3 Terms, definitions and conventions

3.1 Overview

It is assumed that basic concepts of OPC UA information modelling are understood in this specification. This specification will use these concepts to describe the OPC UA for Machinery Energy Management Information Model. For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in OPC 10000-1, OPC 10000-3, OPC 10000-4, OPC 10000-5, OPC 10000-7, OPC 40001-1 and OPC 34100 as well as the following apply.

Note that OPC UA terms and terms defined in this specification are italicized in the specification.

3.2 OPC UA for Machinery Energy Management terms

No additional terms are defined in this specification.

3.3 Abbreviated terms

e.g.for example
(OL: exempli gratia)
i.e.that is to say
(OL: id est)
OLOriginal Language
OPC UAOpen Platform Communications Unified Architecture
URIUniform Resource Identifier
VDMAGerman Mechanical Engineering Industry Association
(OL: Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau)
XMLExtensible Markup Language

3.4 Conventions used in this document

For conventions used in this document see OPC 40001-1.