Simple Design Approach for Shared Digital Twins

Abstract

The collaborative utilization of data becomes increasingly important in industry and requires increased consideration of interoperability and data sovereignty aspects. Distributed systems play a decisive role in this context, which allow for a closer communication between the stakeholders involved and are characterized by the shared use of data and devices. At the same time new concepts emerge that enable a structured mapping of data. These include Digital Twins, which primarily allow a holistic digital representation of an entire asset lifecycle. Digital Twins offer significant potential for distributed systems and form a suitable basis for the collaborative utilization of an asset's lifecycle data. Although studies assume an increased use of Digital Twins in cross-company networks, they are still predominantly used as a purely company-internal concept. In the context of this publication, we demonstrate how to get started easily with the design of Digital Twins intended for use in collaborative distributed systems.