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+The Fraunhofer ISST is a German applied research institution and part of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.
+We identify and realize the strategic value of data by designing and implementing data-driven system solutions.
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+ Data Spaces • Data Ecosystems • Digital Twins • Data Management • Digital Itentities • Data Driven Solutions • AI-powered Systems +
+ + + +---- + +## 👋 About + +Open source powers our mission, accelerating research, fostering collaboration, and enabling data-driven innovation at scale in smart data ecosystems. In this context, Fraunhofer ISST contributes to and collaborates on a wide range of open-source projects across research and industry. + +## 💻 Projects + +Our open source activities include our own dedicated projects such as: +- [Innamark](https://github.com/FraunhoferISST/Innamark): A digital watermarking library to protect text data +- [DIVA](https://github.com/FraunhoferISST/diva): A scalable data management system with an AI-powered profiling and metadata enrichment + +We are also happy to contribute to various open source projects, while having committers and contributors in projects under the Eclipse Foundation. Examples of external projects we are involved in: +- [Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC)](https://github.com/eclipse-edc): An [Eclipse project](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.edc) providing sovereign data sharing and connector-based data space integrations +- [Eclipse Dataspace Protocol (DSP)](https://github.com/eclipse-dataspace-protocol-base): An [Eclipse project](https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/eclipse-dataspace-protocol) providing standardized protocols for interoperable data space communication +- [Eclipse Decentralized Claims Protocol (DCP)](https://github.com/eclipse-dataspace-dcp): An [Eclipse project](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.dataspace-dcp) providing standardized protocols for conveying organizational identities +- [Predictive Unit Real-Time Information Service (PURIS)](https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/puris): A short-term demand and capacity management system, part of the [Eclipse Tractus-X](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/automotive.tractusx) project +- [OpenFactoryTwin (OFacT)](https://github.com/OpenFactoryTwin/ofact): Intelligent digital twin solution to link production and logistics data +- [Project Construct-X](https://github.com/project-construct-x/): Various reference implementations for a data space in the construction industry + +## 🤝 Get Involved + +If you rely on Open source and are interested in contributing, connect and reach out to us to explore joint research and industry projects: +- Get involved in our projects listed above via discussions, issues, and code contributions +- Visit our [website](https://www.isst.fraunhofer.de/en.html) +- Follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fraunhofer-institut-f%C3%BCr-software-und-systemtechnik), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@FraunhoferISST), and [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/3ORSxf9Tpw7z5cCnrqzjh1) +- [Contact us](https://www.isst.fraunhofer.de/en/address-contact.html)