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The Marketplace for Asset Administration Shells is the central hub for providing and exchanging AAS.

On the marketplace, users can research published AAS and download them as an AASX package in order to use them.

It is possible to load AAS from the marketplace into the Designer and process them further. AAS created in the Designer can be published on the marketplace at the push of a button.

With the Viewer, data stored in an AAS can be made readable and viewed.

The Viewer, which is included in the AAS Designer, Marketplace, Compare Tool and Reader, displays the content of an Asset Administration Shell in a fast, easy-to-read and visually appealing view.

For example, measurement data that is available as time series data can be loaded for a selectable period and clearly displayed in a chart.

With the Reader, information stored as a QR code in an AAS can be made readable and viewed.

The Reader is an extension of the Viewer included in the AAS Designer and Marketplace.

In the Marketplace, a link and a QR code can be generated for each published AAS. By scanning the QR code with the AAS Reader, the contents of the AAS are displayed in the Viewer in a readable and visually appealing form.

With the Feed Application, AAS can be generated automatically with ease.

To generate an AAS for each individual product in production, creating Asset Administration Shells manually is not feasible due to the large volume. For this reason, the AAS Designer provides the Feed Application, which can automatically generate AAS.

Based on a type AAS as a kind of template, values for the fields are defined in the various submodels. This determines where the data should come from and how it should be linked to external data sources. You choose once from different methods for how data should be inserted, for example by a fixed value, a function call, a web service call, or from a CSV file, etc. This makes it possible to create large volumes of product AAS (instances) at the push of a button or automatically via the integrated REST API.

With the Compare Tool, it is possible to compare Asset Administration Shells with each other.

An important concept of the Asset Administration Shell is the standardized data structure. This allows assets to be compared, for example, in terms of their technical specifications, operating data (energy consumption, efficiency in certain areas etc.), interoperability, extensibility, security characteristics, compliance and certifications, and much more.

compare.aas-suite.com shows a freely usable example application of what such a comparison can look like. Currently, the submodels Technical Data, Article Information and part of the Digital Nameplate are compared. The IDTA-compliant API of the AAS enables this comparison for AAS from different repositories of various providers.

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We also offer additional services in the AAS domain: Do you want to learn about the possibilities of using AAS, set up initial projects with it or carry out a proof of concept? Do you need help building a software infrastructure to work with AAS and use it productively in your company? Or do you need a specific, tailor-made software solution? We can support you here as well!