TWIN-002c — Preserve Twin Realization Association
Statement
The DIDO-TE SHALL preserve the association between a Twin Realization and its Twin Identity unless a governed operation changes or removes the association.
Source
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[DTE1] U.S. Patent Application US20220237111A1, virtual and physical Twin Node concepts and identifiers shared among Twin Nodes
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[DTE2] Non-Traditional BAA Submission, F17, Twin Nodes Selection
Rationale
A Twin Realization remains meaningful only while its relationship to the applicable Twin Identity remains explicit and stable.
Preserving this association prevents a Twin Realization from silently changing the logical twin it represents because of deployment, restart, migration, Configuration change, network change, DDS discovery, or another implementation-specific event.
The requirement also supports repeatable Test Execution, comparison of Twin Realizations, and Traceability across the lifecycle of the twin relationship.
Applies To
Verification
Verification confirms that:
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A Twin Realization remains associated with the same Twin Identity across restart, redeployment, or equivalent lifecycle events.
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A change to implementation-specific resource identifiers does not alter the Twin Identity associated with the Twin Realization.
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A Configuration change does not alter the Twin Identity association unless the change explicitly includes an authorized reassociation.
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Discovery, communication matching, or DDS entity changes do not alter the Twin Identity association.
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An association changes only through an explicit governed reassociation or removal operation.
Verification includes persistence and recovery of a Twin Realization association across at least one lifecycle event.
Traceability
ConOps Relationship
This requirement supports continued use of a Twin Realization across lifecycle, Configuration, and deployment changes while preserving the logical twin represented by that realization.
Delivery Phase
TBD
Requirement Status
Draft
Statement Reference
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