Status TC6 – XML
PLCopen XML schema version 2.01 now released
PLCopen published he XML schema
and documentation in June 2005 as version 1.01. After that, feedback
came in from companies starting to implement this specification, not
only from Europe but also from Japan.
With a new initiative called AutomationML we have come to a new
phase. The companies Daimler, ABB, KUKA, Rockwell, Siemens, netAllied
and Zühlke together with the University of Karlsruhe and the University
of Magdeburg jointly define and standardize the Automation Markup
Language (AutomationML™) as an intermediate format for the Digital
Factory. For more information check www.automationML.org.
One of the formats that have been accepted in this group is PLCopen XML
for the sequencing. In order to optimize this interface additional
changes to the specification were proposed.
These proposals result in a new release of the PLCopen XML schema,
version 2.0, in December 2008. This schema also includes previous feedback on this schema
from other parties involved. With this release an optimization between
the simulation and realization is created, creating more efficiency in
automation.
Click here
to download the latest version 2.01 with has some minor changes of
version 2.0
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