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Hands-On Azure Digital Twins
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Hands-On Azure Digital Twins

by Alexander Meijers
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced
446 pages
8h 13m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 3: Digital Twin Definition Model

This chapter will look at the Digital Twin Definition Language in depth. The Digital Twin Definition Language is used to describe the meta models we use to create custom models to instantiate Digital Twins. First, we will explain the different meta models such as interfaces, properties, and components. Then, we will learn about the Digital Twin Model identifier, its available schemas, and its semantic types. Some examples will be used to explain it more thoroughly.

While this chapter is more theoretical than the other chapters, it will pave the way for building Digital Twins using the Azure Digital Twins service. You will use each of these definitions in the upcoming chapters to understand their examples, ...

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ISBN: 9781801071383