Software standards for instrument interoperability?

Hi there,

I took a very quick look at the compiled PDF & didn't see some software standards mentioned yet. See below for some software standards that have discussed in the context of life science automation "workcells" (heterogenous collections of instruments from different vendors). Some vendors, e.g. Tecan, are starting to putting native SiLA2 support into their instruments. I could possibly write up some more details on these standards & their implications, as I've been working with SiLA2 in particular for instrument integration... But at least I wanted to make this issue to start the discussion.

SiLA2: https://sila-standard.com ( Essentially a wrapper around https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRPC , but oriented towards life science research & automation )

OPC UA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPC_Unified_Architecture (I know limited amounts about this & haven't seen it implemented in the life sciences myself, but it is an existing industry standard)

MQTT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQTT (Very simple software standard for simple commands & data return, but very simple can be good. Widely used in the "Home Automation" or "Smart Home" field.)