SkyData: Rise of the Data How Can the Intelligent and Autonomous Data Paradigm Become Real?

With the rise of Data as a Service, companies understood that whoever controls the data has the power. The past few years have exposed some of the weakenesses of traditional data management systems. For example, application owner can collect and use data to their own advantage without the user's consent. We introduce in this paper the SkyData concept, which revolves around autonomous data evolving in a distributed system. This new paradigm is a complete break from traditional data management systems. In this paper we will show a way to define autonomous data as well as some challenges associated with their specificities.