TDSR: Distributed Data Asset Registration and Cross-Jurisdictional Verification in Trusted Data Spaces

Abstract

Trans-border data circulation across multi-jurisdictional boundaries faces an operational conflict between ownership provenance prerequisites and data minimisation mandates, compounded by the tight coupling of large data payloads with synchronous state consensus ledgers, which forces replication of feature matrices across all consensus nodes and leads to network saturation. Existing frameworks remain unequipped to resolve this, as coupling in-band payload routing with synchronous state ledgers generates communication overheads scaling with data volume. The proposed Trusted Data Space with Registration (TDSR) implements a four-layer protocol stack. A dual-plane topology establishes a decoupled storage–ledger mechanism, partitioning asynchronous payload datastores and synchronous consensus ledgers to sustain throughput independent of data dimensionality. Navigating this infrastructure, the Unified Data Resource Identifier (UDRI) executes out-of-band cross-domain routing without exposing verifier intents. Driven by the Oblivious Data Asset Registration (ODAR) mechanism, a two-phase, four-algorithm lifecycle dictates end-to-end ownership provenance. This execution shifts hypothesis testing to isolated sandboxes via an algorithm-agnostic mathematical contract, capping external data transit at a constant leakage bound. A deployed testbed across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area validates the proposed architecture, supporting data circulation across divergent legal jurisdictions.