IEC 61987-10:2009

Industrial-process measurement and control - Data structures and elements in process equipment catalogues - Part 10: List of Properties (LOPs) for Industrial-Process Measurement and Control for Electronic Data Exchange - Fundamentals

IEC 61987-10:2009 provides a method of standardizing the descriptions of process control devices, instrumentation and auxiliary equipment as well as their operating environments and operating requirements (for example, measuring point specification data). The aims of this standard are:
- to define a common language for customers and suppliers through the publication of Lists of Properties (LOPs),
- to optimize workflows between customers and suppliers as well as in processes such as engineering, development and purchasing within their own organizations,
- to reduce transaction costs.
The standard describes industrial-process device types and devices using structured lists of properties and makes the associated properties available in a component data dictionary. This bilingual version, published in 2010-11, corresponds to the English version. The French version of this standard has not been voted upon.
This publication is to be read in conjunction with IEC 61987-1:2006.

Mesure et contrôle des processus industriels - Structures de données et éléments dans les catalogues d'équipement de processus - Partie 10: Liste de propriétés (LOP) pour l'échange électronique de données pour la mesure et le contrôle de processus industriels - Principes essentiels

La CEI 61987-10:2009 fournit une méthode de normalisation des descriptions des dispositifs de contrôle de processus, des équipements d'instrumentation et des auxiliaires ainsi que leurs environnements de fonctionnement et les exigences de fonctionnement (par exemple, les données de spécification du point de mesure). Les buts de cette norme sont les suivants:
- définir un langage commun pour les clients et les fournisseurs en publiant des listes de propriétés (LOP),
- optimiser les flux de travaux entre clients et fournisseurs ainsi que dans les processus, par exemple l'ingénierie, le développement et les achats,
- réduire les coûts des transactions.
La présente norme décrit des types de dispositifs de processus industriels en utilisant des listes structurées de propriétés. Ses propriétés sont mises à disposition dans un dictionnaire de données de composants. La présente version bilingue, publiée en 2010-11, correspond à la version anglaise. La version française de cette norme n'a pas été soumise au vote.
Cette publication doit être lue conjointement avec la CEI 61987-1:2006.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 22-Jul-2009
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• ICS: 35.100.20 - Data link layer
• Technical Committee: SC 65E - Devices and integration in enterprise systems
• Drafting Committee: WG 2 - TC 65/SC 65E/WG 2
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 31-Aug-2009
• Completion Date: 23-Jul-2009

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• Corrected By: IEC 61987-10:2009/COR1:2012 - Corrigendum 1 - Industrial-process measurement and control - Data structures and elements in process equipment catalogues - Part 10: Lists of properties (LOPs) for industrial-process measurement and control for electronic data exchange - Fundamentals
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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IEC 61987-10 ®
Edition 1.0 2009-07
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Industrial-process measurement and control – Data structures and elements
in process equipment catalogues –
Part 10: Lists of properties (LOPs) for industrial-process measurement and
control for electronic data exchange – Fundamentals

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IEC 61987-10 ®
Edition 1.0 2009-07
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Industrial-process measurement and control – Data structures and elements
in process equipment catalogues –
Part 10: Lists of properties (LOPs) for industrial-process measurement and
control for electronic data exchange – Fundamentals

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
PRICE CODE
X
ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.20 ISBN 978-2-88910-597-7
– 2 – 61987-10 © IEC:2009(E)
CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4
INTRODUCTION.6
1 Scope.10
2 Normative references .10
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations .11
3.1 Terms and definitions .11
3.2 Abbreviations .15
4 Structural elements and concepts of lists of properties .16
4.1 General .16
4.2 Structural elements .16
4.2.1 Properties.16
4.2.2 Blocks of properties.18
4.2.3 Views .19
4.3 Structural concepts .19
4.3.1 Cardinality .19
4.3.2 Polymorphism.20
4.3.3 Composition/Aggregation.21
5 Types of Lists of Properties .22
5.1 General .22
5.2 Administrative List of Properties (ALOP).22
5.3 Operating List of Properties (OLOP) .23
5.4 Device List of Properties (DLOP).23
5.5 Commercial List of Properties (CLOP) .24
5.6 Additional types of Lists of Properties.24
5.7 LOP types for composite devices .25
6 Structural and Transaction Data .25
6.1 Concept Identifier .25
6.2 Structural Data .26
6.3 Transaction Data.26
Annex A (normative) Conceptual model of a List of Properties .30
Annex B (informative) Usage of LOPs.34
Annex C (informative) Use cases for engineering.41
Bibliography.48

Figure 1 – Layers of electronic exchange procedures considered in this standard.
Figure 2 – Support for business-to-business relationships through the use of Lists of
Properties .8
Figure 3 – A property and its attributes .17
Figure 4 – Interpretation of a block of properties.18
Figure 5 – Illustration of cardinality .20
Figure 6 – Illustration of polymorphism .21
Figure 7 – Structure of a composite device .22
Figure 8 – Relationship between property values in the OLOP and DLOP .24
Figure A.1 – Simplified UML scheme of an LOP.30

61987-10 © IEC:2009(E) – 3 –
Figure A.2 – Conceptual UML scheme of the data model .31
Figure C.1 – Use of LOP types at individual project stages .41
Figure C.2 – Data exchange in the engineering workflow .42
Figure C.3 – Structural and transaction data for inquiry and offer.44
Figure C.4 – Data exchange throughout the life-cycle of a device .47

Table 1 – Example of concept Identifiers .26
Table 2 – Example of transaction data .27
Table 3 – Example of visualisation of the transaction data .29
Table B.1 – Suggestion for an Administrative List of Properties .34
Table B.2 – Example of Operating List of Properties .37
Table B.3 – Example of Device List of Properties.38
Table C.1 – Structural and transaction data for the example described .46

