OPC 10000-17: UA Part 17: Alias Names

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Released 1.05.07

2026-04-21

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1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms 3.1 Terms and definitions 3.1.1 AliasName 3.2 Abbreviated terms 4 Use cases 4.1 Complex configuration 4.2 Automatic reconfiguration 4.3 Cloud based system 4.4 Aggregated systems 4.5 Device replacement 5 AliasNames Information Model overview 6 OPC UA ObjectTypes 6.1 Overview 6.2 AliasNameType ObjectType Definition 6.3 AliasNameCategoryType ObjectType Definition 6.3.1 Definition 6.3.2 FindAlias Method 6.3.3 FindAliasVerbose Method 6.3.4 AddAliasesToCategory Method 6.3.5 DeleteAliasesFromCategory Method 7 OPC UA DataTypes 7.1 Overview 7.2 AliasNameDataType 7.3 AliasNameVerboseDataType 8 Reference Types 8.1 Overview 8.2 AliasFor ReferenceType 9 Instances 9.1 Overview 9.2 Aliases 9.3 TagVariables 9.4 Topics Annex A (informative)Examples A.1 Overview A.2 AliasNames used within a single Server A.3 AliasNames in an aggregating Server A.4 Standalone AliasNames Server A.5 Client use of an AliasName Server Annex B (Normative) Aggregating AliasNames B.1 Aggregating Server with a collection of Aggregates B.2 GDS Annex C (normative) GDS functionality C.1 Overview C.2 Register a Server C.3 Unregister a Server C.4 Disconnect between a Client and an AliasName Server Annex D (normative) PubSub Alias Update Header Layout D.1 AliasName PubSub Notifications D.1.1 Overview D.1.2 PubSub multicast messages D.1.3 PubSub AliasName Notification Configuration D.2 DataTypes for AliasName DataSetClass D.2.1 AliasCategoryUpdateDataType D.2.2 AliasUpdateDataType D.3 Alias Update Header Layout D.3.1 Overview D.3.2 Header layout for NetworkMessages D.3.3 Header layout for NetworkMessages with integrity (signing) D.3.4 Header layout for DataSetMessages