Abstract
In this paper, the relation between “Industry 4.0” and the metadata formats JDF/XJDF is discussed. While “Industry 4.0” is a term for a certain method of production in general, the XML-based data formats JDF/XJDF are commonly considered being technologies for implementing Industry 4.0 production in the graphic arts industry. The paper shows that the original architecture behind JDF, however, is more compat-ible with Industry 4.0 that the new XJDF format. For this purpose, some important features of these two data formats are outlined.
Highlights
Smart Factory is a general research concept concerning automation of industrial production processes. This term derives from the “Industry 4.0” initiative, the future project of the German government
One of the main features is the data exchange between production machines based on internet technologies
With XJDF, there is no more fixed connection between a single product description and the definition of production processes like it was with Job Definition Format (JDF)
Summary
Key words JDF, XJDF, PDF, Metadata, Print Production, Industry 4.0 Smart Factory is a general research concept concerning automation of industrial production processes. The first specification of the Job Definition Format (JDF) (CIP4, 2013) had been published in 2001 and complies with the concept of the smart factory in the printing industry (“Printing 4.0”).
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