ISO IEC TR 30172-2023 PDF

Full title and description

ISO/IEC TR 30172:2023 — Internet of things (IoT) — Digital twin — Use cases. This technical report collects representative use cases and illustrative examples of digital‑twin applications across multiple domains (for example smart manufacturing and smart cities) and is intended to inform interoperability, requirements analysis and standardization work for IoT and digital twin systems.

Abstract

This Technical Report presents a set of representative use cases for digital twin implementations that illustrate typical architectures, data flows and application scenarios across industries and public sector domains. It is intended as an informative (non‑normative) resource to help organizations, implementers and standards developers understand practical digital twin deployments and the requirements they imply for IoT ecosystems and interoperability.

General information

• Status: Published (International technical report).
• Publication date: 30 October 2023 (listed as October 2023 in ISO records).
• Publisher: ISO/IEC (published as an ISO/IEC Technical Report by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 — Internet of Things and Digital Twin).
• ICS / categories: ICS 35.020 (Internet of things / information technology); related listings also reference 35.240 (digital manufacturing / digital twin contexts).
• Edition / version: Edition 1.0 (2023).
• Number of pages: 171 pages (official ISO listing; some distributors list 177 pages in their catalogues).

Scope

The report provides a collection of representative digital twin use cases applicable to a wide range of domains (for example smart manufacturing, smart cities and other IoT‑enabled systems). It is intended to be applicable to all types of organisations (commercial enterprises, government agencies, not‑for‑profits) and to support the identification of requirements, data needs, interoperability points and example architectures for digital twin deployments. The document is informative — it documents use cases rather than specifying normative requirements.

Key topics and requirements

• Catalog of representative digital twin use cases across domains (manufacturing, cities, infrastructure, asset management).
• Illustrative data flows and interaction patterns between physical assets, IoT devices, digital twins and applications.
• Discussion of stakeholders, roles and typical lifecycle concerns for digital twins (creation, synchronization, operation, maintenance).
• Examples oriented to interoperability, data exchange, and integration points with IoT reference architectures.
• Non‑normative guidance to help derive requirements for standards, implementations and testing.

Typical use and users

Primary audiences include IoT and digital twin architects, systems and solution designers, standards developers, R&D teams, smart‑city planners, manufacturing engineers (IIoT), procurement and technical managers in organisations evaluating or deploying digital twin solutions, and policy makers seeking to understand interoperability challenges. The report is also useful for integrators and tool vendors as a source of real‑world use cases to validate architectures and data models.

Related standards

Relevant and related standards and documents include (non‑exhaustive): ISO/IEC 30141 (IoT — Reference architecture), the ISO 23247 series (Digital twin framework for manufacturing), ISO/IEC 20924 (IoT and digital twin vocabulary), and ISO/IEC 30173 (digital twin concepts and terminology). These documents provide reference architecture, terminology and domain‑specific frameworks that complement the use‑case material in TR 30172.

Keywords

digital twin, Internet of Things, IoT, use cases, interoperability, smart manufacturing, smart cities, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41, technical report, data exchange, lifecycle.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO/IEC TR 30172:2023 is a Technical Report titled "Internet of things (IoT) — Digital twin — Use cases" that documents representative digital twin use cases and illustrative scenarios to support interoperability and requirements work. It is an informative (non‑normative) ISO/IEC publication.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers a collection of representative digital twin application use cases across domains (for example smart manufacturing and smart cities), including typical architectures, data flows, stakeholder roles and considerations that inform standards and implementations.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Users include IoT/digital twin architects, system integrators, manufacturers, smart‑city planners, standards developers and other stakeholders who need practical examples to derive requirements or validate designs for digital twin and IoT systems.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: As published in October 2023, ISO/IEC TR 30172:2023 is the current Technical Report (Edition 1). It is informative and does not set normative requirements; users should check for any newer revisions or complementary standards when designing implementations.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: It sits within the broader ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 work on IoT and digital twin topics and complements related standards such as ISO/IEC 30141 (IoT reference architecture), the ISO 23247 series (digital twin for manufacturing) and vocabulary/terminology standards (for example ISO/IEC 20924 and ISO/IEC 30173).

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Key keywords include: digital twin, Internet of Things, IoT, use cases, interoperability, smart manufacturing, smart cities, lifecycle, data exchange, technical report.