Guidance for the Integration of Digital Twins in Data Spaces

This document focuses on the integration of digital twins in data spaces: it provides a context on data spaces, digital twins, IoT and edge computing and standardisation: it provides an analysis on the integration of digital twins in data spaces taking an architecture approach; it describes a large number of digital twin use cases in domains such as agriculture, connected vehicles, smart cities, energy, smart manufacturing; The document can be used to provide insights and sources for future standardisatio

This document focuses on the integration of digital twins in data spaces: 

  • it provides a context on data spaces, digital twins, IoT and edge computing and standardisation:
  • it provides an analysis on the integration of digital twins in data spaces taking an architecture
    approach;
  • it describes a large number of digital twin use cases in domains such as agriculture, connected
    vehicles, smart cities, energy, smart manufacturing;

The document can be used to provide insights and sources for future standardisation work related to
the integration of digital twins in data spaces.
This document also leverages the following reports:

  • The EU Observatory for ICT Standardisation (EUOS) published in June 2022 a report prepared by
    the StandICT task work group (TWG) entitled Landscape of Digital Twins.
  •  AIOTI published in September 2022 a report prepared by the standardisation working group (WG)
    entitled Guidance for the Integration of IoT and Edge Computing in Data Spaces.
  • BDVA published in February 2024 a report prepared by the task force on data spaces and task
    force on standards entitled Data Sharing Spaces and Interoperability.