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Components of the Unified Namespace (UNS)

The Unified Namespace (UNS) offers a smarter, more scalable way to connect different components in industrial and IT/OT architectures. In this video, we cover the 5 basic components that enable it.

Components of the Unified Namespace (UNS)

In this video, we break down the concept of Unified Namespace (UNS) and explore the different ways you can connect components within your architecture. We also dive into the key components that define a Unified Namespace.


Key Components covered:

  • Event-Driven Architecture: How producers, brokers, and consumers interact in real-time via an Event-driven Architecture.
  • Standardized Topic Hierarchy: The importance of a structured format for data organization in ISA95-style framework.
  • Message Broker: Why sending all data to the broker can be beneficial, even if it feels redundant
  • Stream Processing or Data Contextualization: How to ensure your data is in the right format and context.
  • Protocol Converters: How to bridge the gap between incompatible data sources and your message broker.
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To dive deeper and learn more about UNS, check out our blog series.

Prefer to watch instead, we have a mini video series which covers all the components in depth: Watch here


Chapters
00:00 - 00:20 Introduction
00:20 - 00:47 Direction connection
00:47 - 01:34 Connecting via Database
01:34 - 02:00 Connecting via Message Broker
02:00 - 02:15 Event-Driven Architecture
02:15 - 02:35 Standardised Topic Hierarchy
02:25 - 03:29 Sending data to a message broker
03:29 - 03:55 Stream Processing /Data Contextualization
03:55 - 04:20 Protocol Converters

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