Asset Administration Shell as the Key Enabler of the Industry 4.0 Phenomenon

With the advent of the Industry 4.0 concept, the digitization of industrial production enterprises and the development of technologies that enabled the transformation of production into a so-called smart factory accelerated. One of the core components of this modern factory is the 14.0 component consisting of a resource and its virtual envelope (AAS). It is the virtual envelope that forms the complex digital twin of the resource and enables interaction with the environment. The AAS standard is gradually being formed, while there are already parts enabling the design and implementation of the so-called passive part of AAS. Using the theory, the original idea is transformed into a semi-formal description, which can already Copyright (c) 2024 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)