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 "title": "Digital Product Passport vs Digital Twin vs Asset Administration Shell (AAS)",
 "description": "Compare a Digital Product Passport, digital twin and Asset Administration Shell, including IDTA’s AAS-to-DPP pathway and when a simpler DPP is enough.",
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 "direct_answer": "A **Digital Product Passport** is a governed set of product information with regulatory identity, access and interoperability requirements. A **digital twin** is a broader virtual representation of an asset, system or process and may include synchronised state, behaviour or lifecycle information. An **Asset Administration Shell**, or AAS, is a standardised industrial way to represent an asset and organise its information into submodels.",
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