Orchestrator

Ecosystem Solution Team
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
DI S DM-FA EP 2
Siemenspromenade 1
91058 Erlangen

Germany

Disclaimer: This document governs the relationship of the Ecosystem participants. This document sets out specific rules and regulations for Industrial Edge Ecosystem participants. The Industrial Edge Ecosystem Solution Team Team reserves the right to take actions based on the rules described in the Ecosystem Framework. The document will be updated in regular intervals. We reserve the right to change the document at any time at our discretion. We’ll provide notice of the changes by posting an updated version but will not notify you on an individual basis.

Ecosystem Framework Version & Changelog

2026-03

• Modified Industrial Edge Ecosystem Framework Coordinated Disclosure Policy
• Added Application Version End-of-Life (EOL) Policy
• Modified Documentation and Release Notes
• Added Documentation and Release Notes
• Modified Documentation

2025-12

• Added Vision Data Domain
• Modified Data-Integration
• Moved Support

2025-09

• Modified Entitlements
• Modified License Enforcement
• Modified Siemens Support to Providers
• Added Documentation and Release Notes

25_04

• Modified Minimum Support Period for a Phase-Out / Minimum availability
• Modified Device Testing
• Added Industrial Edge Ecosystem Framework Coordinated Disclosure Policy
• Modified App Developer Testing
• Modified Ecosystem Review
• Reworked Data Orchestration and Communication
• Renamed Supplier App -> Data Bridge App App Classification
• Modified Entitlements
• Modified License Enforcement
• Added Enforcement Phases
• Modifies License Model

25_01

• Modified User Documentation
• Modified Executable Applications
• Added Entitlements
• Added License Enforcement
• Modified App Types and Licenses
• Added Basic License
• Added Option License
• Added Upgrade License

24_10

• Overall change to a new format (May, Should, Must, Must not, ...)
• Modified Versioning
• Modified Communication
• AddedCommunication Standards
• Added Data-Types
• Added Data-Domains
• Added Dataflow
• Added Payload Formats
• Modified Compatibility
• Modified Device-agnostic
• Added Framework Specification
• Added Configuration
• Removed [Concurrency]
• Modified [App Testing]->App Developer Testing
• Modified [App Review]->Ecosystem Review
• Added User Accounts

1.0.6

• Modified Governance
• Modified Device Compatibility
• New Publish and Enforcement of New Versions
• Moved App Developer Approval->App Seller Approval
• Modified Device-agnostic
• Modified Awareness of other application
• Typos

1.0.5

• Modified Communication
• New Awareness of other application

1.0.4

• Modified Communication

1.0.3

• New Executable Applications
• New Content Update Cycle
• Modified Use of Third-Party Payment Mechanisms

1.0.2

• Modified Developer Documentation
• Modified App Developer Approval
• Modified App Testing
• Modified App Review

1.0.1

• New Trial licences
• New Go 2 Market Enablement
  • New Promo Package
• New Volume based discounts
• New Standard support channels
• New Minimum support period for a planned phase-out
• New Ecosystem Framework versioning

1.0.0

• First Version