Object persistancy is supported. It is based on a distributed OO variable access method. There are 2 class concepts. Variable belong to Variable Objects which belong to Property Classes which belong to Property Objects which belong to real device. Variables can be access points on the CAN bus.
Device servers can poll a device.
The control group is working on this direction. It is foreseen to add a state notation language. Archiving needs to be done in a unified manner. There was a need for more workspaces on the graphics screens. Hypertext is being used for online help.