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# Glossary

### GLOSSARYTerms A-Z

- [Glossary](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary)
- [ALL](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary?val=all)
- [A～G](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary?val=a_g)
- [H～N](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary?val=h_n)
- [O～U](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary?val=o_u)
- [V～Z](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary?val=v_z)
- [Numbers ・ Symbols](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary?val=0_9)

# Interoperability

In [Industry 4.0](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/industry4.0), interoperability is the strategic ability of diverse industrial systems—machines, software, and sensors—to exchange and accurately interpret data across a global value chain. It goes beyond connectivity by ensuring data meaning is preserved regardless of source.

Using standardized frameworks like the [**Asset Administration Shell (AAS)**](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/aas-asset-administration-shell), a controller ([PLC](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/programmable-logic-controller-plc)) can communicate with an industrial robot and an [enterprise resource planning (ERP)](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/erp-enterprise-resource-planning) system in a unified language.

This seamless integration supports [smart factories](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/smart-factory) by enabling agile production, reducing [downtime](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/downtime), and orchestrating multi-vendor ecosystems without vendor-specific restrictions.

 

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### RELATED WORDS

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- [International Data Spaces (IDS)](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/international-data-spaces-ids)
- [Institutional knowledge](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/institutional-knowledge)
- [IFRS S2](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/ifrs-s2)
- [IFRS S1](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/ifrs-s1)
- [IFRS](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/ifrs)
- [TCFD](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/tcfd)
- [IT-OT convergence](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/it-ot-convergence)
- [ISSB](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/issb)
- [Integrated Reporting](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/integrated-reporting)
- [Industrial Metabolism](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/industrial-metabolism)
- [Iron](https://www.o2oh.com/glossary/iron)

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