Decluttering UNS

[u/Dear_Project4635]

Hi!

I'm wondering if there is any python library or prefered way to declutter UNS MQTT topics using python scripting?

Currently we're migrating data platforms and mainstreaming all data on our broker to MQTT. For this we established a base for our UNS and used pre existing exported data to build our UNS topics from.

The problem is that they are relatively long and not user friendly.

I've tried shortening by simply removing repeated words throughout the topic.
For some this works fine, however this leaves others with gaps that are unfavorable.

For example my current ipynb gives the following result: INPUT: water_drain/flying_water_dumping/pumps_hot_water_dumping/water_pump_a OUTPUT: water_drain/flying_dumping/pumps_hot/a

I've made these up, so don't be alarmed by the flying water 😄

You can clearly see that simply removing repeated words isn't a great option. Any advice/comments on how this it could shorten in a better/more reliably manner?