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Industrial Automation Software: Using the Web as a Design Guide

Authors:
Dirk van der Linden
Georg Neugschwandtner
Herwig Mannaert

Keywords: OPC UA; Normalized Systems; Evolvability; Industrial Automation.

Abstract:
When looking the World Wide Web (and the Internet at large) as one giant application, we observe certain desirable properties that would also be welcome, but cannot be taken for granted, in industrial automation systems. In particular, subtasks that are unrelated from a functional point of view (such as Web sites) are usually well-separated from each other. Web services can play a key role in bringing separation of concerns to automation systems. The paper introduces a relevant standard (OPC UA). It also presents the Normalized Systems theory as a structured way of ensuring separation of concerns which is applicable to a wide range of application domains, from the Web to programs within automation controllers.

Pages: 67 to 72

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: May 27, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3972

ISBN: 978-1-61208-200-4

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Dates: from May 27, 2012 to June 1, 2012