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Combining Publicly Available SDKs and Code Generation Tools to Streamline the Implementation of AAS Applications

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The developer community has made significant efforts to enable fast and resilient implementations of industrial applications centred around the Asset Administration Shell (AAS). Software Developer Kits (SDKs) help industry and academia to streamline the development process and reduce errors when working with the AAS metamodel or serving the AAS API. In this work, we analyze established SDKs and other supporting tools that facilitate the development of AAS SDKs and applications. We introduce four workflows with varying degrees of automation that leverage these tools, discussing both current and anticipated challenges related to code generation, along with effective mitigation strategies. These workflows are qualitatively compared regarding their implementation and management effort, required skills, correctness, as well as future-proof maintainability. Based on six study cases of real-world AAS implementations, we ascertain the extent to which these workflows are already being applied in practice.

Source: IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)

DOI: 10.1109/etfa65518.2025.11205694

Authors: Tom Gneuß, Marko Ristin, Nico Braunisch, Hans Wernher van de Venn, Martin Wollschlaeger

Institutions: Technische Universität Dresden, Nazarbayev University, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Digital Transformation in Industry

Subfield: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4415398128

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