Siemens and Microsoft
Facilitate the replacement of digital twin models
Siemens and Microsoft are working together to facilitate the exchange of digital twin models and data. To this end, they are merging Digital Twin Definition Language with the W3C Thing Description Standard.
Together with the W3C consortium, Siemens and Microsoft will merge the Digital Twin Definition Language (DTDL) with the Thing Description Standard of the international standardization organization W3C.
Siemens already supports the W3C Thing Description Standard for future products in the areas of building management, energy distribution and smart grids. According to Siemens, users will benefit greatly from the extension of this interoperability strategy to Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft's Digital Twin Definition Language enables the modeling of the physical world with Azure services, while the W3C Thing Description Standard ensures an interoperable representation of device interfaces and their integration into standard industry ontologies. Both languages had many conceptual similarities in the initial phase of convergence.
As virtual replicas of physical objects, processes or systems that mirror their real-world counterparts in a digital environment, digital twins enable companies to monitor, predict and optimize their plant performance. This increases efficiency while reducing costs at the same time. The standardization of digital twin languages is therefore crucial for interoperability to ensure seamless communication and integration between different digital twin systems and platforms.
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