Industrial IoT gets a boost with Sparkplug 3.0
The Eclipse Foundation, an open-source software foundation, in collaboration with the Eclipse Sparkplug Working Group, recently announced that its Sparkplug 3.0 specification, released last year, has been published as an International Standard.
The publication is the outcome of transposing the specification through the ISO and IEC Joint Technical Committee (JTC 1) using the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) transposition process, the organizations say. JTC 1 is an international standards group that operates on a consensus-based approach.
According to Phil Wennblom, the chair of JTC 1, JTC 1 values the chance to collaborate with the Eclipse Foundation on this initiative and commends the foundation on approving ISO/IEC 20237.
“JTC 1 looks forward to our future collaboration,” he says.
ISO/IEC, the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission, aims to promote innovation, sustainability and global trade by developing International Standards. Sparkplug is an open software specification integrating data from applications, sensors, devices and gateways with different IIoT infrastructure, leveraging industry standards like OASIS MQTT.
The organizations assert that transitioning to an ISO/IEC standard will propel the technology toward global recognition, broadening its market reach.
“The publication of Sparkplug 3.0 as an international standard is significant, not just for the Sparkplug community, but for any organization that needs to digitally transform their business by leveraging IIoT technologies,” notes Mike Milinkovich, the executive director for the Eclipse Foundation.
Sparkplug offers an open specification for communication between Edge of Network (EoN) gateways, MQTT-enabled end devices, and MQTT Applications within an MQTT Infrastructure. It caters to various application solution use cases and diverse network topologies.
The Sparkplug Working Group has also launched a product compatibility program in a bid to ensure compatibility and interoperability among Sparkplug-compatible products.
The Eclipse Foundation has recently published its annual survey on the IoT and edge computing industry. The survey covers challenges faced by developers and growth opportunities for businesses in this sector.
The report notes that control logic is a prevalent workload for edge computing applications, second only to artificial intelligence. This indicates a strong emphasis on real-time control and decision-making solutions at the network edge.
Container images are also used for both edge gateways and servers due to their efficiency in application deployment and management, the survey notes. Additionally, docker emerges as the most popular choice for container orchestration at the edge.
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