Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
This paper presents our ongoing work concerning two device description technologies: the electronic device description language (EDDL) and the field device tool/device type manager (FDT/DTM) concept. Both are intended to provide a unique method of describing field area devices, using passive encapsulation of data in case of EDDL and active encapsulation of data in case of the FDT/DTM concept. A simple test device configurable via serial communication is specified using both technologies. To use the descriptions, appropriate plug-ins are implemented for a WiP commercial engineering platform. This way, we consider it to stay in touch with future device description standards.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Kästner et al. (2005) studied this question.