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Towards Agile Role-based Decision Support for OPC UA Profiles

Authors:
Dirk van der Linden
Maarten Reekmans
Wolfgang Kastner
Herbert Peremans

Keywords: Automation; OPC UA; Profiles; Decision support; Survey; Software tool.

Abstract:
Interoperability has become a key factor in modern automation systems. In this context, the OPC (Open Productivity and Connectivity) standards are most prominent. The OPC Unified Architecture (UA) provides platform independent industrial communication using Web-based technologies. It also includes a meta-model guaranteeing interoperability not only at the protocol level but also regarding the semantics of exchanged data. The resulting increased complexity of its specification is an entry barrier for small and medium enterprises. It is challenging to decide which parts of OPC UA a specific company needs to implement. This paper proposes a mechanism for determining the most relevant OPC UA profiles in a specific application domain.

Pages: 40 to 45

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: May 27, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3972

ISBN: 978-1-61208-200-4

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Dates: from May 27, 2012 to June 1, 2012