Open Source Drives Digital Twin Adoption
Fig . 1 : Agile standardization using Open Source as a development model according to SCI 4.0 13 ( with permission from DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e . V .)
In 2020 , the Standardization Council Industrie 4.0 ( SCI 4.0 ) that is creating the German standardization roadmap 13 claimed " Agile Standardization " to be the way to go . Agile Standardization means a joint development of the consensus-based standard development used in Standardization Development Organizations ( SDO ) together with Open Source communities . Thus , from both sides , faster innovations and reactions are possible : The standard is adapted from experiences gained during Open Source development and vice versa ; the standard can be tested very quickly to see whether it really fulfills all the requirements . This is illustrated in Figure 1 .
In joining the work of code and specification development , however , it is neither " code first " nor " specification first ", but how to create synergy between the two parallel efforts by working very closely together . This is the approach of OMP 20 , DTC , IDTA , GAIA-X , and CESMII .
Open Manufacturing Platform ( OMP )
The OMP was founded in 2019 by Microsoft and BMW . Bosch , ZF and AB InBev joined at the beginning of 2020 . OMP has a different strategy than IDTA , DTC , CESMII , and GAIA-X . OMP is a project under the umbrella of the Joint Development Foundation . It is the only initiative in this area set up as an Open Source project from the very beginning . The goal is to “ accelerate
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