Supplementing the Jordanian Markets Initiative: Technical Infrastructure for Servers, Open-Source Software, and Data Sharing Boundaries
Following up on the "Jordanian Markets Initiative" towards a unified national framework for digital addresses and codes under the Jordanian domain (.jo), this phase focuses on technical infrastructure, data locations, and regulated data security by setting clear boundaries for information sharing without the need for unnecessary encryption complexities, while relying entirely on the open-source software philosophy.
1. Complete Reliance on Open-Source Software
The system is built entirely on open-source software packages and free licenses eligible for commercial exploitation, achieving:
- Merchant and Enterprise Independence: Full ownership of systems and stores without financial restrictions or closed proprietary licenses.
- Collaborative Development Flexibility: Empowering developers and national talent to improve and develop software to suit the local market's nature and needs.
- Transparency and Clarity: Ensuring that software is free of hidden algorithms or monopolistic mechanisms, and limiting its operation to serving economic and commercial activity.
2. Server Locations and Access Speed
To ensure maximum stability and secure the digital presence of stores and markets, hosting options are divided into two main choices that the merchant or enterprise owner can freely choose according to their needs:
- First: Server Within State Borders (Local Hosting / VPS)
- Data Location: Within locally approved data centers inside the borders of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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Purpose and Goal: Ensuring business and regulatory data remains locally, and achieving ultra-fast response for customers and consumers within the local market thanks to the geographical proximity of communication networks.
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Second: Server Outside State Borders (Cloud Distribution and Protection)
- Data Location: Across cloud infrastructure outside state borders.
- Purpose and Goal:
- Mitigation of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks: Utilizing global cloud filtering and protection capabilities to absorb digital attacks and ensure uninterrupted operation of markets and stores.
- Content Delivery Networks (CDN): Speeding up page loads, delivering images and static files for markets and consumers outside the kingdom, and facilitating foreign trade and international access.
3. Data Security and Sharing Boundaries via the Unified Software
The initiative's technical model focuses on data security by establishing precise regulatory and software boundaries for sharing data, without the need for complex encryption layers that hinder work or increase operational costs:
- Defining Data Sharing Boundaries: Confining data circulated via the unified store software to basic and public commercial information (such as: shop name, national code, specialization, location, product details, prices, and direct contact numbers).
- Protecting Data Context and Exchange Speed: Adjusting software mechanisms so that only necessary information is exchanged to complete display, sales, and delivery operations, ensuring transparency between seller and buyer without exposing data to fragmentation.
- Organized Geographic Tracking: Linking the store's address to a Quick Response (QR) code and a quintuple coding system (governorate, specialization, region, street, building number) to facilitate delivery services and track shipments via digital maps for free and with complete simplicity.
4. An Integrated Digital Economic Structure
The combination of the national digital domain (.jo), open-source software, specified hosting choices (inside and outside the state), alongside clear and specific data sharing boundaries, creates an integrated digital infrastructure that places technology at the service of the local economy, enabling Jordanian merchants to manage their markets with stability, security, and low setup costs.