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Companion Specification Template

OPC 20020 Companion Specification Template

Description

A word document that defines the proper document layout for companion specifications.
It includes paragraph styles and formatting of pictures and tables in order to make documents from different editors look uniform and can be validated.

Due to a schema change for document numbers, this template was changed from OPC 11020 to OPC 20020. Versions with previous document number are indicated in the version string “1.01.** OPC 11020”.
Working Group OPC Foundation: Guidelines and Templates
Document Type Template
License Free
Access Level Everyone
Version Status Date
Release 2025-01-21
Topics: Added description on issue reporting to the “Agreement of Use”.
Release 2024-12-03
Topics: Added missing value rank 0.
Added guideline to change embedded figures and PPTs so that document becomes smaller.
Added formal definition for well-known BrowseNames.
Added guideline why hyperlinks to online reference shall not be used.
Release 2023-11-17
Topics: Mantis-9196: Conformance Units and Profiles should be in profile database. Mantis-8765: Added URL syntax for individual files.
Release 2023-03-14
Topics: Updated URL format for schema files (Annex A). Updated URL format for normative references to documents (Clause 2).
Version Status Date
Deprecated 2022-10-01
Topics: Mantis 8025: Added missing BrowsePath tables for subcomponents. Mantis 6776: Changed the examples for Structure and Union to start with an uppercase character Mantis 7341: Added extended definition for structures where fields are either optional or allow subtypes.