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Marc Schier 0f710adc8e Split MigrationGuide.md, add What's New in 2.0, rewrite Profiles.md and Landing page (#3745) (#3874)
# Description

This PR is a documentation overhaul for OPC UA .NET Standard 2.0. It
splits the monolithic `Docs/MigrationGuide.md` into per-version sub-docs
(so a coding agent can load only the relevant section), adds a new
"What's New in 2.0" landing doc, rewrites `Docs/Profiles.md` and the
repo-root `README.md` to reflect what master actually implements, and
renames the misnamed `Docs/ALiasNames.md` to `Docs/AliasNames.md`.

The branch is `docupdates` and contains **6 commits** stacked on top of
`master`. All changes are doc-only except for `HelpLinkUri` string
updates in `Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer` (all 119 analyzer tests still pass
× 5 TFMs).

## What changed

### `Docs/MigrationGuide.md` is now a thin landing page

Before: a single ~144 KB / 1,549-line document covering 22 distinct
migration topics in one file. After: a small 3.8 KB / 64-line landing
page that introduces general principles, lists a per-version table, and
keeps the tiny `1.05.377 → 1.05.378` and `1.04 → 1.05` legacy sections
inline.

The 1.5.378 → 2.0 content moves to a new **`Docs/migrate/2.0.x/`**
folder with a README index plus 12 thematic sub-docs, mapped 1-to-1 to
the existing H3 sections:

| Sub-doc | Folded H3 sections |
| --- | --- |
| `telemetry.md` | Telemetry and Logging |
| `packages.md` | Package, Target Framework and Dependency Changes |
| `source-generation.md` | Source Generation |
| `types.md` | Improved Type safety |
| `encoders.md` | Encodeable Factory + Encoders/Decoders + Complex Types
|
| `node-states.md` | Node States + INodeCache changes |
| `identity.md` | User Identity Token Handlers + User Identity Providers
+ Secrets |
| `certificates.md` | Certificate Management + ICertificateProvider |
| `configuration.md` | Configuration + Session/Browser State Persistence
|
| `sessions-subscriptions.md` | GDS Client API modernisation +
ManagedSession + Subscriptions/Transports |
| `alarms-model-change.md` | Alarms and Conditions + Address-space model
change tracking |
| `timeprovider.md` | Time and Timer abstraction (TimeProvider) |

Each sub-doc starts with a **"When to read this"** lead paragraph
(analyzer rules / symptoms / API areas it covers) and ends with a
sibling-links footer. `Docs/migrate/2.0.x/README.md` has a symptom →
sub-doc index table reused as-is in the agent skill.

### `opcua-v20-migration` agent skill is now context-efficient

`.agents/skills/opcua-v20-migration/SKILL.md` gains a "Migration sub-doc
index — load only what you need" section near the top with an explicit
*"Do not load `Docs/MigrationGuide.md` into context"* instruction and a
table keyed by symptom / API area / analyzer rule ID, so an agent loads
at most one sub-doc per migration scenario. Path references in
`README.md`, `references/analyzer-rules.md`,
`references/migration-patterns.md`, and `references/source-generator.md`
are updated to point at the new sub-doc locations.

### New `Docs/WhatsNewIn2.0.md`

Developer-facing narrative tour of the 1.5.378 → 2.0 delta (~320 lines,
hybrid grouping: cross-cutting themes first — type system &
immutability, async/cancellation/TimeProvider, DI & hosting, Native AOT,
source generators, companion specs Part 9/11/13/16/17/18/20/100 + WoT +
LDS, performance, security — then by layer: Server,
Client/Sessions/Subscriptions, PubSub, GDS, Tooling, CI). Paragraph per
feature, no PR/commit references, links to the deeper per-feature docs.
Linked from `Docs/README.md` between `Profiles.md` and
`MigrationGuide.md`.

### `Docs/Profiles.md` rewritten to reflect master

Adds Functional Facets for newly-implemented features (Part 9 Alarms,
Part 11 Historical Access, Part 13 Aggregates, Part 16 State Machines,
Part 17 Alias Names, Part 18 Role Management, Part 20 FileSystem server,
Part 100 Device Integration / Software Update, OPC 10100-1 WoT, Node
Management, Local Discovery Server, Auditing, Model Change Tracking).
Expands Client Profiles (classic `Session` vs `ManagedSession`, V2
subscription engine, `FileSystemClient`, `HistoryClient`, `AlarmClient`,
NodeSet export, source-generated typed `ObjectType` proxies). Adds a
Reference Applications section listing all of `Applications/*`
(Quickstarts/Ctt/Mono configs, Reference Client, LDS, MCP, Minimal* /
Pump* samples). Security policies and transport profiles confirmed
against `Stack/Opc.Ua.Core/Security/Constants/*` — no changes needed
there.

For new facets whose canonical URI could not be confidently verified
against `profiles.opcfoundation.org` (the registry is fully
SPA-rendered), the doc describes the facet by name and points readers at
the OPC Foundation registry rather than fabricating URIs. The
`ServerProfileArray` in the reference-server configs is intentionally
left unchanged to avoid CTT-compliance regressions from advertising an
unverified URI.

