/README.md) | Christoph Lange-Bever | | [3.4. Process Layer](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/3_Layers_of_the_Reference_Architecture_Model/3_4_Process_Layer/README.md) | Heinrich Pettenpohl, Sebastian Bader | | [3.5. System Layer](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/3_Layers_of_the_Reference_Architecture_Model/3_5_System_Layer/README.md) | Heinrich Pettenpohl, Sebastian Bader | | [4.1 Security Perspective](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/4_Perspectives_of_the_Reference_Architecture_Model/4_1_Security_Perspective/README.md) | Gerd Brost, Monika Huber, Jörg Langkau, Robin Brandstätter | | [4.2 Certification Perspective](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/4_Perspectives_of_the_Reference_Architecture_Model/4_2_Certification_Perspective/README.md) | Monika Huber, Andreas Teuscher, Sebastian Steinbuss | | [4.3 Governance Perspective](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0/blob/main/documentation/4_Perspectives_of_the_Reference_Architecture_Model/4_3_Governance_Perspective/README.md) | Sebastian Steinbuss, Andreas Teuscher |