Glossary

Term	Explanation
IE	Industrial Edge
IEM	Industrial Edge Management
IED	Industrial Edge Device
IIH	Industrial Information Hub
IIHE	IIH Essentials
Topic	A topic is subscribed by IIH Essentials and gets its data from the MQTT Broker.
Tag	A tag is made available by the connector and publishes its data either to the Databus (MQTT Broker) or directly in IIH Essentials (Connectivity Suite).
Aspect	Aspects are mainly used to define the substructure of assets and to group attributes. An aspect is an integral part of an asset.
AspectType	Aspect types can be used to centrally define the structure of aspects.
Asset	Assets are a digital representation of machines or automation systems with one or more automation devices (e.g. PLCs). The data that describes an asset is acquired and transmitted. The data is then made available for further processing and evaluation.
AssetType	Asset types can be used to centrally define the structure of assets.
Attribute	Attributes are the data members of assets and aspects.
AttributeType	Attribute types can be used to centrally define the settings of attributes.

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