Organizational and technical requirements for umati showcase participants

Disclaimer

The following documentation is phrased for in-person trade fairs. Nontheless, the requirements shall be applicable to the virtual showcase as well.

umati showcase demonstration participants

Please register with info@umati.org if you intend to participate at the umati showcase demonstration to ensure you receive all necessary information.

Parties involved in the showcase will offer different umati technology. We distinguish three solution types:

Component manufacturers (C) supply umati partner components or industrial controls with OPC UA Servers according to the umati showcase specification.
Machine tool manufacturers (M) equip machine with (OPC UA Server) according to the umati showcase specification.
Application providers (A) display and analyze provided data available over the umati datahub according to the umati showcase specification.

Participants can provide more than one umati partner solution type.

Memorandum of understanding

Regulations concerning offered services, obligations of the participants and brand usage are collected in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which participants of the umati showcase will need to sign ahead of the umati showcase demonstration. Please refer to MoU document for further information. (Please request a copy by mailing to info@umati.org)

Every participant is permitted to advertise his or her involvement in the umati community through the free, time-limited "umati partner" logo, e.g. in the web or in prints etc. Details of this permission are regulated in the individual MoU.

Services offered by umati iniative include

Listing all participants on the http://umati.org website, prints, presentations etc. where practicable in scope and extent.
Providing a corporate design to be used by all participants for free.
Advertisement flyers, press conference, social media campaign with mentioning of all participants.
Access to a partners-only repositiory with necessary files and instructions to implement a solution

Obligations of all participants include

The “partner” is responsible to actively support the dissemination of umati amongst his customers, suppliers and market competitors.
The “partner” shall participate in demonstration scenarios by connecting a product (obsolete if the partner is an end user of machinery or software)
The “partner” is obliged to ensure the visibility of umati in his communication, which includes placing a reference to umati in his internet presence and to link to http://umati.org
The “partner” should become actively involved in the development of related OPC UA standards (providing feedback on documents circulated to the partners; participation in tests, plug fests, hackathons and the like).
The “partner” shall support communication of umati, e.g. by providing statements or visuals, and permits the use of the “partner’s” logo for all public relations activities relating to umati.
The “partner” must actively announce their participation in the umati showcase demonstration ahead of the trade show, e.g. in press conferences, newsletters, advertisement, etc.
The “partner” must advertise umati at its booth in a visible way (roll-ups, banners, stickers on machines with QR code, display of informational material).
The “partner” must educate booth personnel to inform visitors about umati. At any point in time at least one expert (umati proficient) must be available at the booth.
For networking events of other marketing events, the “partner” offers at least one employee for participation.

Obligations of participants (M) connecting machinery

Participant (M) must connect one or more machines that offer reliant data during the exhibition times. The machines do not need to be present on the fair ground.
Participant (M) agrees to full data openness, i.e. the data delivered during exhibition times may be used by any other umati showcase participant without restrictions.
Participant (M) consents that all data delivered during exhibition times are archived by umati and can be used in anonymized form for future demonstrations or tests.

Obligations of participants (C) supplying components

Participants (C) without connected machines must verifiably offer support to other participants (M) for the connectivity to the umati.app.

Obligations of participants (A) showing applications

Participants (A) need to be aware, show sensitivity, and communicate that the umati showcase demonstration is demonstration only, i.e., data flowing in which can be used for analysis is not real production data and cannot be used to deduct any considerations regarding the performance of any connected equipment.

Please refer to the MoU for further details. In case of doubt/discrepancies to the preceding list the regulations as denoted in the MoU shall apply.

A separate MoU is available for associations or other organizations that want to support umati. Please contact us at info@umati.org for details.

Marketing package for umati showcase participants

All participants received a marketing package which will be updated as the trade fairs approach. It currently contains the following items and can be found at: https://umati.org/Partners/partner-material/:

umati partner logo: The umati Partner logo should be used in your marketing and press materials online as well as offline.
umati sticker for the connected machines: Each machine should be outfitted with a umati sticker. If you are connecting a machine that is not located on the fair ground, please find a suitable place for this sticker on your booth to enable visitors to access the dashboard side of your machine with this code.
press release from umati : informs about the showcase and the registered parties. Please use it also for your own communication as a template. Further press releases are going to follow.
umati showcase folder : [is currently prepared – not yet available] we will prepare a umati showcase folder, with more content and listing every partner and the booth information.
umati dashboard: We provide a umati dashboard via a weblink to visualize all machines connected to the showcase. You are free to use this dashboard at your own booth. The dashboard access is described in chapter 4.
umati representative preparation/briefing: We provide extensive documentation for your umati representatives (called umati Ambassadors), such that your employees can answer the most common questions concerning umati. For other booth personnel we provide a shortened version of this document.

Necessary interaction by the participants are

If you publish information or are mentioning umati partnership in other places, please keep us informed by either sending a copy or a URL to info@umati.org for online material.
For fairs with a central umati booth, there will be a logo wall with all umati partners. Please provide a logo to us.
For picturing your machine on the umati dashboard, please send us a picture of the specific machine to info@umati.org (Image will be compressed to 1100x800 if it's larger) together with the Namespace URI of the machine in the datahub. If you do not provide a picture, we will instead display a dummy machine icon.

Documentation, timeline and notes on implementation details for umati showcase

Provided documents and files

We have provided reference documents for the umati showcase information model as follows:

Specification of OPC UA server and parameter set for umati demonstrators, offers an extensive description of the umati showcase demonstrator story, organizational and technical requirements for all participants, specification of the umati showcase OPC UA Server as well as documentation, timeline and notes for the umati showcase OPC UA Server and client implementations
Memorandum of understanding regulates the use of the brand, services offered by VDW and obligations of the participant in context to the umati showcase demonstrations, if you have registered as a umati partner already, there is no need to sign the MoU again.
for marketing materials and the umati ambassador/booth personnel documentation see https://umati.org/Partners/partner-material/ for current versions and details.