IEC 62714-1:2014

Engineering data exchange format for use in industrial automation systems engineering - Automation markup language - Part 1: Architecture and general requirements

IEC 62714-1:2014 is a solution for data exchange focusing on the domain of automation engineering. The data exchange format defined in the IEC 62714 series (Automation Markup Language, AML) is an XML schema based data format and has been developed in order to support the data exchange in a heterogeneous engineering tools landscape. The goal of AML is to interconnect engineering tools in their different disciplines, e.g. mechanical plant engineering, electrical design, process engineering, process control engineering, HMI development, PLC programming, robot programming, etc.

Format d'échange de données techniques pour une utilisation dans l'ingénierie des systèmes d'automatisation industrielle - Automation markup language - Partie 1: Architecture et exigences générales

L'IEC 62714-1:2014 constitue une approche de l'échange de données qui cible le domaine de l'ingénierie de l'automatisation. Le format d'échange de données défini dans la série CEI 62714 (Automation Markup Language, AML) est un format de données de type schéma XML mis au point afin de venir à l'appui de l'échange de données dans un environnement d'outils techniques hétérogène. L'objectif de l'AML est l'interconnexion des outils techniques dans leurs différentes disciplines, par exemple, ingénierie des installations mécaniques, études d'électricité, ingénierie de procédés, ingénierie de commande de processus, développement des IHM, programmation PLC, programmation de robots, etc.

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• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 25-Jun-2014
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• ICS: 35.060 - Languages used in information technology
• ICS: 35.240.50 - IT applications in industry
• Technical Committee: SC 65E - Devices and integration in enterprise systems
• Drafting Committee: WG 9 - TC 65/SC 65E/WG 9
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 30-Apr-2018

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• Revised: IEC 62714-1:2018 - Engineering data exchange format for use in industrial automation systems engineering - Automation Markup Language - Part 1: Architecture and general requirements
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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CONTENTS




FOREWORD . 7

INTRODUCTION . 9


1 Scope . 11

2 Normative references . 11

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 11


3.1 Terms and definitions . 11

3.2 Abbreviations . 14
4 Conformity . 14
5 AML architecture specification . 15
5.1 General . 15
5.2 General AML architecture . 15
5.3 AML document versions . 16
5.4 Meta information about the AML source tool . 17
5.5 Object identification . 18
5.6 AML relations specification . 19
5.6.1 General . 19
5.6.2 Parent-child-relations between AML objects . 19
5.6.3 Parent-child-relations between AML classes . 20
5.6.4 Inheritance relations . 21
5.6.5 Class-instance-relations . 21
5.6.6 Instance-instance-relations . 23
5.7 AML document reference specification . 25
5.7.1 General . 25
5.7.2 Referencing COLLADA documents . 25
5.7.3 Referencing PLCopen XML documents . 25
5.7.4 Referencing additional documents . 25
6 AML base libraries . 25
6.1 General . 25
6.2 General provisions . 25
6.3 AML interface class library – AutomationMLInterfaceClassLib . 26
6.3.1 General . 26

6.3.2 InterfaceClass AutomationMLBaseInterface . 28
6.3.3 InterfaceClass Order . 28
6.3.4 InterfaceClass PortConnector . 29
6.3.5 InterfaceClass PPRConnector . 29
6.3.6 InterfaceClass ExternalDataConnector . 29
6.3.7 InterfaceClass COLLADAInterface . 30
6.3.8 InterfaceClass PLCopenXMLInterface . 30
6.3.9 InterfaceClass Communication . 30
6.3.10 InterfaceClass SignalInterface . 31
6.4 AML basic role class library – AutomationMLBaseRoleClassLib . 31
6.4.1 General . 31
6.4.2 RoleClass AutomationMLBaseRole . 33
6.4.3 RoleClass Group . 33
6.4.4 RoleClass Facet . 34

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6.4.5 RoleClass Port . 34

6.4.6 RoleClass Resource . 36

6.4.7 RoleClass Product . 36

6.4.8 RoleClass Process . 37

6.4.9 RoleClass Structure . 37

6.4.10 RoleClass ProductStructure . 37

6.4.11 RoleClass ProcessStructure . 38

6.4.12 RoleClass ResourceStructure . 38

6.4.13 RoleClass PropertySet. 38

7 Modelling of user-defined data . 39

7.1 General . 39
7.2 User-defined attributes. 39
7.3 User-defined InterfaceClasses . 39
7.4 User-defined RoleClasses . 40
7.5 User-defined SystemUnitClasses . 41
7.6 User-defined InstanceHierarchies . 41
8 Extended AML concepts . 42
8.1 General overview . 42
8.2 AML Port object . 42
8.3 AML Facet object . 43
8.4 AML Group object . 43
8.5 AML PropertySet . 44
8.6 Support of multiple roles . 46
8.7 Splitting of AML top-level data into different documents . 47
8.8 Internationalization . 47
8.9 Version information of AML objects . 47
Annex A (informative) General introduction into the Automation Markup Language . 48
A.1 General Automation Markup Language concepts . 48
A.1.1 The Automation Markup Language architecture . 48
A.1.2 Modelling of plant topology information . 50
A.1.3 Referencing geometry and kinematics information . 51
A.1.4 Referencing logic information . 51
A.1.5 Modelling of relations. 52
A.2 Extended AML concepts and examples . 55
A.2.1 General overview . 55

A.2.2 AML Port concept . 55
A.2.3 AML Facet concept . 59
A.2.4 AML Group concept . 61
A.2.5 PropertySet concept . 65
A.2.6 Process-Product-Resource concept . 68
A.2.7 Support of multiple roles . 76
Annex B (informative) XML Representation of AML Libraries . 80
B.1 AutomationMLBaseRoleClassLib . 80
B.2 AutomationMLInterfaceClassLib . 81
Bibliography . 82

