oSIST prEN IEC 61360-7:2025

Standard data element types with associated classification scheme - Part 7: Data dictionary of cross-domain concepts (IEC 61360-7:2024)

This part of the EN IEC 61360 specifies the new data dictionary (domain) “IEC 61360-7 - General items” including its generic concepts. The IEC 61360-7 data dictionary provides concepts (dictionary elements e.g. classes, properties) intended for cross-domain use.

Genormte Datenelementtypen mit Klassifikationsschema für elektrische Betriebsmittel - Teil 7: Datenbeschreibungsverzeichnis für domänenübergreifende Konzepte (IEC 61360-7:2024)

Types normalisés d’éléments de données avec plan de classification - Partie 7 : Dictionnaire de données des concepts interdomaines (IEC 61360-7:2024)

L’IEC 61360-7:2024 spécifie le nouveau dictionnaire de données (domaine) "IEC 61360-7 – Éléments généraux" y compris ses concepts génériques. Le dictionnaire de données de l’IEC 61360-7 donne les concepts (éléments de dictionnaire, par exemple les classes ou les propriétés) destinés à une utilisation inter-domaines.
Le présent document a le statut d’une publication horizontale conformément au Guide 108 de l’IEC.
Le dictionnaire de données de l’IEC 61360-7 est publié dans le dictionnaire de données communes de l’IEC (CDD) et est disponible à l’adresse https://cdd.iec.ch.

Standardni tipi podatkovnih elementov s pripadajočo klasifikacijsko shemo - 7. del: Slovar podatkov meddomenskih konceptov (IEC 61360-7:2024)

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 30-Oct-2025
• ICS: 01.040.29 - Electrical engineering (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 01.110 - Technical product documentation
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• ICS: 29.100.20 - Electrical and electromechanical components
• ICS: 31.020 - Electronic components in general
• Technical Committee: EDO - Documentation and graphical symbols
• Current Stage: 4020 - Public enquire (PE) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 12-Aug-2025
• Due Date: 30-Dec-2025
• Completion Date: 29-Oct-2025
• Ref Project: prEN IEC 61360-7:2025 - Standard data element types with associated classification scheme - Part 7: Data dictionary of cross-domain concepts

Overview

prEN IEC 61360-7:2025 (based on IEC 61360-7:2024) defines a new, horizontal data dictionary domain - "IEC 61360-7 – General items" - provided in the IEC Common Data Dictionary (IEC CDD). The document specifies generic, cross‑domain concepts (dictionary elements such as classes and properties) intended to enable unambiguous semantic description of items across electrotechnical and related domains. The dictionary entries are machine-sensible and identified using an IRDI (International Registration Data Identifier) format defined by ISO/TS 29002-5.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Scope: a cross-domain data dictionary for general items, published in IEC CDD (https://cdd.iec.ch).
• Identification: every dictionary element is assigned an IRDI (RI#DI#VI), with DI codes reserved in the range CAA000–CAZ999 for this domain.
• Generic structures: classes such as General items (CAA000), Features (CAA001) and Qualifiers (CAA002) with assigned properties.
• Example properties (library entries):
  • CBA001 Applicability qualifier - waives or restricts applicability of a property for local or temporal reasons.
  • CBA002 Value origin qualifier - specifies how a value was captured or generated.
  • CBA007 / CBA008 Time stamp tokens - timestamps with UTC and TAI timescales.
  • (Full property definitions and attributes are published in Table 2 of the standard.)
• Conformance: data dictionary structure follows the data model in IEC 61360-2 / ISO 13584-42 and other parts of the IEC 61360 series.
• Lifecycle: the dictionary is maintained and further developed in IEC CDD under the SDB content procedure (ANNEX SK).

Applications and who uses it

• Purpose: enable semantic interoperability, consistent product ontologies, and unambiguous data exchange across domains and tools.
• Typical users:
  • Standards developers and technical committees
  • Manufacturers of electrical/electromechanical components
  • Data architects, PLM/PDM/ERP/IoT system integrators
  • Software vendors building catalogs, digital twins or component libraries
  • Asset managers and procurement systems requiring standardized attribute semantics
• Practical uses: harmonizing product data, enabling automated exchanges between catalogs and engineering tools, improving search/filtering in digital marketplaces, and supporting cross-domain integration in Industry 4.0 applications.

