The Industrial APP Marketplace from OWL is the topic of the presentation by Sascha Heymann, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA.apps for Industry 4.0 applications will be purchased on online marketplaces in the future. An open community from business and science in OWL is working on what a solution based on open source developments could look like. The focus on openness, interoperability and open source gives end users the greatest possible benefit in their day-to-day work. It does not matter whether they are machine operators, machine builders, system integrators or APP developers.
The Industrial APP Marketplace establishes a manufacturer-neutral marketplace for I4.0 components for buying and selling industrial hardware, software and services. Unlike conventional virtual marketplaces, the Industrial APP Marketplace is a platform for offering and searching for hardware, software and services and is open to everyone. APPs are generally understood to be modern software applications with a modular structure and a user-friendly web browser interface, but in the context of an Industrial APP Marketplace they also include services and solutions. A participant in an Industrial APP Marketplace can take on four roles: the role of APP user, hardware developer, APP developer or integrator.