Institute for Data Physics and Trusted Interoperability
Research, reference architectures and enabling frameworks for trusted industrial data. Bita Trust develops research-based frameworks, reference architectures and licensed enabling technologies for trusted digital interoperability. The Institute does not issue official standards. It provides source-side trust formation and trusted state exchange frameworks that support standards-aligned data governance and verifiable digital interoperability.
Our Mission
Our mission is to advance trusted industrial data quality and interoperability through Data Physics, source-side trust formation and trusted state exchange.
We focus on how industrial information can be prepared, structured and represented in ways that support auditability, data minimization, interoperability and local data governance requirements.
Institutional Foundations
Through research, intellectual property development and engineering practices, the Institute develops frameworks for understanding industrial information through states, state evolution and state-derived representations associated with physical entities.
For dynamic industrial contexts, State Derivatives (D = dS/dt) provide a way to describe the evolution of physical states over time.
The objective is to develop reference architectures and enabling frameworks that support trusted interoperability, data continuity and cross-system information exchange across heterogeneous industrial and digital environments.
Latest Research Output
Macro State Exchange Domains under the General Theory of Data Physics
Bita Trust has published a new Zenodo preprint: Macro State Exchange Domains under the General Theory of Data Physics: A Research Agenda for Cross-Domain State Representation, Evidence Formation, and Trusted Exchange.
This publication introduces Macro State Exchange Domains as a research category under the General Theory of Data Physics. It examines how state may be represented, evidenced, trusted and exchanged across different institutional, technical and jurisdictional contexts.
The paper identifies several candidate research directions:
MHSE: Medical Health State Exchange
FPSE: Financial Position State Exchange
LPSE: Legal Process State Exchange
EPSE: Environmental and Ecological State Exchange
PASE: Public Administrative State Exchange
These domains are introduced as long-term research directions under the General Theory of Data Physics. Domain-specific framework briefs will be developed progressively through further research, validation and interdisciplinary dialogue.
This publication marks a new step in Bita Trust’s continuing research on state-derived data, source-side evidence formation and trusted state exchange.
Core Competencies
Industrial Native
The Institute’s work is grounded in real-world industrial systems, including manufacturing operations, product lifecycle management, renewable energy infrastructure and industrial data exchange environments. It reflects practical constraints in system connectivity, operational data flows and cross-domain interoperability.
Framework Neutrality
Bita Trust develops frameworks and reference architectures that are intended to complement, rather than replace, existing systems, standards and application ecosystems. The objective is to help organizations retain control over source-domain information while supporting interoperability across diverse environments.
Engineering-Grade Practicality
Bita Trust connects research, intellectual property and engineering practice. Its work focuses on architectures and methods that can be translated into controlled execution, verifiable data representations and standards-aligned interoperability patterns.
Leadership & Architecture Team
The institute brings together authors, researchers, and practitioners with experience in industrial systems, data connectivity, and digital interoperability.
Yaxi(Asian) Han
Founder & Chief Architect
UN/CEFACT Expert and author of The General Theory of Data Physics, published on Zenodo and SSRN.
With more than twenty years of experience in industrial engineering and international operations, he contributes research perspectives on trusted digital interoperability and industrial information representation through State Derivatives (D = dS/dt), with a focus on reference architectures, cross-system connectivity, and industrial data exchange.
Participation in standards and expert activities is undertaken in an individual expert capacity and does not imply endorsement of Bita Trust by UN/CEFACT, ISO or any other standards body.
Rong(Yvonne) Niu
Co-founder & COO
Director of Global Operations and the Architectural Collaboration Network.
She supports international engagement, operational coordination and collaboration with industry participants, research communities and interoperability initiatives.