Aim of standards digitization: material.one starts cooperation with DIN DKE
material.one has been an active member of the IDiS committee since January 2023. IDiS stands for "Initiative Digital Standards" and is an initiative of DKE and DIN.
The goal of standards digitization is to make the entire value chain of standards users digital. In doing so, standards should not only be made available digitally, but also digitally networked. To achieve this goal, material.one has now joined the IDiS committee of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (DKE).
"We are very pleased to be working with DIN DKE. The strategic partnership is an important step for us in advancing our vision of standards digitization," says Bernd Löhle, co-founder and CEO of material.one. The topic of standards digitization affects the entire field of standardization and all organizations involved in it.
The commencement of the IDiS body with a kick-off in the form of two webinars and workshops took place in summer 2020. The work of IDiS covers all standardization processes throughout the value chain. In this context, the topic of "networking and providing information" has emerged as one of the core topics. The major common goal of all participants is to establish the solutions for standards digitization in Europe and worldwide as well.
The seven global challenges facing standards organizations, industry, research and standards users (Source: DIN DKE IDiS)
The versatility of the standard application and the challenges of a SMART standard require interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure the success of the initiative. The group consists of representatives from industry, science, and associations from a wide range of sectors. IDiS sees itself as a community that aims to achieve a uniform understanding of the benefits of SMART standards and standards digitization.
The role of material.one in the development of smart standards
The committee organizes the work based on defined use cases and uses a utility model where the members have different focus areas for their work.
For the 11 use cases, the user view, the scope of the use case and the required explanations are always considered.
material.one focuses on use case 5 - linking standards with products
The contents of this use case:
Standards users want to be able to identify all relevant standards for products.
Identification of all relevant standards for a product portfolio and as a basis for the targeted use of standards content in companies.
Standards can be identified by means of a formal product description to be defined (e.g. IEC CDD).
Linking with external standardized product descriptions.
Introduction of tagging mechanisms (annotation of additional knowledge) with standardized tags, publicly available and machine-readable.
Furthermore, material.one is also available for the use cases "Management of standards content" (#6), "Linking standards content and use cases" (#10) and "Decision support" (#11).
material.one in the utility model of IDiS
The levels of the utility model show the evolutionary course of standards digitization and are each linked to specific developments so that the corresponding level target can be achieved.
The 5 Utility Levels of Standards Digitization (Source: DIN DKE IDiS)
Utility model of DIN DKE IDiS in the context of material.one
The field of activity of material.one is focused on:
the machine-readable content (Level 3): In these, all significant granular information units can be uniquely identified. The relationships among them can be recorded and made available for further processing or partial execution.
the machine-interpretable content (level 4): Here, the information of a standard is linked with execution and application information so that it can be directly executed or interpreted by machines and combined with other information sources. In this way, complex actions and decision-making processes can be automated.
the machine-controllable content (level 5): Here, the content of a standard can be adapted independently by machines and adopted by automated (distributed) decision-making processes. The content adopted in this way is checked automatically and published via the publication channels of the standards organizations.
Summary
material.one is helping with its many years of expertise and as a technology partner in the development of smart standards in the IDiS committee. The collaboration focuses on simplifying the work of standards users in the future with machine-readable and -interpretable standards and improving collaboration in the supply network. In complex processes, such as the product development process, digitization will lead to the automated identification, reading and compilation of standards specifications for the standards user.
About material.one AG
material.one - a company of the adesso Group and at the same time the name for the first "Supplier Network Collaboration Platform" of its kind - ideal for globally operating manufacturing companies with many locations and their teams from the areas of quality management, sustainability, supply chain management and production.
material.one simplifies and accelerates processes around requirements, verifications and approvals for manufacturers, suppliers, and laboratories by making relevant data digitally available for all parties involved at any time and with, just a few clicks, everywhere. material.one offers all parties involved in the supply network completely new possibilities for collaboration around industry standards, manufacturer-specific standards, ESG (sustainability) lawsand other specifications with a focus on materials.
About DIN
The German Institute for Standardization (DIN) is the independent platform for standardization in Germany and worldwide. As a partner of business, research and society, DIN makes a significant contribution to supporting the marketability of innovative solutions through standardization - whether in subject areas related to the digitization of business and society or in the context of research projects. Around 36,000 experts from business and research, from the consumer side and the public sector contribute their expertise to the standardization process, which DIN manages as a privately organized project manager. The results are market-driven norms and standards that promote global trade and serve rationalization, quality assurance, the protection of society and the environment, and safety and understanding.
For more information, visit http://www.din.de.
About DKE
The DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies in DIN and VDE (DKE), which is supported by the VDE, is the platform for around 9,000 experts from industry, science and administration for the development of standards and safety regulations for electrical engineering, electronics and information technology. Standards support global trade and serve, among other things, the safety, interoperability and functionality of products and systems. As a competence center for electrotechnical standardization, DKE represents the interests of German industry in European (CENELEC, ETSI) and international standards organizations (IEC). In addition, the DKE provides comprehensive services related to standardization and the VDE body of regulations.
More information at http://www.dke.de
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