IEC 62559-3:2017

Use case methodology - Part 3: Definition of use case template artefacts into an XML serialized format

IEC 62559-3:2017 defines the core concepts and their serialization into XML syntactic format of a use case template, an Actor list and list for detailed requirements This provides a common XML format for importing/exporting use case information between a variety of modelling software and repositories.
For complex systems, the use case methodology supports a common understanding of functionalities, Actors and processes across different technical committees or even different organizations. Developed as software engineering tool, the methodology can be used to support the development of standards as it facilitates the analysis of requirements in relation to new or existing standards. Further arguments for the use case methodology and background information are available in IEC 62559-1.
This part of IEC 62559 establishes the interfaces between the different use case repositories and/or UML engineering software tools. Once this level of interoperability is achieved, IEC 62559 can provide a reliable mechanism to interpret those XML data in order to represent graphically UML use cases.

Méthodologie des cas d'utilisation - Partie 3: Définition des artefacts de formulaire type de modèle de cas d'utilisation au format sérialisé XML

EC 62559-3:2017 définit les concepts clés exigés et leur sérialisation en format syntaxique XML d'un formulaire type de modèle de cas d'utilisation, d'une liste d'acteurs et d'une liste d'exigences détaillées. Cela fournit un format XML commun pour l'importation / l'exportation d'informations de cas d'utilisation entre une variété de logiciels de modélisation et de référentiels. Pour les systèmes complexes, la méthodologie des cas d'utilisation prend en charge une compréhension commune des fonctionnalités, des acteurs et des processus dans différents comités techniques ou même différentes organisations. Développée en tant qu'outil de génie logiciel, la méthodologie peut être utilisée pour soutenir le développement de normes car elle facilite l'analyse des exigences par rapport à des normes nouvelles ou existantes. D'autres arguments en faveur de la méthodologie des cas d'utilisation et des informations générales sont disponibles dans la CEI 62559-1. Cette partie de la CEI 62559 établit les interfaces entre les différents référentiels de cas d'utilisation et / ou les outils logiciels d'ingénierie UML. Une fois ce niveau d'interopérabilité atteint, la CEI 62559 peut fournir un mécanisme fiable pour interpréter ces données XML afin de représenter graphiquement des cas d'utilisation UML.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 12-Dec-2017
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 11.040.50 - Radiographic equipment
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• Technical Committee: SyC Smart Energy - Smart Energy
• Drafting Committee: WG 5 - SyC Smart Energy/WG 5
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 10-Jan-2018
• Completion Date: 13-Dec-2017

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 9
INTRODUCTION . 11
1 Scope . 13
2 Normative references . 14
3 Terms and definitions . 14
4 Methodological framework for developing this standard . 15
4.1 Model-based approach for developing the data exchange format . 15
4.2 Example for the model-based process in the context of IEC 62559 . 17
4.3 Development of specific data exchange profiles . 20
5 Application of the methodological framework for defining a set of key syntactic
exchange formats (use cases, actors, requirements) . 20
6 Models’ detailed content (automatic generation from UML models) . 21
6.1 UML use case core concepts (UML Information Model) . 21
6.1.1 General . 21
6.1.2 Model package UseCaseCoreConcepts . 21
6.2 Use case library exchange format . 47
6.2.1 UML use case library exchange model (UML Contextual Model) . 47
6.2.2 Use case library XML syntactic format . 75
6.3 Actor library exchange Format . 93
6.3.1 UML actor library exchange model (UML Contextual Model) . 93
6.3.2 Actor library XML syntactic format . 96
6.4 Requirement library exchange Format . 98
6.4.1 UML requirement library exchange model (UML Contextual Model) . 98
6.4.2 Requirement library XML syntactic format . 101
Bibliography . 103