Related standards

• IEC 61360 series (common data dictionaries and data element types)
• IEC 61360-1, IEC 61360-2 / ISO 13584-42 (data model), ISO/TS 29002-5 (IRDI identification)
• IEC Guide 108 (horizontal publications), IEC CDD repository

This part of IEC 61360 provides the foundational vocabulary and identifiers needed to create interoperable, machine-readable product data across electrotechnical and adjacent industries.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2025
Standardni tipi podatkovnih elementov s pripadajočo klasifikacijsko shemo - 7.
del: Slovar podatkov meddomenskih konceptov (IEC 61360-7:2024)
Standard data element types with associated classification scheme - Part 7: Data
dictionary of cross-domain concepts (IEC 61360-7:2024)
Genormte Datenelementtypen mit Klassifikationsschema für elektrische Betriebsmittel -
Teil 7: Datenbeschreibungsverzeichnis für domänenübergreifende Konzepte (IEC 61360
-7:2024)
Types normalisés d’éléments de données avec plan de classification - Partie 7 :
Dictionnaire de données des concepts interdomaines (IEC 61360-7:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 61360-7:2025
ICS:
01.040.29 Elektrotehnika (Slovarji) Electrical engineering
(Vocabularies)
29.100.20 Električni in elektromehanski Electrical and
sestavni deli electromechanical
components
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 61360-7
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2025
ICS 01.110; 25.040.40; 31.020 -
English Version
Standard data element types with associated classification
scheme - Part 7: Data dictionary of cross-domain concepts
(IEC 61360-7:2024)
Types normalisés d’éléments de données avec plan de Genormte Datenelementtypen mit Klassifikationsschema für
classification – Partie 7 : Dictionnaire de données des elektrische Betriebsmittel - Teil 7:
concepts interdomaines Datenbeschreibungsverzeichnis für domänenübergreifende
(IEC 61360-7:2024) Konzepte
(IEC 61360-7:2024)
This draft European Standard is submitted to CENELEC members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2025-10-31.

The text of this draft consists of the text of IEC 61360-7:2024.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CENELEC in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to
the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
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© 2025 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Project: 81202 Ref. No. prEN IEC 61360-7:2025 E

European foreword
This document (prEN IEC 61360-7:2025) consists of the text of IEC 61360-7:2024 prepared by SC 3D
"Classes, Properties and Identification of products - Common Data Dictionary (CDD)" of IEC/TC 3
"Documentation, graphical symbols and representations of technical information".
This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this document has (doa) dav+ 6 months
to be announced at national level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dav+ 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of an
identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting (dow) dav+ 36 months
with this document have to be withdrawn (to be confirmed or
modified when voting)
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the
relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cencenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
ISO/TS 29002-5 2009 Industrial automation systems and - -
integration - Exchange of characteristic
data - Part 5: Identification scheme

IEC 61360-7 ®
Edition 1.0 2024-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
HORIZONTAL PUBLICATION
Standard data element types with associated classification scheme –

Part 7: Data dictionary of cross-domain concepts

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 01.110; 25.040.40; 31.020 ISBN 978-2-8322-8130-7

– 2 – IEC 61360-7:2024 © IEC 2024
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 6
3.1 Terms and definitions . 6
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 7
4 IEC 61360-7 data dictionary (domain) . 7
4.1 Overview and generic concepts . 7
4.2 Further development and maintenance . 10
Bibliography . 11

Table 1 – Generic structures . 8
Table 2 – Library of properties with attributes . 9

IEC 61360-7:2024 © IEC 2024 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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STANDARD DATA ELEMENT TYPES
WITH ASSOCIATED CLASSIFICATION SCHEME –

Part 7: Data dictionary of cross-domain concepts

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