Insights into Mapping Solutions Based on OPC UA Information Model Applied to the Industry 4.0 Asset Administration Shell
In the context of Industry 4.0, lot of effort is being put to achieve interoperability among industrial applications. As the definition and adoption of communication standards are of paramount importance for the realization of interoperability, during the last few years different organizations have...
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| description | In the context of Industry 4.0, lot of effort is being put to achieve interoperability among industrial applications. As the definition and adoption of communication standards are of paramount importance for the realization of interoperability, during the last few years different organizations have developed reference architectures to align standards in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. One of the main examples is the reference architecture model for Industry 4.0, which defines the asset administration shell as the corner stone of the interoperability between applications managing manufacturing systems. Inside Industry 4.0 there is also so much interest behind the standard open platform communications unified architecture (OPC UA), which is listed as the one recommendation for realizing the communication layer of the reference architecture model. The contribution of this paper is to give some insights behind modelling techniques that should be adopted during the definition of OPC UA Information Model exposing information of the very recent metamodel defined for the asset administration shell. All the general rationales and solutions here provided are compared with the current OPC UA-based existing representation of asset administration shell provided by literature. Specifically, differences will be pointed out giving to the reader advantages and disadvantages behind each solution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c7686518aff4c14a306236b85fb94372023-11-19T21:35:00ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2020-04-01922810.3390/computers9020028Insights into Mapping Solutions Based on OPC UA Information Model Applied to the Industry 4.0 Asset Administration ShellSalvatore Cavalieri0Marco Giuseppe Salafia1Department of Electrical Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, ItalyDepartment of Electrical Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, ItalyIn the context of Industry 4.0, lot of effort is being put to achieve interoperability among industrial applications. As the definition and adoption of communication standards are of paramount importance for the realization of interoperability, during the last few years different organizations have developed reference architectures to align standards in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. One of the main examples is the reference architecture model for Industry 4.0, which defines the asset administration shell as the corner stone of the interoperability between applications managing manufacturing systems. Inside Industry 4.0 there is also so much interest behind the standard open platform communications unified architecture (OPC UA), which is listed as the one recommendation for realizing the communication layer of the reference architecture model. The contribution of this paper is to give some insights behind modelling techniques that should be adopted during the definition of OPC UA Information Model exposing information of the very recent metamodel defined for the asset administration shell. All the general rationales and solutions here provided are compared with the current OPC UA-based existing representation of asset administration shell provided by literature. Specifically, differences will be pointed out giving to the reader advantages and disadvantages behind each solution.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/9/2/28interoperabilitymappingindustry 4.0OPC UAasset administration shell |
| spellingShingle | Salvatore Cavalieri Marco Giuseppe Salafia Insights into Mapping Solutions Based on OPC UA Information Model Applied to the Industry 4.0 Asset Administration Shell Computers interoperability mapping industry 4.0 OPC UA asset administration shell |
| title | Insights into Mapping Solutions Based on OPC UA Information Model Applied to the Industry 4.0 Asset Administration Shell |
| title_full | Insights into Mapping Solutions Based on OPC UA Information Model Applied to the Industry 4.0 Asset Administration Shell |
| title_fullStr | Insights into Mapping Solutions Based on OPC UA Information Model Applied to the Industry 4.0 Asset Administration Shell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insights into Mapping Solutions Based on OPC UA Information Model Applied to the Industry 4.0 Asset Administration Shell |
| title_short | Insights into Mapping Solutions Based on OPC UA Information Model Applied to the Industry 4.0 Asset Administration Shell |
| title_sort | insights into mapping solutions based on opc ua information model applied to the industry 4 0 asset administration shell |
| topic | interoperability mapping industry 4.0 OPC UA asset administration shell |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/9/2/28 |
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