This document provides a comprehensive overview of the document and information model structure of the OPC UA Companion Specification Mining. Crucially, use cases and information exchanges, which serve as the abstract foundation of the developed information models, are presented and explained in this document (see Chapter 5). As the OPC UA Companion Specification Mining spans several (multipart-) documents (see Chapter 4.2), this OPC 40560 – General document contains abstract type definitions that are relevant for type definitions in subsequent documents and parts of the OPC UA Companion Specification Mining. For a thorough overview of the OPC UA Companion Specification Mining, please refer to Chapter 4. The following is a brief description of organizations involved in the preparation of the documents for the OPC UA Companion Specification Mining.