This ObjectType is a subtype of the FolderType and is used to organize the products of a vision system. Figure 16 shows the hierarchical structure and details of the composition. It is formally defined in Table 64.

Instances of this ObjectType organize all available products of the vision system, which the server decides to expose in the Address Space. It may contain no product if no product is available, if the server does not expose products in the Address Space at all, or if no product matches the criteria of the server for exposure in the Address Space.

Note that the folder contains only metadata of the products, not the actual product data of the vision system.

Figure 16 – Overview ProductFolderType

Table 64 – Definition of ProductFolderType

Attribute	Value
BrowseName	ProductFolderType
IsAbstract	False
References	NodeClass	BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	ModellingRule
Subtype of the FolderType defined in OPC 10000-5
HasComponent	Variable	<Product>	ProductDataType	BaseDataVariableType	OptionalPlaceholder

The ProductDataType used in the ProductFolderType is defined in Section 12.15.