Requirements for a data exchange platform

This article contains a number of requirements that a data exchange platform must meet

The platform is suitable for all types of datasets such as CSVs, genome data and medical images.

The platform offers standardized APIs that enable:

Data can be placed on the Data Exchange Platform by authorized persons using various upload tools (e.g. Filezilla, rclone, etc).
Data can be imported from an analysis environment with the appropriate tools.

The environment must be suitable for large amounts of data (from 10 TB).

The data exchange platform is suitable for storing and sharing highly confidential data
Data can be issued to the platform via a secure connection.
Data can be retrieved from the platform via a secure connection.
The owner of the datasets per study is the PI and he provides access (if not through a delegated person).
Preferably, data can only be deleted and/or downloaded after approval of the PI.
Access is only granted per study (research project) to persons authorized for the study.
The data exchange platform uses the Identification and authentication service to identify and authenticate data users.