Table 37 defines the namespace metadata for this document. The Object is used to provide version information for the namespace and an indication about static Nodes. Static Nodes are identical for all Attributes in all Servers, including the Value Attribute. See OPC 10000-5 for more details.

The information is provided as Object of type NamespaceMetadataType. This Object is a component of the Namespaces Object that is part of the Server Object. The NamespaceMetadataType ObjectType and its Properties are defined in OPC 10000-5.

The version information is also provided as part of the ModelTableEntry in the UANodeSet XML file. The UANodeSet XML schema is defined in OPC 10000-6.

Table 37 – NamespaceMetadata Object for this Document

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

2:http://opcfoundation.org/UA/Onboarding/

Property

DataType

Value

0:NamespaceUri

0:String

http://opcfoundation.org/UA/Onboarding/

0:NamespaceVersion

0:String

1.05.02

0:NamespacePublicationDate

0:DateTime

2022-10-01

0:IsNamespaceSubset

0:Boolean

False

0:StaticNodeIdTypes

0:IdType []

0

0:StaticNumericNodeIdRange

0:NumericRange []

0:StaticStringNodeIdPattern

0:String

Namespaces are used by OPC UA to create unique identifiers across different naming authorities. The Attributes NodeId and BrowseName are identifiers. A Node in the UA AddressSpace is unambiguously identified using a NodeId. Unlike NodeIds, the BrowseName cannot be used to unambiguously identify a Node. Different Nodes may have the same BrowseName. They are used to build a browse path between two Nodes or to define a standard Property.

Servers may often choose to use the same namespace for the NodeId and the BrowseName. However, if they want to provide a standard Property, its BrowseName shall have the namespace of the standards body although the namespace of the NodeId reflects something else, for example the EngineeringUnits Property. All NodeIds of Nodes not defined in this document shall not use the standard namespaces.

Table 38 provides a list of namespaces and their index used for BrowseNames in this document. The default namespace of this document is not listed since all BrowseNames without prefix use this default namespace.

Table 38 – Namespaces used in this document

NamespaceURI

Namespace Index

Example

http://opcfoundation.org/UA/

0

0:EngineeringUnits

http://opcfoundation.org/UA/Onboarding/

2

2:Registrar

http://opcfoundation.org/UA/GDS/

3

3:ApplicationRecordDataType