D
Interaction, in which the state transition which can be observed is unambiguously determined due to the information received
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)
Information in the digital information world that represents characteristics and behaviors of an entity.
Note 1: Information is data that within a certain context has a particular meaning. Data is content represented in a digital and formalized manner suitable for communication, storage, interpretation or processing.
Note 2: Behavior includes functionality (description and execution).
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)
Digital representation, sufficient to meet the require-ments of a set of use cases.
Note: In this context, the entity in the definition of digital representation is typically an asset.
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)
E
Loose community of various autonomous players connected in a network with a common goal of creating products and/or services based on a (standardized) communication and system infrastructure.
Note 1: Players can be participants of the value-added system as well as educational or research institutions, political units, standardization organisations or associations.
Note 2: Within an ecosystem, players can be engaged at the same time both in cooperation and in competition.
Note 3: An ecosystem is characterized by a common further development (co-evolution) of the players and the ecosystem.
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)
Uniquely identifiable item which is managed on account of its importance in the information world
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)
Sudden change that can be observed.
Note: An event can trigger a state transition in a state model.
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)
F
Characteristic of an item, to adopt it with little effort to changes which were known during planning.
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)
H
Integration within a functional/organizational hierarchical level across system boundaries.
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)
Interaction within a functional/organizational hierarchy level across system boundaries
Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)