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Description
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This dataset belongs to the publication "Rethinking Asset Administration Shell Communication Types: A Systematic Mapping Study and Portfolio-Based Classification." (DOI 10.1007/s11740-025-01378-3). A detailed description of the setup can be found in the publication.
This study aims to determine if definitions exist for the different types of AAS and if they are used consistently. Additionally, it should be clarified whether the definitions are based on the same source.
Due to our goal of identifying the definitions of AAS types used in the literature, as well as their usage and sources, we did not further restrict our search terms. Consequently, we searched the selected databases using the keywords "(Asset Administration Shell OR Asset Administration Shells)" AND "(Type OR Types)". The databases chosen for this study are IEEE Xplore, SpringerLink, and ScienceDirect. All publications were accessed on August 12th, 2024.
To reduce the corpus and ensure the study's reproducibility, we applied specific exclusion criteria.
Inclusion criteria:
- Electronically accessible studies
- Studies available in English
- Peer-reviewed studies
- Full papers with 4 or more pages
Exclusion criteria:
- Electronically inaccessible studies
- Studies unavailable in English
- Studies from sources without systematic peer review processes, such as books, magazines, and websites
- Short papers of less than 4 pages
- Papers which do not define or describe at least two different AAStypes
Through our search, we obtained 538 publications. After excluding non-peer reviewed publications, 347 documents were left in the corpus, which comprise the replication package. In the next step, we applied the remaining exclusion criteria, leaving 340 potentially relevant papers to read. Before the literature was distributed, the first 3 papers were evaluated together. For this purpose, these 3 papers were divided among the first five authors, who read and evaluated them individually. The results were discussed jointly to verify that we have the same understanding of the AAS types. Then, we evenly distributed the remaining 337 publications between the first five authors and synchronized about questions and conflicts in weekly sprint meetings. The publications were read and analyzed regarding definitions of AAS types. As a result, 32 of the studies were classified as relevant as they contained type definitions of at least two distinct types of AAS. Publications that distinguish between AAS, but are clearly grouped in a binary system that cannot be translated into the ternary system of AAS types, were not included in the analysis and therefore this dataset, e.g. sources that distinguish between an active and a passive part of a single AAS.
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