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Data representation unification is the process of bringing data from different sources to a single format, structure, and semantics. This makes the data easier to process, analyze, and integrate into a single system, and it increases the overall efficiency of the platform.

Unification is especially important in the IIoT Platform for collecting and processing telemetry data, because the platform handles data from heterogeneous IoT devices: industrial and household gas, water, electricity, and heat meters.

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Unifying data representation lets the platform standardize the collection and transmission of consumption parameters from various IoT devices and build a consistent, efficient data management system.

The platform for collecting and processing telemetry data is a single unified system for collecting, storing, and processing energy consumption data.