IEC 62541-5:2026 ED4

OPC unified architecture - Part 5: Information Model IEC 62541-5:2026 ED4

Publication date:   Jan 6, 2026

Scope

IEC 62541-5:2026 This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) Annex B has been removed and used to create IEC 62451-16;
b) Annex C has been removed and used to create IEC 62451-20;
c) currency information model has been added;
d) information model for Interfaces and AddIns has been added;
e) information model for Method Metadata has been added;
f) MaxSessions, MaxSubscriptions, and MaxMonitoredItems have been added to capabilities;
g) information model for ordered list of objects has been added;
h) PortableQualifiedName and PortableNodeId DataTypes have been added;
i) UriString DataType has been added;
j) SemanticVersionString DataType has been added;
k) AssociatedWith Reference Type has been added;
l) ConfigurationVersion Property has been added to NamespaceMetadataType;
m) AuditClientEventType and AuditClientUpdateMethodResultEventType have been added;
n) ModelVersion has been added to NamespaceMetadataType;
o) NoTransparentBackupRedundancyType has been added to support a Primary/Standby use case;
p) BitFieldType and BitFieldDefinitionType have been added.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2020. This edition constitutes a technical revision.