This reference is a subtype of NonHierarchical References.

The semantic of this ReferenceTypeis to link AliasNameTypeinstances to the Nodes they represent. The inverse reference is not required, i.e. the Nodesmight not have a reference back to instance of AliasNameType.

The SourceNodeof Referencesof this type shall be anObject of typeAliasNameType.

The TargetNodeof this ReferenceTypecan be of any NodeClass.

Figure 2provides an illustration of how this ReferenceTypeis used. It is defined in Table 8.

Table 8– AliasFor Definition

Attributes	Value
BrowseName	AliasFor
InverseName	HasAlias
Symmetric	False
IsAbstract	False
References	NodeClass	BrowseName	Comment
Subtype of NonHierarchicalReferences ReferenceType defined in OPC 10000-5