Figure 1 – Overview of the engineering data exchange format AML . 9
Figure 2 – AML document version information . 16

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Figure 3 – XML text of the AML source tool information . 18

Figure 4 – Object identification example of an AML class . 19


Figure 5 – Object identification example of an AML object instance . 19

Figure 6 – Example of a parent-child-relation between AML objects . 20

Figure 7 – Example of a parent-child-relation between classes . 20


Figure 8 – Example of an inheritance relation between two classes . 21

Figure 9 – Example of a class-instance-relation . 22

Figure 10 – Example of a relation as block diagram and as object tree . 23


Figure 11 – Example relation between the objects “PLC1” and “Rob1” . 24
Figure 12 – AML basic interface class library . 27
Figure 13 – XML description of the AML basic interface class library . 28
Figure 14 – AML basic role class library . 32
Figure 15 – AutomationMLBaseRoleClassLib . 32
Figure 16 – XML text of the AutomationMLBaseRoleClassLib . 33
Figure 17 – Example of a user-defined attribute . 39
Figure 18 – Example of a user-defined InterfaceClass in a user-defined
InterfaceClassLib . 40
Figure 19 – Example of a user-defined RoleClass in a user-defined RoleClassLib . 41
Figure 20 – Examples for different user-defined SystemUnitClasses . 41
Figure 21 – Example of a user-defined InstanceHierarchy. 42
Figure 22 – AML representation of a user-defined InstanceHierarchy . 42
Figure 23 – Example illustrating the PropertySet concept . 45
Figure 24 – XML text of the PropertySet example . 46
Figure A.1 – AML general architecture . 48
Figure A.2 – Plant topology with AML . 50
Figure A.3 – Reference from CAEX to a COLLADA document . 51
Figure A.4 – Reference from a CAEX to a PLCopen XML document . 52
Figure A.5 – Relations in AML. 53
Figure A.6 – XML description of the relations example . 54
Figure A.7 – XML text of the SystemUnitClassLib of the relations example . 54
Figure A.8 – XML text of the InstanceHierarchy of the relations example . 54

Figure A.9 – Port concept . 55
Figure A.10 – Example describing the AML Port concept . 56
Figure A.11 – XML description of the AML Port concept . 57
Figure A.12 – XML text describing the AML Port concept . 58
Figure A.13 – Definition of a user-defined AML Port class “myPortClass” . 58
Figure A.14 – AML Facet example . 60
Figure A.15 – XML text of the AML Facet example . 60
Figure A.16 – AML Group example . 61
Figure A.17 – XML text for the AML Group example . 62
Figure A.18 – Combination of the Facet and Group concept. 63
Figure A.19 – XML text view for the combined Facet-Group example . 64
Figure A.20 – Generic HMI template “B” visualizing a process variable “Y” of a
conveyor . 65

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Figure A.21 – Generated HMI result “B” visualizing both conveyors with individual

process variables . 65

Figure A.22 – PropertySet example. 66


Figure A.23 – PropertySet example. 66

Figure A.24 – XML text for the instance hierarchy . 67

Figure A.25 – PropertySet example AML library as XML code . 68


Figure A.26 – Base elements of the Product-Process-Resource concept . 69

Figure A.27 – PPRConnector interface . 70

Figure A.28 – Example for the Product-Process-Resource concept . 70

Figure A.29 – AML roles required for the Process-Product-Resource concept . 71
Figure A.30 – Elements of the example . 71
Figure A.31 – Links within the example . 72
Figure A.32 – Links of the resource centric view on the example . 73
Figure A.33 – InstanceHierarchy of the example in AML . 74
Figure A.34 – InternalElements of the example . 75
Figure A.35 – InternalLinks of the example . 75
Figure A.36 – InstanceHierarchy of the example in XML . 76
Figure A.37 – Example of a user-defined instance supporting multiple roles . 77
Figure A.38 – XML text of the AML representation of multiple role support . 78
Figure A.39 – AML Role class library corresponding to the multiple role definition
example . 78
Figure A.40 – XML text of the AML role class library . 79

Table 1 – Abbreviations . 14
Table 2 – Meta information about the AML source tool . 17
Table 3 – Interface classes of the AutomationMLInterfaceClassLib . 26
Table 4 – InterfaceClass AutomationMLBaseInterface . 28
Table 5 – InterfaceClass Order . 28
Table 6 – InterfaceClass PortConnector . 29
Table 7 – InterfaceClass PPRConnector . 29
Table 8 – InterfaceClass ExternalDataConnector . 29
Table 9 – InterfaceClass COLLADAInterface . 30
Table 10 – InterfaceClass PLCopenXMLInterface . 30
Table 11 – InterfaceClass Communication . 31
Table 12 – InterfaceClass SignalInterface . 31
Table 13 – RoleClass AutomationMLBaseRole . 33
Table 14 – RoleClass Group . 34
Table 15 – RoleClass Facet . 34
Table 16 – Optional attributes for AML Port objects . 35
Table 17 – Sub-attributes of the attribute “Cardinality” . 35
Table 18 – Interface of the AML Port class . 36
Table 19 – RoleClass Resource . 36
Table 20 – RoleClass Product . 36
Table 21 – RoleClass Process . 37

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Table 22 – RoleClass Structure . 37

Table 23 – RoleClass ProductStructure . 37


Table 24 – RoleClass ProcessStructure . 38

Table 25 – RoleClass ResourceStructure . 38

Table 26 – RoleClass PropertySet . 38


Table A.1 – Overview of major extended AML concepts . 55

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