OPC UA Companion Specifications
Connections to other Concepts
- Published by the OPC Foundation
- Describes OPC UA Information Models
- OPC 10000-110 - OPC UA for Asset Management Basics and VDMA 40001 - OPC UA for Machinery are Companion Specifications (CS) listed in this catalog
- OPC 30400-1+2 - OPC UA for Cloud Library provides an overview of Companion Specifications
Short Description
- New information models can be created based on the OPC UA data model and eventually derived from OPC UA basic information models
- Typically address a specific industry problem, like the communication of subsea equipment with monitoring systems in the oil and gas industry
- All OPC UA Companion Specifications for the Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Industry from the VDMA can be downloaded at https://www.vdma.org/catalogs
Facts and Figures
- currently 71 CS either are published or in development (as of April 2023)
Stakeholders
- OPC Foundation
- Collaboration partners like VDMA and working group members
- List of OPC Foundation CS working groups: https://opcfoundation.org/about/working-groups/
Use Cases
- using OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) in a specific context
Industry Sectors
- OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) is a cross-sector communication standard
- individual CS often concern a specific industry sector