IDTA and IDSA lay the foundation for joint industrial data ecosystems

AAS and Dataspace Protocol to jointly strengthen interoperability and secure data spaces in industrial value creation networks

Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) and International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) are merging their expertise to bring industrial data exchange and the application of digital twins closer together in the future. The cooperation combines two central building blocks of the digital industry: While IDTA develops the standard for digital twins based on the Asset Administration Shell (AAS), IDSA addresses interaction in decentralised data spaces with the standardisation of the Dataspace Protocol. The synergy between the two standards enables data from digital twins to be structured and stored in a reliable manner, while also being made available and accessed across data spaces across companies, industries and value creation networks. The aim of the cooperation is to further advance interoperability and data sovereignty in industry, thereby enabling new data-based applications and business models. The agreement was officially signed on 12 March 2026 at a joint event where participants from both communities came together to discuss joint activities and future initiatives.

“The combination of AAS and the Dataspace Protocol creates significant added value for industrial data ecosystems. Together, we are making an important contribution to standardisation in industrial value networks. Our goal is to provide companies with a reliable basis for describing data from digital twins in an interoperable manner while sharing it trustworthily between partners,” says Christian Mosch, Managing Director of IDTA.

“Digital twins offer industrial companies enormous potential for higher efficiency and new innovations,” says Lars Nagel, CEO of IDSA. “This potential arises especially when the data generated in the digital twin does not remain isolated, but can be securely used by AI applications and partners along the value chain. Data spaces enable precisely that: They create trustworthy access to data without companies losing control over it. In this way, the basis for new data-driven solutions is laid, from which all parties involved benefit.”

Image: IDTA and IDSA agree to cooperate to strengthen industrial data ecosystems
Source: IDTA