Figure 1 – IEC 62559 standard series . 11
Figure 2 – A common XML format for importing/exporting use case information
between a variety of modelling software and repositories . 13
Figure 3 – Model-based development framework for the definition of the IEC 62559-3
standard XML-based data exchange format . 16
Figure 4 – UML Information Model for the Scenario-Actor relationship example . 17
Figure 5 – UML Contextual Model based on the Scenario-Actor relationship example . 18
Figure 6 – XML Schema corresponding to the Scenario-Actor relationship example . 19
Figure 7 – Producing key XML exchange formats based on a unique IEC 62559 UML
Information Model . 21
Figure 8 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_Libraries . 22
Figure 9 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_ActorLibrary. 22
Figure 10 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_UseCaseLibrary . 23
Figure 11 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_DetailedActivities . 23
Figure 12 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_AreaLibrary . 24
Figure 13 – Class diagram
UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_BusinessCaseLibrary . 24
Figure 14 – Class diagram
UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_BusinessObjectLibrary . 25

Figure 15 – Class diagram
UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_CommonTermLibrary . 25
Figure 16 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_RequirementLibrary . 25
Figure 17 – Class diagram Primitives::Primitives . 46
Figure 18 – Package diagram
UseCase_ExchangeModel::ContextualModel_Dependency . 48
Figure 19 – Class diagram UseCase_ExchangeModel::UseCase_Repository . 49
Figure 20 – Class diagram UseCase_ExchangeModel::UseCase_ShortDescription . 50
Figure 21 – Class diagram UseCase_ExchangeModel::UseCase_DetailedActivities . 51
Figure 22 – Class diagram UseCase_ExchangeModel::UseCase_CompleteDescription . 52
Figure 23 – Class diagram ActorLibrary_ExchangeModel::ActorLibrary . 93
Figure 24 – Package diagram ActorLibrary_ExchangeModel::ActorLibrary . 94
Figure 25 – Class diagram RequirementLibrary_ExchangeModel::RequirementLibrary . 98
Figure 26 – Package diagram
RequirementLibrary_ExchangeModel::RequirementLibrary . 99

Table 1 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Activity . 26
Table 2 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Activity with other classes . 27
Table 3 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Actor . 27
Table 4 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Actor with other classes . 28
Table 5 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::ActorGrouping . 28
Table 6 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::ActorGrouping with other
classes . 28
Table 7 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::ActorLibrary . 29
Table 8 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::ActorLibrary with other classes . 29
Table 9 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Area . 29
Table 10 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Area with other classes . 29
Table 11 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::AreaLibrary . 30
Table 12 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::AreaLibrary with other classes . 30
Table 13 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Assumption . 30
Table 14 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Assumption with other classes . 30
Table 15 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Author . 31
Table 16 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Author with other classes . 31
Table 17 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessCase . 31
Table 18 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessCase with other
classes . 31
Table 19 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessCaseLibrary . 32
Table 20 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessCaseLibrary with
other classes . 32
Table 21 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessObject . 32
Table 22 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessObject with other
classes . 32
Table 23 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessObjectLibrary . 33
Table 24 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessObjectLibrary with
other classes . 33
Table 25 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::CommonTerm . 33

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Table 26 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::CommonTerm with other
classes . 33
Table 27 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::CommonTermLibrary . 34
Table 28 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::CommonTermLibrary with
other classes . 34
Table 29 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Condition . 34
Table 30 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Condition with other classes. 34
Table 31 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::CustomInformation . 35
Table 32 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::CustomInformation with other
classes . 35
Table 33 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Drawing . 35
Table 34 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Drawing with other classes. 36
Table 35 – Literals of UseCaseCoreConcepts::DrawingClassification . 36
Table 36 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::FurtherActorInformation . 36
Table 37 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::FurtherActorInformation with
other classes . 37
Table 38 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::IdentifiedObject . 37
Table 39 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::KeyPerformanceIndicator . 37
Table 40 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::KeyPerformanceIndicator with
other classes .
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– 2 – IEC 62559-3:2017  IEC 2017
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 9
INTRODUCTION . 11
1 Scope . 13
2 Normative references . 14
3 Terms and definitions . 14
4 Methodological framework for developing this standard . 15
4.1 Model-based approach for developing the data exchange format . 15
4.2 Example for the model-based process in the context of IEC 62559 . 17
4.3 Development of specific data exchange profiles . 20
5 Application of the methodological framework for defining a set of key syntactic
exchange formats (use cases, actors, requirements) . 20
6 Models’ detailed content (automatic generation from UML models) . 21
6.1 UML use case core concepts (UML Information Model) . 21
6.1.1 General . 21
6.1.2 Model package UseCaseCoreConcepts . 21
6.2 Use case library exchange format . 47
6.2.1 UML use case library exchange model (UML Contextual Model) . 47
6.2.2 Use case library XML syntactic format . 75
6.3 Actor library exchange Format . 93
6.3.1 UML actor library exchange model (UML Contextual Model) . 93
6.3.2 Actor library XML syntactic format . 96
6.4 Requirement library exchange Format . 98
6.4.1 UML requirement library exchange model (UML Contextual Model) . 98
6.4.2 Requirement library XML syntactic format . 101
Bibliography . 103

