The new OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) is the result of a multi-year collaboration of industry leaders that aims to create an open standard for exchanging information in a rich, object-oriented and secure way. This standard represents the answer to the fundamental need for mapping and exchanging real-life information in an object-oriented way.
OPC-UA has a dual nature: it is object-oriented and it is service oriented. The object-oriented nature of OPC-UA enables re-usability of assets across the factory floor and provides a common object management method to support complex and flexible data models. The service-oriented nature of OPC-UA allows for broader interoperability with other platforms, as well as for increased visibility and security.
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