The Industrial Internet Consortium has announced the release of its Industrial Internet Reference Architecture (IIRA) – a document it says “provides a common language for the elements of industrial systems and the relationships between them.” This is a guide on how to build industrial IoT (IIoT) systems, with the backing of some very notable industry names. Unveiled at the Industrial Internet Berlin Forum, the IIRA is a framework that places both existing and emerging standards and protocols into a common structure, so that a business or organization can use it to spot the gaps in their systems or offerings. The IIRA outlines the key characteristics of a range of IIoT systems, as well as offering different viewpoints that should be…