Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations

Terms and Definitions

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If available, definitions were taken from IEC 63278-1:2023 and IEC 63278.-3.

Access Control

The decision to permit or deny a subject access to system objects (network, data, application, service, etc.)

[Source: NIST SP 800-162]

Usage Control

Enforcement of data usage restrictions on the consumer side after access to data has been granted.

Note 1: Usage Control is concerned with requirements that pertain to data processing (obligations) rather than data access (provisions).

accountability

property of a system (including all of its system resources) that ensures the actions of a system entity may be traced uniquely to that entity, which can be held responsible for its actions

[SOURCE: IEC TS 62443-1-1:2009, 3.2.3]

authenticate

verify the identity of a user, user device, or other entity, or the integrity of data stored, transmitted, or otherwise exposed to unauthorized modification in an information system, or to establish the validity of a transmission

[SOURCE: IEC TS 62443-1-1:2009, 3.2.12]

authentication

security measure designed to establish the validity of a transmission, message, or originator, or a means of verifying an individual’s authorization to receive specific categories of information

[SOURCE: IEC TS 62443-1-1:2009, 3.2.13]

authorization

right or permission that is granted to a system entity to access a system resource

[SOURCE: IEC TS 62443-1-1:2009, 3.2.14]

data integrity

property that data has not been changed, destroyed, or lost in an unauthorized or accidental manner

Note 1 to entry: This term deals with constancy of and confidence in data values, not with the information that the values represent or the trustworthiness of the source of the values.

[SOURCE: IEC TS 62443-1-1:2009, 3.2.38]

Abbreviations

Abbreviation Description

AAS

Asset Administration Shell

AASX

Package file format for the AAS

ABAC

Attribute Based Access Control

ACL

Access Control List

API

Application Programming Interface

BLOB

Binary Large Object

BNF

Backus Naur Form

DKE

Deutsche Kommission für Elektrotechnik

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

ID

Identifier

IDTA

Industrial Digital Twin Association

IDP

Identity Provider

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IRDI

International Registration Data Identifier

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

OAUTH

Open Authorization

ODRL

Open Digital Rights Language

OIDC

OpenID Connect

OPC

Open Packaging Conventions (ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500-2)

RDF

Resource Description Framework

REST

Representational State Transfer

RFC

Request for Comment

ROA

Resource Oriented Architecture

SOA

Service Oriented Architecture

UML

Unified Modeling Language

URI, URL, URN

Uniform Resource Identifier, Locator, Name

VDE

Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e. V.

VDI

Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e.V.

VDMA

Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

XACML

eXtensible Access Control Markup Language

XML

eXtensible Markup Language

X509

Standard format for public key certificates

ZIP

archive file format that supports lossless data compression

ZVEI

Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e. V.