Standards are the invisible infrastructure of reliable digitalisation. Without agreed naming conventions, document structures and reference systems, every system integration project starts from scratch, and every handover creates ambiguity that costs money for years.
International standards like IEC 81346 (reference designation systems), IEC 61355 (document classification), IEC 81355 (classification and designation of information), ISO 19650, ISA-88 (IEC 61512), ISA-95 (IEC 62264) and OMAC PackML (ISA-TR88.00.02) provide the structural foundations for consistent, queryable asset information. They are not bureaucratic overhead; they are the prerequisites for interoperability.
A naming convention applied consistently across a facility is one of the highest-return investments in digitalisation. It costs relatively little to implement and pays back immediately in reduced integration friction, faster troubleshooting and cleaner digital handover.
A consistent naming convention is not just tidiness. It is the precondition for machine-readable information.
Key concepts
- Naming Convention
- IEC 81346
- IEC 61355
- IEC 81355
- IEC 61131
- ISO 19650
- ISA-88 (IEC 61512)
- ISA-95 (IEC 62264)
- OMAC PackML (ISA-TR88.00.02)
- Open Standards
- Standardisation
- Interoperability
- RDS
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