Lexicon · 126 concepts
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Vendor-neutral definitions of the concepts that decide procurements, integrations and technical strategy — written for asset owners and technical decision-makers, not for salespeople. Every entry links to a full explanation with a technical definition, common pitfalls and our recommendation.
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Structure & identity
Technical information architecture IEC 81346 Naming convention Information modelling
Ownership & governance
Master data ownership Data governance Single source of truth Requirements management
Integration & data flow
UNS UNS-O UNS-E Machine interface data contract Data mapping MQTT OPC UA
Security & infrastructure
IEC 62443 IT/OT convergence Network segmentation Cybersecurity (OT)
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- AGV
- AI
- API
- ASP
- Asset Management
- Asset Owner
- Automation
- BACnet
- BAS
- Big Data
- BMS
- BRICK Ontology
- Broker
- CAPEX
- Cloud Computing
- CMMS
- CODESYS
- Cybersecurity (OT)
- DALI
- Data Governance
- Data Lake
- Data Mapping
- DCS
- Digital Maturity
- Digital Strategy
- Digital Thread
- Digital Twin
- Digitalisation
- Operational Reliability
- DUC
- EAM
- Edge Computing
- ERP
- Ethernet
- Facility Data
- Building Automation
- Gateway
- Sustainable Digitalisation
- Historian
- HMI
- IEC 61131
- IEC 61355
- IEC 61499
- IEC 62443
- IEC 81346
- IEC 81355
- IFC / BIM
- IIoT
- Industrial Automation
- Information Modelling
- Integration
- Interoperability
- IoT
- IP-based Automation
- ISA-88
- ISA-95
- ISO 19650
- IT/OT Convergence
- JSON
- The Map
- KPI
- Requirements Management
- Critical Success Factors
- Latency
- LCC
- Life Cycle Management
- LoRaWAN
- M-Bus
- Machine Interface Data Contract
- Master Data Ownership
- MES
- Metadata
- MIS
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Modbus
- MOM
- The Engine
- MQTT
- Naming Convention
- Network Segmentation
- NIS2
- OEE
- OPC UA
- Open Source
- OPEX
- Open Standards
- OT
- Digital Handover
- OMAC PackML
- Platform
- PLC
- PoC
- Predictive Maintenance
- Proprietary Systems
- PropTech
- Protocol
- Purdue Model
- QoS
- RDS
- Requirements Management
- REST API
- Secure Connect
- SCADA
- Scalability
- Information Silo
- Single Source of Truth (SSoT)
- SIOX
- Sparkplug B
- Standardisation
- Building Controls
- System Integration
- Tagging
- TCO
- Technical Information Architecture
- Technical Debt
- Universal Automation (UA)
- UNS-E
- UNS
- UNS-O
- The Road
- Vendor Lock-in
- Virtualisation
- VLAN
- Webhooks
- XML
- Zones & Conduits