Any value for a Built-In type that is NULL shall be encoded as the JSON literal ‘null’ if the value is an element of an array. If the NULL value is for a field within a Structure or Union, the field shall not be encoded.
A Boolean value shall be encoded as the JSON literal ‘true’ or ‘false’.
Integer values other than Int64 and UInt64 shall be encoded as a JSON number.
Int64 and UInt64 values shall be formatted as a decimal number encoded as a JSON string
(See the XML encoding of 64-bit values described in 5.3.1.3).
Normal Float and Double values shall be encoded as a JSON number.
Special floating-point numbers such as positive infinity (INF), negative infinity (-INF) and not-a-number (NaN) shall be represented by the values “Infinity”, “-Infinity” and “NaN” encoded as a JSON string. See 5.2.2.3 for more information on the different types of special floating-point numbers.
String values shall be encoded as JSON strings.
Any characters which are not allowed in JSON strings are escaped using the rules defined in RFC 8259.
Strings with embedded nulls (‘\u0000’) are not guaranteed to be interoperable because not all DevelopmentPlatforms can handle Strings with embedded nulls. For this reason, embedded nulls are not recommended. Encoders may encode Strings with embedded nulls. Decoders shall read all bytes in String; however, decoders may truncate the String at the first embedded null before passing it on to the application.
DateTime values shall be formatted as specified by ISO 8601-1 and encoded as a JSON string.
DateTime values which exceed the minimum or maximum values supported on a platform shall be encoded as “0001-01-01T00:00:00Z” or “9999-12-31T23:59:59Z” respectively. During decoding, these values shall be converted to the minimum or maximum values supported on the platform.
ISO 8601-1 DateType values may specify an arbitrary number of decimal places representing fractions of seconds. Encoders shall support as many decimal places needed to represent the full range of the DateTime type on their DevelopmentPlatform. Decoders may truncate decimal places that exceed the range supported by the DateTime type on their DevelopmentPlatform.
DateTime values equal to “0001-01-01T00:00:00Z” are considered to be NULL values.
Guid values shall be formatted as described in 5.1.3 and encoded as a JSON string.
ByteString values shall be formatted as a Base64 text and encoded as a JSON string.
Any characters which are not allowed in JSON strings are escaped using the rules defined in RFC 8259.
XmlElement value shall be encoded as a String as described in 5.4.2.5.
NodeId values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields defined in Table 28.
The abstract NodeId structure is defined in OPC 10000-3 and has three fields Identifier, IdentifierType and NamespaceIndex. The representation these abstract fields are described in the table.
Table 28 – JSON Object Definition for a NodeId
|
Name |
Description |
|
IdType |
The IdentifierType encoded as a JSON number. Allowed values are: 0 - UInt32 Identifier encoded as a JSON number. 1 - A String Identifier encoded as a JSON string. 2 - A Guid Identifier encoded as described in 5.4.2.7. 3 - A ByteString Identifier encoded as described in 5.4.2.8. This field is omitted for UInt32 identifiers. |
|
Id |
The Identifier. The value of the IdType field specifies the encoding of this field. |
|
Namespace |
The NamespaceIndex for the NodeId. The field is encoded as a JSON number for the reversible encoding. The field is omitted if the NamespaceIndex equals 0. For the non-reversible encoding, the field is the NamespaceUri associated with the NamespaceIndex, encoded as a JSON string. A NamespaceIndex of 1 is always encoded as a JSON number. |
ExpandedNodeId values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields defined in Table 29.
The abstract ExpandedNodeId structure is defined in OPC 10000-3 and has five fields Identifier, IdentifierType, NamespaceIndex, NamespaceUri and ServerIndex. The representation of these abstract fields are described in the table.
Table 29 – JSON Object Definition for an ExpandedNodeId
|
Name |
Description |
|
IdType |
The IdentifierType encoded as a JSON number. Allowed values are: 0 - UInt32 Identifier encoded as a JSON number. 1 - A String Identifier encoded as a JSON string. 2 - A Guid Identifier encoded as described in 5.4.2.7. 3 - A ByteString Identifier encoded as described in 5.4.2.8. This field is omitted for UInt32 identifiers. |
|
Id |
The Identifier. The value of the IdType field specifies the encoding of this field. |
|
Namespace |
The NamespaceIndex or the NamespaceUri for the ExpandedNodeId. If the NamespaceUri is not specified, the NamespaceIndex is encoded with these rules: The field is encoded as a JSON number for the reversible encoding. The field is omitted if the NamespaceIndex equals 0. For the non-reversible encoding the field is the NamespaceUri associated with the NamespaceIndex encoded as a JSON string. A NamespaceIndex of 1 is always encoded as a JSON number. If the NamespaceUri is specified it is encoded as a JSON string in this field. |
|
ServerUri |
The ServerIndex for the ExpandedNodeId. This field is encoded as a JSON number for the reversible encoding. This field is omitted if the ServerIndex equals 0. For the non-reversible encoding, this field is the ServerUri associated with the ServerIndex portion of the ExpandedNodeId, encoded as a JSON string. |
StatusCode values shall be encoded as a JSON number for the reversible encoding.
For the non-reversible form, StatusCode values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields defined in Table 30.
