Ottawa, ON — The Digital Governance Standards Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the revised edition of CAN/DGSI 100-9: Data Governance – Part 9: Data Collaboration Framework, a National Standard of Canada.
This updated edition provides organizations with a modern and practical framework for enabling secure, scalable, and efficient collaboration on data across systems, teams, and organizational boundaries. As data continues to underpin digital transformation and AI-driven innovation, the standard introduces guidance that supports more controlled, interoperable, and compliant approaches to data sharing.
The revised standard establishes a structured approach to zero-copy data integration, enabling organizations to move away from traditional copy-based data architectures that create fragmentation, increase risk, and complicate governance. Instead, it promotes access-based collaboration models where data remains under the control of its rightful owner while being securely accessible across environments.
Key elements of the revised edition include:
- A framework for eliminating data silos by decoupling data from applications and enabling shared data architectures
- Guidance on access-based collaboration models that allow real-time interaction with data without duplication
- Emphasis on managing data as a product, with clearly defined ownership, governance boundaries, and accountability
- Enhanced focus on enforcing access controls at the metadata layer to ensure consistent and universal data protection
- Support for modular, composable digital systems that enable faster and more flexible innovation
- Alignment with international standards, including ISO/IEC 25642, to support global interoperability and best practices
By addressing long-standing challenges associated with data duplication and fragmented integration approaches, this standard enables organizations to reduce compliance risks, improve auditability, and lower the operational costs associated with managing complex data ecosystems.
The framework is particularly relevant for organizations leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and real-time analytics, where secure and governed access to high-quality data is critical. It supports collaboration across people, systems, and organizations while maintaining strict control over data access, usage, and lineage.
The new edition of the standard is available via CAN/DGSI 100-9.
The DGSI sincerely thanks all stakeholders whose expertise, collaboration, and commitment made the publication of this new edition possible.
About the Digital Governance Standards Institute (DGSI)
The Digital Governance Standards Institute develops digital technology governance standards fit for global use. The Institute works with experts, as well as national and global partners and the public to develop national standards that reduce risk to Canadians and Canadian organizations adopting and using innovative digital technologies in today’s digital economy. The Institute is an independent division of the Digital Governance Council. To learn more about the organization and its initiatives, visit www.dgc-cgn.org or contact info@dgc-cgn.org.