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INDUSTRIAL-PROCESS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL –
DATA STRUCTURES AND ELEMENTS
IN PROCESS EQUIPMENT CATALOGUES –

Part 10: Lists of Properties (LOPs) for Industrial-Process Measurement
and Control for Electronic Data Exchange – Fundamentals

FOREWORD
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all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
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International Standard IEC 61987-10 has been prepared by subcommittee 65E: Devices and
integration in enterprise systems, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process
measurement, controls and automation.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65E/134/FDIS 65E/145/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

61987-10 © IEC:2009(E) – 5 –
This part of IEC 61987 has to be read in conjunction with IEC 61987-1.
A list of all parts in the IEC 61987 series, under the general titles Industrial-process
measurement and control structures and elements in process equipment catalogues, can be
found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in
the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
A bilingual version of this publication may be issued at a later date.

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INTRODUCTION
The exchange of product data between companies, business systems, engineering tools and,
in the future, control systems (electrical, measuring and control technology) can run smoothl
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Industrial-process measurement and control – Data structures and elements in
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Part 10: Lists of Properties (LOPs) for Industrial-Process Measurement and
Control for Electronic Data Exchange – Fundamentals

Mesure et commande des processus industriels – Structures de données et
éléments dans les catalogues d’équipement de processus –
Partie 10: Liste de propriétés (LOP) pour l’échange électronique de données
pour la mesure et le contrôle de processus industriels – Principes essentiels

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IEC 61987-10 ®
Edition 1.0 2009-07
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
Industrial-process measurement and control – Data structures and elements in
process equipment catalogues –
Part 10: Lists of Properties (LOPs) for Industrial-Process Measurement and
Control for Electronic Data Exchange – Fundamentals

Mesure et commande des processus industriels – Structures de données et
éléments dans les catalogues d’équipement de processus –
Partie 10: Liste de propriétés (LOP) pour l’échange électronique de données
pour la mesure et le contrôle de processus industriels – Principes essentiels

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
X
CODE PRIX
ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.20 ISBN 978-2-88912-273-8
– 2 – 61987-10 Ó IEC:2009
CONTENTS
FOREW ORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 10
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations. 11
3.1 Terms and definitions . 11
3.2 Abbreviations. 15
4 Structural elements and concepts of lists of properties . 16
4.1 General . 16
4.2 Structural elements . 16
4.2.1 Properties . 16
4.2.2 Blocks of properties . 18
4.2.3 Views . 19
4.3 Structural concepts . 19
4.3.1 Cardinality . 19
4.3.2 Polymorphism . 20
4.3.3 Composition/Aggregation . 21
5 Types of Lists of Properties . 22
5.1 General . 22
5.2 Administrative List of Properties (ALOP) . 22
5.3 Operating List of Properties (OLOP) . 23
5.4 Device List of Properties (DLOP) . 23
5.5 Commercial List of Properties (CLOP) . 24
5.6 Additional types of Lists of Properties. 24
5.7 LOP types for composite devices . 25
6 Structural and Transaction Data . 25
6.1 Concept Identifier . 25
6.2 Structural Data . 26
6.3 Transaction Data. 26
Annex A (normative) Conceptual model of a List of Properties . 30
Annex B (informative) Usage of LOPs . 34
Annex C (informative) Use cases for engineering . 41
Bibliography . 48

Figure 1 – Layers of electronic exchange procedures considered in this standard . 7
Figure 2 – Support for business-to-business relationships through the use of Lists of
Pr o pe rties . 8
Figure 3 – A property and its attributes . 17
Figure 4 – Interpretation of a block of properties . 18
Figure 5 – Illustration of cardinality . 20
Figure 6 – Illustration of polymorphism . 21
Figure 7 – Structure of a composite device. 22
Figure 8 – Relationship between property values in the OLOP and DLOP . 24
Figure A.1 – Simplified UML scheme of an LOP . 30

61987-10 Ó IEC:2009 – 3 –
Figure A.2 – Conceptual UML scheme of the data model . 31
Figure C.1 – Use of LOP types at individual project stages . 41
Figure C.2 – Data exchange in the engineering workflow . 42
Figure C.3 – Structural and transaction data for inquiry and offer . 44
Figure C.4 – Data exchange throughout the life-cycle of a device . 47

Table 1 – Example of concept Identifiers . 26
Table 2 – Example of transaction data . 27
Table 3 – Example of visualisation of the transaction data . 29
Table B.1 – Suggestion for an Administrative List of Properties . 34
Table B.2 – Example of Operating List of Properties . 37
Table B.3 – Example of Device List of Properties . 38
Table C.1 – Structural and transaction data for the example described . 46

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
____________
INDUSTRIAL-PROCESS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL –
DATA STRUCTURES AND ELEMENTS
IN PROCESS EQUIPMENT CATALOGUES –

Part 10: Lists of Properties (LOPs) for Industrial-Process Measurement
and Control for Electronic Data Exchange – Fundamentals

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications,
Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as “IEC
Publication(s)”). Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IEC National Committee interested
in the subject dealt with may participate in this preparatory work. International, governmental and non-
governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation. IEC collaborates closely
with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in accordance with conditions determined by
agreement between the two organizations.
2) The formal decisions or agreements of IEC on technical matters express, as nearly as possible, an international
consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all
interested IEC National Committees.
3) IEC Publications have the form of recommendations for international use and are accepted by IEC National
Committees in that sense. While all reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the technical content of IEC
Publications is accurate, IEC cannot be held responsible for the way in which they are used or for any
misinterpretation by any end user.
4) In order to promote international uniformity, IEC National Committees undertake to apply IEC Publications
transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional publications. Any divergence
between any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication s
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