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[cMFDCOEL-06]If Odysseus had a DTO: From Iliad practices to digital twin Earth development standards
*Sigmund Kluckner1 (1. IEEE France / self (France))
Digital Twins of the Ocean (DTOs) leverage advances in computing and data storage to improve ocean research and management through enhanced simulations, monitoring, and predictions. DTOs are an emerging field, with diverse approaches resulting in unique implementations. DTOs are currently developed for different localizations, time and geographic resolutions, and goals; their common denominator is the goal to support decision making through Digital Twin enabled simulations on ‘what-if’ scenarios.
Standardization and best practices enable interoperability and comparability across DTO systems, connecting data storage, models, simulation tools, and user interfaces from different domains. This enables the creation of a trusted ecosystem with consistency, accuracy, and reliability while still allowing proprietary innovation. Common data formats, protocols, metadata standards, and vocabularies reduce redundancy, minimize integration costs, and promote scalability. DTOs can then incorporate more variables or complex interactions without sacrificing quality, remain adaptable to new technologies, and support transparency and reproducibility.
Clear standards and practices prevent fragmented efforts and accelerate global DTO adoption, improving decision-making for environmental and societal resilience. They streamline processes and ensure interoperability across technical and human layers and can shorten implementation timelines and improve communication among engineers and stakeholders.
The EU-funded Iliad project aimed to integrate localized DTOs for sectors like aquaculture, oil spill, offshore wind, or citizen science. Each pilot combines domain-specific engineering with digital systems practices, which were documented in the “Iliad Compendium”. Newly developed practices and standards from DTO projects are encouraged to be documented and shared with the broader digital twin and ocean research communities, for example on the Ocean Best Practices System OBPS or in professional societies like IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society.
Standards and best practices are essential for DTO development, ensuring interoperability, scalability, and trust. Initiatives like IEEE P3501 exemplify efforts to align practices globally, accelerating innovation and supporting resilient ocean management.
Standardization and best practices enable interoperability and comparability across DTO systems, connecting data storage, models, simulation tools, and user interfaces from different domains. This enables the creation of a trusted ecosystem with consistency, accuracy, and reliability while still allowing proprietary innovation. Common data formats, protocols, metadata standards, and vocabularies reduce redundancy, minimize integration costs, and promote scalability. DTOs can then incorporate more variables or complex interactions without sacrificing quality, remain adaptable to new technologies, and support transparency and reproducibility.
Clear standards and practices prevent fragmented efforts and accelerate global DTO adoption, improving decision-making for environmental and societal resilience. They streamline processes and ensure interoperability across technical and human layers and can shorten implementation timelines and improve communication among engineers and stakeholders.
The EU-funded Iliad project aimed to integrate localized DTOs for sectors like aquaculture, oil spill, offshore wind, or citizen science. Each pilot combines domain-specific engineering with digital systems practices, which were documented in the “Iliad Compendium”. Newly developed practices and standards from DTO projects are encouraged to be documented and shared with the broader digital twin and ocean research communities, for example on the Ocean Best Practices System OBPS or in professional societies like IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society.
Standards and best practices are essential for DTO development, ensuring interoperability, scalability, and trust. Initiatives like IEEE P3501 exemplify efforts to align practices globally, accelerating innovation and supporting resilient ocean management.
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