西门子和微软将数字孪生定义语言与W3C事物描述标准融合

Siemens and Microsoft to Converge Digital Twin Definition Language with W3C Thing Description Standard
西门子和微软将数字孪生定义语言与W3C事物描述标准融合

In a collaborative move with the W3C Consortium, Siemens and Microsoft have announced their commitment to converge the Digital Twin Definition Language (DTDL) with the Thing Description standard from international standards organization, W3C.

在与W3C联盟的合作中，西门子和微软宣布致力于将数字孪生定义语言 (DTDL)与国际标准组织W3C的事物描述标准相融合。

By unifying both languages, customers are offered consistent modeling experiences, mitigating fragmentation in an evolving IoT landscape. With customers typically deploying a mix of vendors in their infrastructure leading to lock-in and high integration efforts, this convergence will allow for simpler system integration and interoperability.

通过统一两种语言，客户可以获得一致的建模体验，从而在不断发展的物联网环境中减少碎片化。由于客户通常会在基础设施中选择多家供应商，从而造成了锁定和非常多的集成工作，这种融合将简化系统集成和互操作性。

As virtual replicas of physical objects, processes or systems that mirror their real-world counterparts in a digital environment, digital twins enable organizations to monitor, predict and improve the performance of their assets, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs. Standardizing Digital Twin languages is therefore crucial for interoperability, ensuring seamless communication and integration between different digital twin systems and platforms.

作为物理对象、流程或系统的虚拟复制品，数字孪生能够在数字环境中反映其现实世界中的对应物，使企业能够监控、预测并提升其资产的性能，从而提高效率并降低成本。因此，数字孪生语言的标准化对于互操作性至关重要，可确保不同数字孪生系统和平台之间的无缝通信和集成。

With Siemens already facilitating the emerging W3C Thing Description standard for future products in building management, power distribution and smart grids, extending this interoperability strategy to Microsoft Azure will bring about substantial benefits to customers.

西门子已经为楼宇管理、配电和智能电网领域这些未来产品的W3C事物描述标准提供了便利，将这一互操作性战略扩展到Microsoft Azure将为客户带来巨大的收益。

"We see the convergence of two very similar Digital Twin languages like the DTDL and the W3C Thing Description as an essential move that will enable customers to describe the physical world in a way that is agnostic to specific IoT platforms,” said Thomas Kiessling, Chief Technology Officer at Siemens Smart Infrastructure. “This strategic alliance underscores our commitment to fostering collaboration and embracing openness."

西门子智能基础设施首席技术官Thomas Kiessling表示：“我们认为，将DTDL和W3C事物描述这两种非常相似的数字孪生语言融合在一起是一项重要举措，这将使客户能够以一种与特定物联网平台无关的方式描述物理世界。”“这一战略联盟彰显了我们促进合作、拥抱开放的承诺。”

Microsoft's Digital Twin Definition Language enables modeling of the physical world with Azure services, while the W3C Thing Description standard provides an interoperable representation of device interfaces and their incorporation of standard industry ontologies. Both languages have revealed many conceptual similarities during the initial stages of convergence.

微软的数字孪生定义语言（Digital Twin Definition Language）可以利用Azure服务对物理世界进行建模，而W3C事物描述标准（W3C Thing Description standard）则为设备接口提供了可互操作的表示方法，并将标准行业本体纳入其中。在融合的最初阶段，这两种语言在概念上已经显示出有许多相似之处。

“Ever since we invented the Digital Twin Definition Language and open-sourced its specification and reference implementations, we planned to standardize it through a consortium like the W3C. Therefore, merging DTDL with W3C Thing Description, in close partnership with Siemens, is the natural next step in our journey to democratize digital twins in the industry,” said Erich Barnstedt, Chief Architect Standards, Consortia and Industrial IoT, Azure Edge and Platform team, Microsoft Corporation.

微软公司Azure边缘和平台团队标准、联盟和工业物联网首席架构师Erich Barnstedt表示：“自从我们发明了数字孪生定义语言并将其规范和参考实现开源以来，我们就计划通过像W3C这样的联盟将其标准化。因此，与西门子密切合作，将DTDL与W3C事物描述合并，是我们在行业内实现数字孪生民主化之旅中自然而然的下一步。”