The Open Data Governance Standard (ODGS) is a notary for data governance. Enterprises write rules in Collibra, Databricks, and Snowflake — ODGS mechanically enforces those rules at runtime and issues hardware-backed certificates as proof of enforcement. Non-compliant data is automatically blocked.
"Silence over Error." — If compliance cannot be proven, the data does not proceed — by design, not by policy. This is the enforcement guarantee that transforms audit documentation into regulatory evidence.
Bridge connects to your data layer (Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra)
ODGS engine validates every metric against its legal definition
S-Cert Registry mints an Ed25519 cryptographic certificate
GRC tools observe and report. ODGS mechanically halts non-compliant pipelines. The difference between a smoke detector and a fire sprinkler.
Every enforcement run produces a tamper-proof digital certificate. Non-repudiable evidence for regulators. Government and regulatory clients can deploy their own Sovereign Certification Authority.
ODGS is a candidate reference implementation for CEN/CENELEC JTC 25 (Data Management & Governance) through NEN, the Dutch standards body.
ODGS validates in-place. PII never leaves the client's enclave. No data extraction, no cloud dependency, no sovereignty risk.
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