Figure 1 – IEC 62559 standard series . 11
Figure 2 – A common XML format for importing/exporting use case information
between a variety of modelling software and repositories . 13
Figure 3 – Model-based development framework for the definition of the IEC 62559-3
standard XML-based data exchange format . 16
Figure 4 – UML Information Model for the Scenario-Actor relationship example . 17
Figure 5 – UML Contextual Model based on the Scenario-Actor relationship example . 18
Figure 6 – XML Schema corresponding to the Scenario-Actor relationship example . 19
Figure 7 – Producing key XML exchange formats based on a unique IEC 62559 UML
Information Model . 21
Figure 8 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_Libraries . 22
Figure 9 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_ActorLibrary. 22
Figure 10 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_UseCaseLibrary . 23
Figure 11 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_DetailedActivities . 23
Figure 12 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_AreaLibrary . 24
Figure 13 – Class diagram
UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_BusinessCaseLibrary . 24
Figure 14 – Class diagram
UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_BusinessObjectLibrary . 25

Figure 15 – Class diagram
UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_CommonTermLibrary . 25
Figure 16 – Class diagram UseCaseCoreConcepts::UseCaseCore_RequirementLibrary . 25
Figure 17 – Class diagram Primitives::Primitives . 46
Figure 18 – Package diagram
UseCase_ExchangeModel::ContextualModel_Dependency . 48
Figure 19 – Class diagram UseCase_ExchangeModel::UseCase_Repository . 49
Figure 20 – Class diagram UseCase_ExchangeModel::UseCase_ShortDescription . 50
Figure 21 – Class diagram UseCase_ExchangeModel::UseCase_DetailedActivities . 51
Figure 22 – Class diagram UseCase_ExchangeModel::UseCase_CompleteDescription . 52
Figure 23 – Class diagram ActorLibrary_ExchangeModel::ActorLibrary . 93
Figure 24 – Package diagram ActorLibrary_ExchangeModel::ActorLibrary . 94
Figure 25 – Class diagram RequirementLibrary_ExchangeModel::RequirementLibrary . 98
Figure 26 – Package diagram
RequirementLibrary_ExchangeModel::RequirementLibrary . 99

Table 1 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Activity . 26
Table 2 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Activity with other classes . 27
Table 3 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Actor . 27
Table 4 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Actor with other classes . 28
Table 5 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::ActorGrouping . 28
Table 6 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::ActorGrouping with other
classes . 28
Table 7 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::ActorLibrary . 29
Table 8 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::ActorLibrary with other classes . 29
Table 9 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Area . 29
Table 10 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Area with other classes . 29
Table 11 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::AreaLibrary . 30
Table 12 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::AreaLibrary with other classes . 30
Table 13 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Assumption . 30
Table 14 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Assumption with other classes . 30
Table 15 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Author . 31
Table 16 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::Author with other classes . 31
Table 17 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessCase . 31
Table 18 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessCase with other

classes . 31
Table 19 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessCaseLibrary . 32
Table 20 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessCaseLibrary with
other classes . 32
Table 21 – Attributes of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessObject . 32
Table 22 – Association ends of UseCaseCoreConcepts::BusinessObject with other
classes .
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