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Open Source Drives Digital Twin Adoption
an AAS Server , AAS specifications as well as schemata ( aas-specs ), training screencasts , and FAQs .
• BaSyx ( https :// projects . eclipse . org / projects / technology . basyx ): This project hosts - besides other modules - SDKs or the Asset Administration Shell .
• PyI40AAS ( https :// git . rwth-aachen . de / acplt / pyi40aas ): This project hosts a Python module for manipulating and validating AAS .
• SAP AAS Service ( https :// github . com / SAP / i40-aas ): This project hosts a system based on Docker images implementing the RAMI 4.0 reference architecture ( including AAS ).
• NOVAAS ( https :// gitlab . com / gidouninova / novaas ): This project provides an implementation of the AAS concept by using JavaScript and Low-code development platform ( LCDP ) Node-Red .
Building an attractive and active Open Source community based on these existing and new activities is one of the important goals of the IDTA .
GAIA-X
GAIA-X 31 was officially founded in 2020 32 . GAIA-X is a European project aiming at developing common requirements for a European data infrastructure . Therefore , interoperability , transparency , and openness are key factors for success . Digital twins will play an enabler role for data exchange across company borders . This is illustrated in the use case “ Collaborative Condition Monitoring ” 33 . Open standards and its Open Source derivatives such as the one developed within the Industrial Data Spaces ( IDS ) 34 are playing a major role in GAIA-X .
CESMII
CESMII , the Clean Energy and Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute , was founded in 2016 . In January 2021 CESMII and the IIC agreed to a liaison to “ accelerate the development , adoption , and monetization of Industrial IoT ( IIoT ) technologies , infrastructure and solutions to deliver
31 https :// www . data-infrastructure . eu / GAIAX /
32 https :// www . isst . fraunhofer . de / en / news / press _ releases / 2020 / PI _ GAIA-X _ foundation . html
33 https :// www . bmwi . de / Redaktion / EN / Artikel / Digital-World / GAIA-X-Use-Cases / collaborativecondition-monitoring . html
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GAIA-X and IDS Position Paper : https :// internationaldataspaces . org / download / 19016 /
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