The NotificationType is used to structure information given in the MachineToolType. It groups the messages and alerts of the machine tool and contains the prognoses for the machining operation.

The NotificationType is formally defined in Table 53.

Table 53 – NotificationType Definition

Attribute	Value
BrowseName	NotificationType
IsAbstract	False
References	Node Class	BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	Other
Subtype of the BaseObjectType defined in OPC 10000-5 i.e. inheriting the InstanceDeclarations of that Node.
0:HasComponent	Object	Messages		MessagesType	O
0:HasComponent	Object	Prognoses		PrognosisListType	O

Messages is the node sending events, which are used for errors, warnings and messages. The respective references are formally defined in Table 54.

Prognoses contains a list of the current prognoses for machine tool operation. Reliability for any prognosis in the list will rely on the specific case and cannot be guaranteed to be precise.