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3 September 2026

Research on the Application Path of Dual-Mode API Data Market for Enabling Cross-Domain Multi-Scenario Data Circulation

Mutong Chen1 Xiong Ni1 Chuqiao Xiao1
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1 Shanghai Municipal Big Data Center, Shanghai 200072, China
JERA 2026 , 10(8), 94–101; https://doi.org/10.26689/JERA.v10i8.15209
© 2026 by the Author. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

In response to the industry pain points such as scattered data sources, inconsistent standards, lack of trust, restricted high-sensitive data circulation, high costs for small and medium-sized entities to access, and the limitations of the traditional centralized and point-to-point single data circulation model in cross-domain scenarios, this paper combines the theories of data market, data space, and data intermediary, and proposes a “point-to-point + adapter” dual-mode API data market circulation path. By constructing a core architecture that separates the management flow from the data flow, the point-to-point mode ensures the local controllable circulation of highly sensitive data, and the adapter mode reduces the access threshold for existing systems and small and medium-sized entities. This paper builds an exclusive application framework and studies its migration paths in areas such as cargo trade document verification, cross-departmental government approval, financial joint risk control, supply chain collaboration, and industrial internet. The research shows that this model can achieve trusted, compliant, and large-scale cross-domain data circulation without aggregating the original data, providing a feasible infrastructure solution for the release of value of data elements in multiple scenarios.

Keywords
Dual-mode API data market
Cross-domain data circulation
Adapter
Data space
Data intermediary
Shipping trade
Separation of management flow and data flow
Funding
2024 National “Blockchain” Key Special Project “Key Technologies for Cross-departmental Data Access and Circulation Management in Shipping Trade” (Project No.: 2024YFB2705403)
References

[1]       International Data Spaces Association, 2024, Dataspace Protocol 2024-1.

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[4]       Zhang M, Beltran F, Liu J, 2023, A Survey of Data Pricing for Data Marketplaces. arXiv:2303.04810.

[5]       Gunturu N, 2022, Enterprise API Transformation: Driving Towards API Economy. International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology, 70(6): 44–50.

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