IVI published a specification document of Connected Industries Open Framework (CIOF) which deals with valuable data transportation between smart manufacturing units (SMUs).
The CIOF contains hyper communication server (HCS), hyper communication terminal (HCT), hyper dictionary server (HDS), and hyper connection manager (HCM).
The project launched in July 2018 with FANUC, Mitsubishi Electronics, DMG MORI, and Hitachi supported by Japan Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) has developed a testbed prototype system for PoC.
The results will be presented at Hannover Messe on 1st of April at 14:00 at Hall 8, Stand D17.
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English:
https://iv-i.org/docs/CIOF_BasicSpecification_EN_20190215.pdf
Japanese:
https://iv-i.org/docs/CIOF_BasicSpecification_JP_20190215.pdf