Enhancing Industrial Digitalisation through an Adaptable Component for Bridging Semantic Interoperability Gaps

Digital transformation has a great effect on industries but also in the perception of their products with high consequences on society as a whole, as driver for innovation. However, there are still many barriers to the adoption of digital technologies, especially in small and medium-sized enterprise...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 14; no. 6; p. 2309
Main Authors Carvajal-Flores, Diego F., Abril-Jiménez, Patricia, Buhid, Eduardo, Fico, Giuseppe, Cabrera Umpiérrez, María Fernanda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2024
Subjects
Backup software
Communication
data fusion
Data models
Digital technology
Factories
FIWARE
Industry 4.0
Information sharing
Innovations
Internet of Things
Interoperability
Manufacturing
Middleware
OPC UA
Semantics
sensor network
Small and medium sized companies
Software
support systems
Technology adoption
Web applications
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Summary:Digital transformation has a great effect on industries but also in the perception of their products with high consequences on society as a whole, as driver for innovation. However, there are still many barriers to the adoption of digital technologies, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In the present study we propose a new software component that facilitates the adoption of industrial reference architectures (RAs) based on the semantic interoperability concept. Among these RAs, FIWARE has become a key enabler for flexible and resource effective digitalisation of shop floor processes. The proposed software component aims to enable full interoperability between these more widely used technologies and industrial standards and protocols such as OPC UA. As a result, a flexible, open, and adaptable implementation assists the automatic translation of messages from different standards enabling semantic interoperability of shop floor processes. The component aims to enable industrial SMEs to bring current barriers to digitalisation towards a more human-centred, resilient, and sustainable industry and society.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app14062309