Publication 30/05/2022 -
Details of the Asset Administration Shell - Part 1 The exchange of information between partners in the value chain of Industrie 4.0 (Version 3.0RC02)
Introduction
The new release of the central specification for the information model of the AAS incorporating the lessons learnt from the different implementations based on previous versions. The publication states how companies can use the Asset Administration Shell to compile and structure information. In this way all information can be shared as a package (set of files) with partners at several levels of the value chain. It is not necessary to provide online access to this data from the very beginning.
The publication provides valuable information on the Asset Administration Shell (AAS):
- It describes the information content of an AAS.
- It specifies a technology-neutral UML model.
- It refers to serialization formats of an AAS: XML, JSON, mappings for OPC UA, AutomationML and the Resource Description Framework (RDF).
- It includes a definition of the AASX exchange format, which is used for the secure transmission of AAS.
- It takes account of security aspects and defines access rights for information stored in the AAS based on the Attributes Based Access Control (ABAC) concept.