STEM foundation of Nexus Registry
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Nexus Registry rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by GCRI, and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
- Publisher
- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
- Field
- Governance and institutions, Research and evidence
Fig.The methods this platform draws on and what each one feeds. Design, not a record.
The short answer.
The Nexus Registry STEM foundation is the set of canonical methods its findings depend on, from data engineering, interoperability and stewardship to cybersecurity and cryptography. Each method has a canonical STEM Commons page and a page here on its use in the governance and institutions field.
Jurisdictions in Western Europe.
The jurisdictions that hold authority over this question: countries, their first-level divisions and capitals, shown for Western Europe as an example geography for this subject.
The methods behind the field.
- Data engineering, interoperability and stewardshipSchema-validated ingestion · Persistent identifier reconciliation · Lineage capture in pipelinesApplied here
- Digital identity and public digital systemsIssuer authentication and authority · Contributor disambiguation by the personApplied here
- Cybersecurity and cryptographyTamper-evident record history · Signed exports and releases · Threat modelling of edit pathsApplied here
Why registry needs this combination of methods.
Registry work rests on data engineering for pipelines and metadata, digital identity for people and organisations, and cybersecurity for the integrity of the record.
Grounding makes claims checkable.
When a finding names the methods it depends on, a reader can see its assumptions and limits, and an expert in that method can challenge it.
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| STEM Commons | The shared reference of science, technology, engineering and mathematics methods for the Nexus network, hosted by GCRI, with one canonical page per method and a named steward platform. |
| Steward platform | The platform that maintains the canonical description of a method in the STEM Commons and reviews how other platforms apply it. |
| Data engineering, interoperability and stewardship | Data engineering, interoperability and stewardship cover the pipelines, standards and governance that make data usable and trustworthy. |
| Digital identity and public digital systems | Digital identity and public digital systems provide the means for people and organisations to prove who they are and access services online. |
Where this page's references lead.
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
Pages in STEM foundation of Nexus Registry.
Questions and answers.
What is a steward platform?
Around Nexus Registry.
Bring your expertise to this field.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.