For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in OPC 10000-1, OPC 10000-3, and OPC 10000-4, as well as the following apply.
template declaring the content of a DataSet
Note 1to entry:A DataSetClassis used to type DataSetsfor use in several Publishersand for filtering in Subscribers.
describes the content and semantic of a DataSet
entity receiving DataSetMessagesfrom a Message Oriented Middleware
Note 1 to entry:A DataSetReaderis the component that extracts a DataSetMessagefrom a NetworkMessagereceived from the Message Oriented Middlewareand decodes the DataSetMessageto a DataSetfor further processing in the Subscriber.
entity creating DataSetMessagesfrom DataSetsand publishing them through a Message Oriented Middleware
Note 1 to entry:A DataSetWriterencodes a DataSetto a DataSetMessageand includes the DataSetMessageinto a NetworkMessagefor publishing through a Message Oriented Middleware.
configuration of application-data to be published as DataSet
Note 1to entry: A PublishedDataSetcan be a list of monitored Variablesor an Eventselection.
grouping of security settings and security keys used to access messages from a Publisher
Note 1 to entry:A SecurityGroupis an abstraction that represents the security settings and security keys that can be used to access messages from a Publisher. A SecurityGroupis identified with a unique identifier called the SecurityGroupId. The SecurityGroupIdis unique within the Security Key Service.
configuration for dispatching of received DataSets
Note 1to entry: A SubscribedDataSetcan be a mapping of DataSetfields to Variablesin the Subscriber AddressSpace.