IEC 61970-552:2013

Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) - Part 552: CIMXML Model exchange format

IEC 61970-552:2013 specifies a Component Interface Specification (CIS) for Energy Management Systems Application Program Interfaces. This part specifies the format and rules for exchanging modelling information based upon the CIM. It uses the CIM RDF Schema presented in IEC 61970-501 as the meta-model framework for constructing XML documents of power system modelling information. The style of these documents is called CIMXML format. This standard supports a mechanism for software from independent suppliers to produce and consume CIM described modelling information based on a common format.

Interface de programmation d'application pour système de gestion d'énergie (EMS-API) - Partie 552: Format d'échange de modèle CIMXML

La CEI 61970-552:2013 spécifie une Spécification d'Interface de Composants (Component Interface Specification (CIS)) pour les Interfaces de Programmation d'Application des Systèmes de Gestion d'Énergie. Cette partie spécifie le format et les règles pour échanger les informations de modélisation basées sur le CIM. Elle utilise le Schéma RDF du CIM présenté dans la CEI 61970-501 comme le cadre de métamodèle pour générer les documents XML contenant les informations relatives à la modélisation des réseaux électriques. Le style de ces documents est appelé format CIMXML. La présente norme prend en charge un mécanisme pour les logiciels provenant de fournisseurs indépendants afin de produire et d'utiliser les informations de modélisation décrites dans le CIM dans un format commun.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Oct-2013
• ICS: 33.060.30 - Radio relay and fixed satellite communications systems
• ICS: 33.200 - Telecontrol. Telemetering
• Technical Committee: TC 57 - Power systems management and associated information exchange
• Drafting Committee: WG 13 - TC 57/WG 13
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 27-Sep-2016

Relations

• Revised: IEC 61970-552:2016 - Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) - Part 552: CIMXML Model exchange format
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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Partie 552: Format d’échange de modèle CIMXML

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IEC 61970-552 ®
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Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) –

Part 552: CIMXML Model exchange format

Interface de programmation d’application pour système de gestion d'énergie

(EMS-API) –
Partie 552: Format d’échange de modèle CIMXML

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions. 7
4 Model exchange header . 9
4.1 General . 9
4.2 CIMXML documents and headers . 9
4.3 Model and header data description . 10
4.4 Work flow . 12
5 Object identification . 13
5.1 URIs as identifiers . 13
5.2 About rdf:ID and rdf:about . 14
5.3 CIMXML element identification . 14
6 CIMXML format rules and conventions . 15
6.1 General . 15
6.2 Simplified RDF syntax . 16
6.2.1 General. 16
6.2.2 Notation . 16
6.2.3 Syntax definition . 16
6.2.4 Syntax extension for difference model . 21
6.3 CIMXML format style guide . 26
6.4 Representing new, deleted and changed objects as CIMXML elements . 27
6.5 CIM RDF schema generation with CIM profile . 27
6.6 CIM extensions . 28
6.7 RDF simplified syntax design rationale . 28
Bibliography . 30

Figure 1 – Model with header . 10
Figure 2 – Example work flow events . 12
Figure 3 – Example work flow events with more dependencies. 13
Figure 4 – CIMXML-based power system model exchange mechanism . 15
Figure 5 – Relations between UML, profile and CIMXML tools . 28

Table 1 – Header attributes . 11

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International Standard IEC 61970-552 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 57:
Power systems management and associated information exchange.
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INTRODUCTION
This International standard is part of the IEC 61970 series that define an Application Program
Interface (API) for an Energy Management System (EMS).
IEC 61970-301 specifies a Common Information Model (CIM): a logical view of the physical
aspects of an electric utility operations. The CIM is described using the Uni
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