IEC OPC Unified Architecture Working Group   The OPC Unified Architecture is currently going through the process to be an officially endorsed international standard through IEC. As part of this process a formal working group has been created under the IEC organizational structure. This is a multi-country initiative that is taking the current OPC UA specifications as the baseline for the international standardization. Members interested in more details about this program should contact their local IEC country representation, or contact the OPC Foundation directly. This is a very important strategic benefit as part of the overall collaborative team for complete interoperability and international industry standardization. The next meeting of this working group is scheduled for January 14, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. The kickoff meeting was held in September 2007 in Nice, France.

Released OPC Unified Architecture Specification (Part 11 - Historical Access ) Available for Download   Part 11 - Historical Access of the Unified Architecture Specifications has been released and is now available for download by members. More information on UA and the schedule to release the remaining Parts is on the UA home page.

Support for OPC Unified Architecture   The OPC Foundation is pleased to report that 12 automation vendors have already announced there intentions to support the new OPC Unified Architecture Specification. ABB, Eldridge Engineering, GEFanuc, ICONICS, Kepware, Matrikon, MeshNetics, Rockwell, SMAR, Softing, Software Toolbox, Wonderware

OPC Unified Architecture - a new architecture   Check out this NEW OPC Foundation Page explaining - Why a new Architecture, Introductory Articles, In-depth Presentations, Specifications, Backward compatibility, Collaboration, Events, Deliverables and schedule...... See More Details

OPConnect - 8th Edition   The eighth edition of OPC Foundation's "OPConnect" Newsletter.... Thomas J. Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, reports on the OPC events held during the recent Hannover Fair in Germany. Demonstrations and forums solidify OPC UA’s success as the key integration technology for legacy control devices and systems. Welcome to the May 2006 edition of OPConnect, the official newsletter of the OPC Foundation. Last month had many watershed moments for the new OPC Unified Architecture technology, and I’m thrilled to provide a first-hand account of these successes. One of the hot topics at the recent Hannover Fair, held the week of April 24 in Hannover, Germany, was the OPC Foundation’s support for the Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) effort. This collaborative partnership of the Fieldbus Foundation (FF), Hart Communication Foundation (HCF), the Profibus Nutzerorganisation (PNO) and OPC is defining the future of industrial communications. Transparent backward compatibility What’s important about this effort? One of the key issues facing end-users today is how to take legacy equipment - devices, controllers, networks - and integrate them into their businesses’ enterprise and asset management systems. In a Question & Answer session during an EDDL panel held on April 25 at Hannover Fair, representatives from FF, Hart, Profibus and OPC addressed end-user concerns on how to achieve transparent backward compatibility..... Read it now