This structure contains additions as explanation and specification of the physical quantity such as "relative" for a relative velocity. The structure is defined in Table 46.

Table 46 – AnnotationDataType Structure

Name

Type

Description

AnnotationDataType

structure

Subtype of Structure defined in OPC 10000-5

Annotation

String

Names the annotation to give further information about value like how it is measured or where it originates from.

Discipline

String

Gives a human readable classification of the physical quantity according to its field of application to allow grouping of values. These can be, for example, “Engineering”, “Finance” or similar.

Uri

String

Names a source for deeper description of the annotation.

Examples are given in Table 47.

Table 47 – AnnotationDataType examples

Name

Values for a linear acceleration

Values for AC voltage

Values for DC voltage

Values for AC RMS voltage

AnnotationDataType

Annotation

linear

AC

DC

RMS

Discipline

-

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Uri

-

https://www.britannica.com/science/alternating-current

https://www.britannica.com/science/direct-current

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square

Its representation in the AddressSpace is defined in Table 48.

Table 48 – AnnotationDataType definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

AnnotationDataType

IsAbstract

False

References

NodeClass

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

Other

Subtype of the Structure defined in OPC 10000-5

Conformance Units

Data Access Quantities Base