Forum Mission and Alignment

A unique collaboration between EDMA and The Open Data Institute (ODI) brings a standards-based approach to giving people and organisations genuine control over their data. This community of practice aims to surface and define relevant industry requirements. Utilizing Solid, a privacy-by-design protocol built on standard web technologies, the group aims to utilize open ontologies and standards to support its global adoption. 

 The forum aims to:

  • • Convene the community that will make Solid production-ready for finance, healthcare and government. 
  • • Integrate with CDMC controls
  • • Build on industry ontologies such as FIBO

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Every Thursday · 10:00am – 11:00am EDT

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How We Meet

  • • A standing weekly community call, open to all participants.
  • • Sector and project sub-groups on their own cadence as the work matures.
  • • Webinars and working sessions around milestones, including showcases of what members have built.
  • • Discussion and documents on EDMConnect; code and deliverables on GitHub under the MIT licence.

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What is Solid?

Solid is a privacy-by-design protocol built on standard web technologies. Rather than each application holding its own copy of a person's or organisation's data, Solid stores it in a Pod: a personal or organisational datastore with fine-grained access controls, so applications read and write only with permission. Because Pods use open, linked-data standards, the same data can be reused across applications without bespoke integration, and it stays under the control of the entity it describes. Solid was developed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee's research group at MIT, nurtured by a global community, and is standardised through the W3C Solid Community Group and the Linked Web Storage Working Group.

The Open Data Institute

The ODI became Solid's steward in October 2024, bringing more than a decade of experience in responsible data innovation. Its stewardship ensures the infrastructure develops to benefit society, with governance that reflects community values and standards that enable global interoperability. The ODI maintains Solid's open-source foundations, is supporting the standardisation of parts of Solid technology in the Linked Web Storage group, trains hundreds of new developers, and catalyses use-case pilots that demonstrate real impact.

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Solid Community of Practice - Microsite

Making regulated data shareable, without losing control of it.

Regulated Data
Explore practical approaches to sharing data while maintaining governance and control.
Industry Standards
Connect Solid implementation with CDMC capabilities and sector-specific data standards.
Shape the Future
Work with peers to explore how Solid could reshape data sharing in your sector.
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Forum Leadership

Jim Halcomb
Chief Research and Development Officer
EDM Association
Jesse Wright
Solid Lead
ODI
Jacobus Geluk
 CEO
agnos.ai
Roberto Breitman
 Community Manager
ODI
Stuart Coleman
 Director
ODI
Elisa Kendall
Lead Ontologist
EDM Association