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U.S.
Department of Transportation
Evolution from
Independent Data Sets to
Research Data Exchange
Research Data Exchange
§The Research Data Exchange (RDE) is the connected system of data environments we envision
to support application research and development
§The RDE will not be a single, centralized repository
□but rather a system of systems linking multiple data
management systems
□some of which will be
maintained and controlled outside of the USDOT, through a common
web-based Data Portal
§Some data will be archived at USDOT within the RDE, other data will be archived outside of
USDOT and federated with the RDE