IEC 62541-5:2020

OPC Unified Architecture - Part 5: Information Model

IEC 62541-5:2020

Name:IEC 62541-5:2020   Standard name:OPC Unified Architecture - Part 5: Information Model
Standard number:IEC 62541-5:2020   language:English language
Release Date:09-Jul-2020   technical committee:SC 65E - Devices and integration in enterprise systems
Drafting committee:WG 8 - TC 65/SC 65E/WG 8   ICS number:01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION

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IEC 62541-5
Edition 3.0 2020-07
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INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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OPC unified architecture –
Part 5: Information Model
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ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.05 ISBN 978-2-8322-8656-2

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 15
1 Scope . 18
2 Normative references . 18
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and conventions . 19
3.1 Terms and definitions . 19
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 19
3.3 Conventions for Node descriptions . 19
4 NodeIds and BrowseNames . 21
4.1 NodeIds . 21
4.2 BrowseNames . 21
5 Common Attributes . 21
5.1 General . 21
5.2 Objects . 22
5.3 Variables . 22
5.4 VariableTypes . 23
5.5 Methods . 23
6 Standard ObjectTypes . 23
6.1 General . 23
6.2 BaseObjectType . 24
6.3 ObjectTypes for the Server Object . 24
6.3.1 ServerType . 24
6.3.2 ServerCapabilitiesType . 27
6.3.3 ServerDiagnosticsType . 30
6.3.4 SessionsDiagnosticsSummaryType . 31
6.3.5 SessionDiagnosticsObjectType . 32
6.3.6 VendorServerInfoType . 32
6.3.7 ServerRedundancyType. 33
6.3.8 TransparentRedundancyType . 33
6.3.9 NonTransparentRedundancyType . 34
6.3.10 NonTransparentNetworkRedundancyType . 34
6.3.11 OperationLimitsType . 35
6.3.12 AddressSpaceFileType . 37
6.3.13 NamespaceMetadataType . 37
6.3.14 NamespacesType . 39
6.4 ObjectTypes used as EventTypes . 40
6.4.1 General . 40
6.4.2 BaseEventType . 40
6.4.3 AuditEventType . 42
6.4.4 AuditSecurityEventType . 43
6.4.5 AuditChannelEventType . 44
6.4.6 AuditOpenSecureChannelEventType . 44
6.4.7 AuditSessionEventType . 45
6.4.8 AuditCreateSessionEventType. 46
6.4.9 AuditUrlMismatchEventType . 47
6.4.10 AuditActivateSessionEventType . 47
6.4.11 AuditCancelEventType . 48

6.4.12 AuditCertificateEventType . 49
6.4.13 AuditCertificateDataMismatchEventType . 49
6.4.14 AuditCertificateExpiredEventType . 50
6.4.15 AuditCertificateInvalidEventType . 50
6.4.16 AuditCertificateUntrustedEventType . 50
6.4.17 AuditCertificateRevokedEventType . 51
6.4.18 AuditCertificateMismatchEventType . 51
6.4.19 AuditNodeManagementEventType . 52
6.4.20 AuditAddNodesEventType . 52
6.4.21 AuditDeleteNodesEventType . 52
6.4.22 AuditAddReferencesEventType . 53
6.4.23 AuditDeleteReferencesEventType. 53
6.4.24 AuditUpdateEventType . 54
6.4.25 AuditWriteUpdateEventType . 54
6.4.26 AuditHistoryUpdateEventType . 55
6.4.27 AuditUpdateMethodEventType . 56
6.4.28 SystemEventType . 56
6.4.29 DeviceFailureEventType . 56
6.4.30 SystemStatusChangeEventType . 57
6.4.31 BaseModelChangeEventType . 57
6.4.32 GeneralModelChangeEventType. 58
6.4.33 SemanticChangeEventType . 58
6.4.34 EventQueueOverflowEventType . 59
6.4.35 ProgressEventType . 59
6.5 ModellingRuleType . 60
6.6 FolderType . 60
6.7 DataTypeEncodingType . 60
6.8 DataTypeSystemType .
6.8 AggregateFunctionType . 61
7 Standard VariableTypes . 61
7.1 General . 61
7.2 BaseVariableType . 61
7.3 PropertyType . 62
7.4 BaseDataVariableType . 62
7.5 ServerVendorCapabilityType . 63
7.6 DataTypeDictionaryType .
7.7 DataTypeDescriptionType .
7.6 ServerStatusType . 64
7.7 BuildInfoType . 65
7.8 ServerDiagnosticsSummaryType . 65
7.9 SamplingIntervalDiagnosticsArrayType . 66
7.10 SamplingIntervalDiagnosticsType . 67
7.11 SubscriptionDiagnosticsArrayType . 67
7.12 SubscriptionDiagnosticsType . 67
7.13 SessionDiagnosticsArrayType . 68
7.14 SessionDiagnosticsVariableType . 69
7.15 SessionSecurityDiagnosticsArrayType . 72
7.16 SessionSecurityDiagnosticsType . 72
7.17 OptionSetType . 73

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7.18 SelectionListType . 74
7.19 AudioVariableType . 75
8 Standard Objects and their Variables .
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