The Dataspace Protocol is a set of specifications designed to facilitate interoperable data sharing between entities governed by usage control and based on Web technologies. These specifications define the schemas and protocols required for entities to publish data, negotiate Agreements, and access data in a data space
My guess is that only the provider should be able to start a transfer, because, as seen in the state machine diagram, the consumer "requests" it, and the provider "starts" it
In two different parts of the
transfer.process.protocol.mdthere are two clashing sentences.First, it's stated that a consumer could issue a
TransferRequestMessagehttps://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/ids-specification/blob/a98e3d4ee6f774e8a48b5ce9f4ff1b07db20b86d/transfer/transfer.process.protocol.md?plain=1#L43-L46But then seems that only the provider can send it: https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/ids-specification/blob/a98e3d4ee6f774e8a48b5ce9f4ff1b07db20b86d/transfer/transfer.process.protocol.md?plain=1#L113-L119
My guess is that only the provider should be able to start a transfer, because, as seen in the state machine diagram, the consumer "requests" it, and the provider "starts" it