The scope of this document is to provide terminology, concepts and mechanisms in the field of data exchange focusing on trusted data transactions.

Those elements can be used in the development of standards in support of trusted data transactions among diverse, interested parties or stakeholders, with the goal of identifying attribute-based criteria for the decision-making grid that baseline how to create trust in data transactions.

Therefore, those elements may constitute a foundational understanding on which trusted data transactions can be based, independently of any architectural choices or technical implementation.