Table 30 – JSON Object Definition for a StatusCode
|
Name |
Description |
|
Code |
The numeric code encoded as a JSON number. The Code is omitted if the numeric code is 0 (Good). |
|
Symbol |
The string literal associated with the numeric code encoded as JSON string. e.g. 0x80AB0000 has the associated literal “BadInvalidArgument”. The Symbol is omitted if the numeric code is 0 (Good). |
A StatusCode of Good (0) is treated like a NULL and not encoded. If it is an element of an JSON array it is encoded as the JSON literal ‘null’.
DiagnosticInfo values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields shown in Table 31.
Table 31 – JSON Object Definition for a DiagnosticInfo
|
Name |
Data Type |
Description |
|
SymbolicId |
Int32 |
A symbolic name for the status code. |
|
NamespaceUri |
Int32 |
A namespace that qualifies the symbolic id. |
|
Locale |
Int32 |
The locale used for the localized text. |
|
LocalizedText |
Int32 |
A human readable summary of the status code. |
|
AdditionalInfo |
String |
Detailed application specific diagnostic information. |
|
InnerStatusCode |
StatusCode |
A status code provided by an underlying system. |
|
InnerDiagnosticInfo |
DiagnosticInfo |
Diagnostic info associated with the inner status code. |
Each field is encoded using the rules defined for the built-in type specified in the Data Type column.
The SymbolicId, NamespaceUri, Locale and LocalizedText fields are encoded as JSON numbers which reference the StringTable contained in the ResponseHeader.
QualifiedName values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields shown in Table 32.
The abstract QualifiedName structure is defined in OPC 10000-3 and has two fields Name and NamespaceIndex. The NamespaceIndex is represented by the Uri field in the JSON object.
Table 32 – JSON Object Definition for a QualifiedName
|
Name |
Description |
|
Name |
The Name component of the QualifiedName. |
|
Uri |
The NamespaceIndex component of the QualifiedName encoded as a JSON number. The Uri field is omitted if the NamespaceIndex equals 0. For the non-reversible form, the NamespaceUri associated with the NamespaceIndex portion of the QualifiedName is encoded as JSON string unless the NamespaceIndex is 1 or if NamespaceUri is unknown. In these cases, the NamespaceIndex is encoded as a JSON number. |
LocalizedText values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields shown in Table 33.
The abstract LocalizedText structure is defined in OPC 10000-3 and has two fields Text and Locale.
Table 33 – JSON Object Definition for a LocalizedText
|
Name |
Description |
|
Locale |
The Locale portion of LocalizedText values shall be encoded as a JSON string |
|
Text |
The Text portion of LocalizedText values shall be encoded as a JSON string. |
For the non-reversible form, LocalizedText value shall be encoded as a JSON string containing the Text component.
ExtensionObject values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields shown in Table 34.
Table 34 – JSON Object Definition for an ExtensionObject
|
Name |
Description |
|
TypeId |
The NodeId of a DataTypeEncoding Node formatted using the rules in 5.4.2.10. |
|
Encoding |
The format of the Body field encoded as a JSON number. This value is 0 if the body is Structure encoded as a JSON object (see 5.4.6). This value is 1 if the body is a ByteString value encoded as a JSON string (see 5.4.2.8). This value is 2 if the body is a XmlElement value encoded as a JSON string (see 5.4.2.9). This field is omitted if the value is 0. |
|
Body |
Body of the ExtensionObject. The type of this field is specified by the Encoding field. If the Body is empty, the ExtensionObject is NULL and is omitted or encoded as a JSON null. |
For the non-reversible form, ExtensionObject values shall be encoded as a JSON object containing only the value of the Body field. The TypeId and Encoding fields are dropped.
Variant values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields shown in Table 35.
Table 35 – JSON Object Definition for a Variant
|
Name |
Description |
|
Type |
The Built-in type for the value contained in the Body (see Table 1) encoded as JSON number. If type is 0 (NULL) the Variant contains a NULL value and the containing JSON object shall be omitted or replaced by the JSON literal ‘null’ (when an element of a JSON array). |
|
Body |
If the value is a scalar it is encoded using the rules for type specified for the Type. If the value is a one-dimensional array it is encoded as JSON array (see 5.4.5). Multi-dimensional arrays are encoded as a one-dimensional JSON array which is reconstructed using the value of the Dimensions field (see 5.2.2.16). |
|
Dimensions |
The dimensions of the array encoded as a JSON array of JSON numbers. The Dimensions are omitted for scalar and one-dimensional array values. |
For the non-reversible form, Variant values shall be encoded as a JSON object containing only the value of the Body field. The Type and Dimensions fields are dropped. Multi-dimensional arrays are encoded as a multi dimensional JSON array as described in 5.4.5.
DataValue values shall be encoded as a JSON object with the fields shown in Table 36.
Table 36 – JSON Object Definition for a DataValue
|
Name |
Data Type |
Description |
|
Value |
Variant |
The value. |
|
Status |
StatusCode |
The status associated with the value. |
|
SourceTimestamp |
DateTime |
The source timestamp associated with the value. |
|
SourcePicoSeconds |
UInt16 |
The number of 10 picosecond intervals for the SourceTimestamp. |
|
ServerTimestamp |
DateTime |
The Server timestamp associated with the value. |
|
ServerPicoSeconds |
UInt16 |
The number of 10 picosecond intervals for the ServerTimestamp. |
If a field has a null or DefaultValue it is omitted. Each field is encoded using the rules defined for the built-in type specified in the Data Type column.