Sparkplug B in one page
The topic namespace, birth certificates, and state awareness that turn MQTT from a transport into a plug-and-play OT data fabric.
Topic namespace
Governed MQTT topic hierarchy.
The governed topic hierarchy of an MQTT deployment or UNS — naming conventions, schema rules, and lifecycle management that keep one broker understandable at enterprise scale.
See also: MQTT · Unified namespace · Sparkplug B
Use the concept: Industrial data connectivity: from register to consumer · Industrial data contract template
In depth
OPC UA, MQTT, and Sparkplug B: how they fit together
Three technologies that get compared as rivals but usually work as layers. What each one owns, and how to stop choosing between them.
Industrial MQTT topic design: names, payloads and data contracts
Design a stable telemetry namespace with identity, timestamps, units, quality and schema ownership before connecting dashboards and consumers.