prEN IEC 62541-7:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2024
Enotna arhitektura OPC - 7. del: Profili
OPC Unified Architecture - Part 7: Profiles
OPC Unified Architecture - Teil 7: Profile
Architecture unifiée OPC - Partie 7: Profils
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 62541-7:2024
ICS:
25.040.40 Merjenje in krmiljenje Industrial process
industrijskih postopkov measurement and control
35.240.50 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in industry
industriji
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

65E/1054/CDV
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PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 62541-7 ED4
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2024-01-26 2024-04-19
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TITLE:
OPC Unified Architecture - Part 7: Profiles

PROPOSED STABILITY DATE: 2026
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IEC CDV 62541-7 © IEC 2023
1 CONTENTS
3 FOREWORD . iii
4 1. Scope . 1
5 2. Normative references . 1
6 3. Terms, definitions, and abbreviations . 1
7 3.1. Terms and definitions . 1
8 3.2. Abbreviations . 2
9 4. Profile Model . 3
10 4.1. General . 3
11 4.2. Conformance Units and Conformance Groups . 3
12 4.3. Profiles . 4
13 4.4. Profile Categories. 4
14 4.5. Profile conformance . 4
15 4.6. Conventions for Profile definitions . 5
16 4.7. Profile versioning . 5
17 4.8. Applications . 5
20 FIGURES
22 Figure 1 – Profile – ConformanceUnit – TestCases . 3
26 TABLES
28 Table 1 – Profile Categories . 4
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31 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
32 ____________
34 OPC UNIFIED ARCHITECTURE –
36 Part 7: Profiles
38 FOREWORD
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69 International Standard IEC 62541-7 has been prepared by subcommittee 65E: Devices and integration
70 in enterprise systems, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process measurement, control and
71 automation.
72 This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2020. This edition constitutes a
73 technical revision.
74 This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
75 • Profiles and Conformance Units are not part of this part but are solely managed in a public
76 database as described in Clause 1.
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Throughout this document and the other parts of the IEC 62541 series, certain document conventions
83 are used:
84 Italics are used to denote a defined term or definition that appears in the "Terms and definition" clause
85 in one of the parts of the IEC 62541 series.
86 Italics are also used to denote the name of a service input or output parameter or the name of a
87 structure or element of a structure that are usually defined in tables.
88 The italicized terms and names are, with a few exceptions, written in camel-case (the practice of
89 writing compound words or phrases in which the elements are joined without spaces, with each
90 element's initial letter capitalized within the compound). For example the defined term is AddressSpace
91 instead of Address Space. This makes it easier to understand that there is a single definition for
92 AddressSpace, not separate definitions for Address and Space.
93 A list of all parts of the IEC 62541 series, published under the general title OPC Unified Architecture,
94 can be found on the IEC website.
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106 OPC Unified Architecture Specification
108 Part 7: Profiles
112 1. Scope
113 This document specifies value and structure of Profiles in the OPC Unified Architecture.
114 The actual Profiles are maintained in an online database and accessible via
115 https://profiles.opcfoundation.org/.
116 OPC UA Profiles are used to segregate features with regard to testing of OPC UA products and
117 the nature of the testing (tool based or lab based). This includes the testing performed by the
118 OPC Foundation provided OPC UA CTT (a self-test tool) and by the OPC Foundation provided
119 independent certification test labs. This could equally as well refer to test tools provided by
120 another organization or a test lab provided by another organization. What is important is the
121 concept of automated tool based testing versus lab based testing. The scope of this standard
122 includes defining functionality that can only be tested in a lab and defining the grouping of
123 functionality that is to be used when testing OPC UA products either in a lab or using automated
124 tools. The definition of actual TestCases is not within the scope of this document, but the
125 general categories of TestCases are within the scope of this document.
126 Most OPC UA applications will conform to several, but not all of the Profiles.
127 2. Normative references
128 The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
129 are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
130 undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document applies.
131 IEC 62541-1, OPC Unified Architecture - Part 1: Overview and Concepts
132 IEC 62541-2, OPC Unified Architecture - Part 2: Security Model
133 IEC 62541-3, OPC Unified Architecture - Part 3: Address Space Model
134 IEC 62541-4, OPC Unified Architecture - Part 4: Services
136 Test Specifications
137 Compliance Part 8 UA Server, OPC Test Lab Specification: Part 8 – UA Server
138 Compliance Part 9 UA Client, OPC Test Lab Specification: Part 9 – UA Client
139 http://www.opcfoundation.org/Test/Part9/
140 3. Terms, definitions, and abbreviations
141 3.1. Terms and definitions
142 For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62541-1, IEC 62541-
143 2, and IEC 62541-3, and IEC 62541-4 as well as the following apply. An overview of the terms
144 defined in this standard and their interaction can be viewed in Figure 1.
145 3.1.1.
146 application
147 a software program that executes or implements some aspect of OPC UA
148 Note 1 to entry: The application could run on any machine and perform any function. The application could be
149 software or it could be a hardware application, the only requirement is that it implements OPC UA.

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150 3.1.2.
151 Application Profile
152 a Profile that defines all features necessary to build a functional OPC UA application
153 Note 1 to entry: An Application Profile in particular adds definitions of the transport and security requirements.
154 Application Profiles are
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