Platform Architecture of OmicSpace

What is a Data Space?

Data Space

A Data Space is a secure and regulated environment where different organizations can share and access data in a controlled manner. Its purpose is to facilitate information exchange without compromising privacy, security, or intellectual property.

Regulatory Framework

Through these spaces, data exchange is enabled under a regulatory framework that ensures the protection of fundamental rights, including data sovereignty and its ethical and responsible use. Participants retain full control over the data they share, and all processes are carried out in accordance with European standards on transparency, regulatory compliance (such as the GDPR), and a citizen-centered approach, ensuring fair and equitable development.

Exchange

This approach promotes inter-institutional collaboration and knowledge sharing, creating an ecosystem that supports the advancement of scientific research and the continuous improvement of healthcare, contributing to social well-being and sustainability.

Collaboration

These spaces enable companies, research centers, and public administrations to collaborate efficiently, driving innovation, economic development, and progress in key sectors such as health, science, and technology. All of this takes place under regulations that guarantee data control and sovereignty, ensuring that data are used ethically and responsibly.

Platform Architecture

Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection

AI requires large volumes of data, many of which are personal, making protection by design essential.
OmicSpace applies both legal and technical safeguards to ensure privacy, such as federated learning, which allows models to be trained without moving data from their original source.

Federated Learning

Each institution trains a local model using its own data.
Only model updates are shared, not personal data.
A central server aggregates these updates to create an improved global model.
The process is repeated until optimal performance is achieved.
“Compute-to-data” strategy: bringing computation to the data, not data to the computation.

Coordinator Node: IIS La Fe - OmicSpace Platform Architecture

IIS La Fe coordinates the OmicSpace federated data space, organizing the collection, processing, protection, and collaborative analysis of health data among institutions.

OmicSpace integrates clinical, genomic, and research data within a federated environment, ensuring security, privacy, and collaboration between institutions through a modular 15-layer architecture.

15-Layer Structure:

1. 1. Data sources – Hospitals, laboratories, biobanks.
  2. Ingestion and processing (ETL/ELT) – Data cleaning, quality control, and transformation.
  3. Secure storage (Lakehouse + databases + object storage) – A flexible and controlled environment.
  4. Data virtualization – Access to information without moving it.
  5. Governance, security, and auditing – Legal compliance and traceability.
  6. Catalogs and data publication – Organization and controlled sharing of data assets.
  7. ML Ops – Monitoring and maintaining models in production.
  8. Federated training – AI model training without transferring personal data.
  9. Advanced analytics – Pattern discovery and predictive analysis.
  10. Descriptive analytics and reporting (BI) – Visualization and data exploitation.
  11. Data and analytics marketplace – Regulated access to data resources and analytical tools.
  12. Model governance and analytical consumption – Controlled data access for analytical environments.
  13. Data space governance (GIEC) – Coordination among participating centers.
  14. Data preparation for consumption and storage – Transformation and structuring processes.
  15. Exploitation and analysis – Generation of useful knowledge for research and clinical practice.

Secondary Use of Health Data in the European Health Data Space (EHDS):

What does “secondary use” mean?

Secondary use refers to the reuse of health data generated during medical care, such as electronic health records, genomic data, biobank information, or registries, for research, innovation, and health policy improvement, always under strict privacy and security guarantees.

Why is it important?

It advances science and medicine: Enables the development of new treatments, diagnostic methods, and technologies.
It improves public health: Supports the design of evidence-based policies.
It drives innovation: Facilitates the work of researchers, companies, and health authorities.

How is data protected?

Data are processed in secure environments managed by authorized organizations.
Anonymization techniques are applied to ensure that individuals cannot be identified.
Individuals have the right to opt out, except in cases of public interest defined by law.

Who can access the data?

Researchers and authorized entities working on legitimate projects.
Health authorities seeking to improve public health.
Innovators developing safe and beneficial solutions for society.

What data are included?

Electronic health records.
Genetic, epigenomic, and other molecular data.
Information from biobanks and related databases.
Data from health applications and devices.

Want to Learn More?

If you’re interested in learning more or getting involved in the project, feel free to contact us: omicspace@iislafe.es

You can also call us and tell us on +34 961 41 16 92 (246607)

We look forward to hearing from you!

¿Qué es un espacio de datos?

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Espacio de datos

Un Espacio de Datos es un entorno seguro y regulado donde diferentes organizaciones pueden compartir y acceder a datos de forma controlada. Su objetivo es facilitar el intercambio de información sin comprometer la privacidad, la seguridad ni la propiedad intelectual.

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Marco normativo

A través de estos espacios, se facilita el intercambio de datos, siempre bajo un marco normativo que asegura la protección de los derechos fundamentales, incluyendo la soberanía de los datos y su uso ético y responsable. Los participantes tienen el control sobre los datos que comparten, y todo el proceso se realiza conforme a normas europeas de transparencia, cumplimiento normativo (como el RGPD) y un enfoque centrado en el ciudadano, asegurando un desarrollo justo y equitativo.

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Intercambio

Este enfoque promueve la colaboración interinstitucional y el intercambio de conocimientos, generando un ecosistema que facilita el avance de la investigación científica y la mejora continua de la atención médica, contribuyendo al bienestar social y a la sostenibilidad.los datos que comparten, y todo el proceso se realiza conforme a normas europeas de transparencia, cumplimiento normativo (como el RGPD) y un enfoque centrado en el ciudadano, asegurando un desarrollo justo y equitativo.

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Colaboración

Estos espacios permiten que empresas, centros de investigación y administraciones colaboren de manera eficiente, impulsando la innovación, el desarrollo económico y la mejora en sectores clave, como la salud, la ciencia y la tecnología. Todo esto se realiza bajo normas que garantizan el control y la soberanía de los datos, asegurando que se usen de manera ética y responsable.

Arquitectura de la Plataforma

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