### Repo-root `README.md` cleaned up

Front page now makes the 2.0 / `master378` context explicit. New
5-section structure with one emoji per heading: 🆕 version callout → 📦
What it is → 🚀 Getting started (grouped sample list linking to each
sample's own README) → 🔧 Migrating from 1.5.378 → 🤝 Contributing &
license → 📚 Further reading. Removes the "New in 1.04.368 / 1.05.373 /
.374 / .375 / .376 / .378 / 2.0" laundry list, the dated "Key Features
and Updates in OPC UA 1.05" section, inline VS / `dotnet run` build
instructions, the "Start the server" walkthrough, the "Remarks"
(self-signed certs + LDS) notes, and the inaccurate `.NET Standard 2.1`
overview claim. Trims the 11 status badges down to 5 essentials
(release, NuGet downloads, build, tests, codecov).

### File rename — `Docs/ALiasNames.md` → `Docs/AliasNames.md`

The on-disk filename had a stray capital `L` while every link in
`Docs/README.md`, `Docs/Profiles.md`, etc. used the lowercase spelling.
Renamed via case-only `git mv` (Windows two-step). Existing links across
the docs now resolve on GitHub's case-sensitive filesystem.

### `Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer` `HelpLinkUri` updates

- `Tools/Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer/Diagnostics/DiagnosticIds.cs` —
`HelpLinkUriBase` repointed from `Docs/MigrationGuide.md#` to
`Docs/migrate/2.0.x/README.md#` so the rule-ID help links land on the
symptom → sub-doc index instead of a generic landing page.
- `Tools/Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer/Diagnostics/DiagnosticDescriptors.cs`
— UA0021 / UA0022 message strings reference the new
`Docs/migrate/2.0.x/certificates.md`.
-
`Tools/Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer/Analyzers/UA0021CertificateValidatorRenameAnalyzer.cs`
— XML-doc path updated.
- `Tools/Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer/NugetREADME.md` and
`AnalyzerReleases.Unshipped.md` — references repointed.

## Verification

- `Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer` builds with **0 Warning(s), 0 Error(s)** in
Release.
- `Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer.Tests`: **119/119 tests pass × 5 TFMs**
(net48, net472, net8.0, net9.0, net10.0).
- `ConsoleReferenceServer` builds with **0 Warning(s), 0 Error(s)** in
Release on net10.0 (verifies the reference-server config XML still
parses cleanly after our doc-touching).
- **Every relative markdown link** in the new / changed docs (the new
`Docs/migrate/2.0.x/*`, `Docs/MigrationGuide.md`,
`Docs/WhatsNewIn2.0.md`, `Docs/Profiles.md`, `Docs/Sessions.md`,
`Docs/IdentityProviders.md`, the agent skill files, and the new
`README.md`) was walked programmatically — **0 broken links**.
- Deep heading anchors verified to match GitHub-generated slugs
(`MigrationGuide.md#encoders-and-decoders`,
`Sessions.md#1-session--the-opc-ua-session-primitive`,
`Sessions.md#3-managedsession--the-connection-state-machine-facade`,
`migrate/2.0.x/identity.md#user-identity-providers`,
`migrate/2.0.x/identity.md#user-identity-token-handlers`,
`migrate/2.0.x/encoders.md#encoders-and-decoders`,
`migrate/2.0.x/node-states.md#inodecache-changes`,
`migrate/2.0.x/certificates.md#certificatemanager-and-segregated-interfaces`,
`migrate/2.0.x/sessions-subscriptions.md#managedsession-and-automatic-reconnection`).
- No `ALiasNames` (capital L) references remain anywhere in the repo
(case-sensitive search).

## Commit history (6 commits)

1. `548d0b5ed` — Docs: rename `ALiasNames.md` to `AliasNames.md`
2. `8a8db8c30` — Docs: add `WhatsNewIn2.0.md` (1.5.378 → 2.0 highlights)
3. `e69b2169e` — Docs: rewrite `Profiles.md` to reflect master
implementation
4. `5fb8a282b` — Merge remote-tracking branch `origin/master` into
`docupdates` (resolves overlap with #3854's `Docs/Subscriptions.md`
rename of `StreamingSubscription.md`)
5. `d853fbc74` — Docs: split `MigrationGuide.md` into per-version
sub-docs (#3745)
6. `65d6e6851` — Docs: rewrite repo-root `README.md` for 2.0

## Related Issues

- Fixes #3745 (MigrationGuide.md document structure)

## Checklist

- [x] I have signed the
[CLA](https://opcfoundation.org/license/cla/ContributorLicenseAgreementv1.0.pdf)
and read the
[CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
doc.
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works and increased code coverage. *(N/A — documentation change;
existing `Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer.Tests` (119 tests × 5 TFMs) still
pass after the `DiagnosticDescriptors` / `DiagnosticIds` text updates.)*
- [x] I have added all necessary documentation. *(this PR is the
documentation; all internal links verified)*
- [x] I have verified that my changes do not introduce (new) build or
analyzer warnings. *(both `Opc.Ua.MigrationAnalyzer` and
`ConsoleReferenceServer` build with 0 warnings / 0 errors)*
- [ ] I ran **all** tests locally using the **UA.slnx** solution against
at least .net **framework** and .net **10**, and all passed. *(only the
migration-analyzer test suite was rerun, since this PR is doc + a few
`HelpLinkUri` strings; full UA.slnx run pending CI)*
- [ ] I fixed **all** failing and flaky tests in the CI pipelines and
**all** CodeQL warnings. *(pending CI)*
- [ ] I have addressed **all** PR feedback received.
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