DEXPI

The DEXPI Initiative (short for Data Exchange in the Process Industry to German as: data exchange in the process industry ) has set itself the goal of a neutral data format to create between software products from different means of which process information, manufacturers can be replaced by engineering tools.

Data Exchange in the Process Industry (DEXPI)
founding	2011
Website	https://www.dexpi.org

A first goal was to define a standard for the exchange of P & IDs . The current specification can be found on GitLab and is released for use.

DEXPI encourages software manufacturers to become members of the initiative and thus to be able to directly influence the development of the specification as well as the implementation in the various software products. For further funding, so-called hackathons are organized by the DEXPI Initiative to improve the development process of the import and export interfaces of the software manufacturers based on the DEXPI specification.

Reasons for such an initiative included a .:

• There was no exchange standard for process data before it was founded
• An exchange of P&ID data from the systems of the operators / owners of the chemical factories and the engineering companies allows everyone involved to use the preferred tools
• a process data model is required during the entire life cycle of a chemical plant.

history

The DEXPI initiative was founded in 2011 by BASF SE , Bayer AG and Evonik Technology & Infrastructure GmbH . Further highlights at a glance:

• The first publication of a model of process data was published in 2016.
• Version 1.2 of the DEXPI data model is currently published.
• Version 1.3 has been announced for the first quarter of 2020.

Overview DEXPI

Members

Current members of the DEXPI Initiative:

• BASF SE
• Bayer AG
• Covestro Germany AG
• Evonik Technology & Infrastructure GmbH
• Equinor ASA
• Merck KGaA

Cooperating software manufacturers:

• Autodesk
• Aucotec
• AVEVA Group plc
• Bilfinger
• hexagon
• PTC
• Semantum
• Siemens
• X-Visual

The initiative is supported by:

• DECHEMA
• AixCAPE eV

literature

• H. Temmen, U. Argast, R. Welke, M. Theissen, M. Wiedau: Intelligent R&I exchange - DEXPI has reached an important milestone. In: atp - automation technology practice. Volume 58, Issue 3, 2016, pp. 54–65.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DEXPI on GitLab. Retrieved October 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} dexpi.org - Members. Retrieved October 22, 2019 . 

Web links

• offz. DEXPI homepage
• Dechema, 2019 - Digitization offers an add-on
• D1G1TAL agenda - Do-it-yourself digitization for the manufacturing and process industries
• Smart data: digitization for pharmaceutical production 4.0
• Article in CIT: ENPRO Data Integration: Extending DEXPI Towards the Asset Lifecycle
• PraxisForum Data exchange in the process industry @ ACHEMA 2018
• Position paper of the DEXPI Group