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Article

Exploratory Integration of a Digital Twin with a Data Space: Case Study with the Asset Administration Shell

by
Francisco Zenza
1,
Luís P. Ferreira
2,3,*,
Carlos Gonçalves
2,4,5,
Ricardo Ribeiro
4 and
Ana L. Ramos
1
1
GOVCOPP, DEGEIT, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
2
ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
3
Associate Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aerospace (LAETA-INEGI), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 400, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
4
Efacec Energia–Máquinas e Equipamentos Eléctricos, S.A., 4466-952 Sao Mamede de Infesta, Portugal
5
SoftCPS–Software Technologies for Cyber-Physical Systems, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Machines 2025, 13(9), 751; https://doi.org/10.3390/machines13090751
Submission received: 26 June 2025 / Revised: 30 July 2025 / Accepted: 20 August 2025 / Published: 22 August 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integration of Industrial Machines into Smart Manufacturing, Digital Twin Technology for Industry 4.0 Machinery)
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Abstract

In the context of Industry 4.0, technologies such as Digital Twin (DT) and Data Space (DS) have emerged as a revolution in the way physical assets are represented in simulation models and how their information and data are represented in cloud repositories. The aim of this work was to investigate the technologies of DTs and DSs, with a focus on their application in an industrial context, delving into the approaches and difficulties of the integration of both technologies, so that it can be explored and answered the respective challenges. To this end, literature reviews on these topics were explored by reading various sources, as well as analyzing different methodologies for implementing and integrating the two technologies. The result was a description of the main methodologies for integrating DTs with DSs, with the addition of a practical application using AASX Package Explorer, this being a platform enabling the virtual representations of industrial equipment in the molds of DT technologies, containing the association with server tools from other developers and specifications.
Keywords: Digital Twin; Data Space; data transmission; Asset Administration Shell Digital Twin; Data Space; data transmission; Asset Administration Shell

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Zenza, F.; Ferreira, L.P.; Gonçalves, C.; Ribeiro, R.; Ramos, A.L. Exploratory Integration of a Digital Twin with a Data Space: Case Study with the Asset Administration Shell. Machines 2025, 13, 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines13090751

AMA Style

Zenza F, Ferreira LP, Gonçalves C, Ribeiro R, Ramos AL. Exploratory Integration of a Digital Twin with a Data Space: Case Study with the Asset Administration Shell. Machines. 2025; 13(9):751. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines13090751

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Zenza, Francisco, Luís P. Ferreira, Carlos Gonçalves, Ricardo Ribeiro, and Ana L. Ramos. 2025. "Exploratory Integration of a Digital Twin with a Data Space: Case Study with the Asset Administration Shell" Machines 13, no. 9: 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines13090751

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Zenza, F., Ferreira, L. P., Gonçalves, C., Ribeiro, R., & Ramos, A. L. (2025). Exploratory Integration of a Digital Twin with a Data Space: Case Study with the Asset Administration Shell. Machines, 13(9), 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines13090751

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