Since the BrowseNames of the Variables in the SerializationScope are used as field names for the SerializationFieldDataType fields in the SerializationValue DataType, limitations for BrowseNames arise: The characters used for the BrowseNames must be permissible in field names of Structure DataTypes. To achieve this, it is recommended to limit the characters used in BrowseNames to letters (lower- and uppercase), digits and the underscore ('_'). The BrowseName must not start with a digit. Special characters (e.g. '@', '*', etc.) shall not be used.

If a non-allowed character is encountered, this character will be replaced according to the name encoding rules defined in the OPC 10000-6.

If conflicting BrowseNames (e.g. duplicate BrowseNames on the same hierarchy level) are encountered, the SerializationProcess fails and the StatusCode for access yields Bad_BrowseNameDuplicated.