4 Structure of the OPC UA series

4.2 Core specification parts

Part 1 (OPC 10000-1) – Overview and Concepts
Part 1 (this part) presents the concepts and overview of OPC UA.
Part 2 (OPC 10000-2) – Security Model
Part 2 describes the model for securing interactions between OPC UA Applications.
Part 3 (OPC 10000-3) – Address Space Model
Part 3 describes the contents and structure of the Server’s AddressSpace.
Part 4 (OPC 10000-4) – Services
Part 4 specifies the Services provided by Servers.
Part 5 (OPC 10000-5) – Information Model
Part 5 specifies the types and their relationships defined for Servers.
Part 6 (OPC 10000-6) – Mappings
Part 6 specifies the mappings to transport protocols and data encodings supported by OPC UA.
Part 7 (OPC 10000-7) – Profiles
Part 7 specifies the Profiles that are available for OPC UA Applications. These Profiles provide groupings of functionality that can be used for conformance level certification. OPC UA Applications will be tested against the Profiles.