Federated Data Products: A Confluence of Data Mesh and Gaia-X for Data Sharing

The goal of this paper is to investigate to which extent the principles defined by the Data Mesh paradigm can find a valuable support in Gaia-X. In particular, an alignment between the Data Mesh self-serve platform and the Gaia-X federated services has been analyzed to understand if the concept of data product, which is central in data mesh, it can evolve into a federated data mesh, serving as the architectural element that supports data sharing in a federated setting.