SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026

• Abstract:

  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.

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 30-Oct-2025
• Publication Date: 07-Sep-2026
• 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: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 08-Jun-2026
• Due Date: 13-Aug-2026
• Completion Date: 08-Sep-2026
• Ref Project: EN IEC 61360-7:2026 - Standard data element types with associated classification scheme - Part 7: Data dictionary of cross-domain concepts

• Refers: SIST EN 50445:2008 - Product family standard to demonstrate compliance of equipment for resistance welding, arc welding and allied processes with the basic restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz - 300 GHz)
• Effective Date: 03-Feb-2026

SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026 is the Slovenian adoption of EN IEC 61360-7:2026, which reproduces IEC 61360-7:2024. It defines the IEC 61360-7 data dictionary, “General items”, and its generic concepts for cross-domain use in IEC CDD. The standard is for people who manage technical product data, class structures, and properties and need shared meanings across different domains.

What does SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026 specify?

SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026 specifies a new data dictionary domain, “IEC 61360-7 - General items”, together with its generic concepts. In practice, it gives a common reference set of dictionary elements that can be used across domains instead of being tied to one product family.

The document is a horizontal publication and the data dictionary is published in IEC CDD. That matters because the content is intended for reuse in computer-sensible product data exchange, where consistent semantics are more important than local naming habits.

The document is organized into four clauses, plus a bibliography and Annex ZA.

• Clause 1 - Scope
• Clause 2 - Normative references
• Clause 3 - Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
• Clause 4 - IEC 61360-7 data dictionary
• Annex ZA - Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications

What are the key requirements of SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026?

SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026 sets out how the cross-domain dictionary is identified, structured, and maintained. The most practical points are the identification scheme, the generic class structure, the property library, and the maintenance route through IEC CDD.

Identification of items

Clause 4.1 says all items are identified by an International Registration Data Identifier (IRDI) according to ISO/TS 29002-5 in machine-sensible form. An IRDI is split into three sections - registration authority identifier, data identifier, and version identifier - with “#” used as the separator. For implementers, this means dictionary entries must be referenced with stable machine-readable identifiers, not just names.

Clause 4.1 also reserves the data identifier range CAA000 to CAZ999 for this dictionary. That is important when assigning or checking codes, because it keeps the domain’s identifiers in a controlled range.

Generic structures and classes

Table 1 in Clause 4.1 defines the generic structures of the dictionary. It includes the main “General items” class, “Features”, and “Qualifiers”, plus qualifier classes for applicability, value origin, value processing, life cycle, operational state, value quality, and time stamp tokens for UTC and TAI. In practice, these are the reusable building blocks for representing cross-domain concepts.

Property library and metadata

Table 2 in Clause 4.1 gives the library of properties with their attributes. The table shows how each property is described through items such as preferred name, definition, source, unit, data type, and value ID format. For users, this means the dictionary is not only a list of terms - it also provides the metadata needed to interpret and exchange those terms consistently.

Qualified meanings for data elements

The qualifier properties are tied to specific meanings such as applicability, origin, processing, lifecycle stage, operating state, quality, and timestamp binding. In practice, these qualifiers help users state whether a value applies only in certain conditions, where it came from, how it was derived, or how trustworthy it is.

Maintenance of the dictionary

Clause 4.2 directs users to IEC CDD for future development and maintenance, following the procedures defined for the SDB content procedure. This matters because the live dictionary can evolve, so implementers should check IEC CDD for updates when building or maintaining data models.

What terms does SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026 define?

• IEC CDD - The IEC Common Data Dictionary, an IEC-hosted repository of data dictionaries for industrial and technical domains.
• data dictionary - A structured collection of dictionary elements that follows the specified data model and represents product ontologies.
• feature - An aspect of an item that can be captured by a class structure and a set of properties, and that cannot exist independently of the item.
• item - A thing that can be captured by a structure of class or property, from a component up to an assembly or system.
• IRDI - International Registration Data Identifier, the machine-sensible identifier format used for items in this dictionary.

Who uses SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026?

SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026 is used by people who build or maintain technical data dictionaries, product classification schemes, and machine-readable product information. Typical users include data modelers, product information managers, software developers, and organizations that exchange electrotechnical or related technical data across domains.

It is also relevant to teams that need consistent property names and definitions for interoperability. In practice, that supports cataloguing, data mapping, system integration, and the management of shared technical vocabularies.

Which standards are used with SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026?

• ISO/TS 29002-5:2009 - Provides the identification scheme used for IRDI.
• IEC 61360-1 - Supports the data model for data dictionaries mentioned in the definition of “data dictionary”.
• IEC 61360-2 / ISO 13584-42 - Defines the data model for data dictionaries referenced in the definition of “IEC CDD”.
• IEC 62656-1 - Provides the modelling capability referenced in the definition of “IEC CDD”.
• IEC 62569-1:2017 - Source standard for the applicability, value origin, value processing, and life cycle qualifier concepts.
• IEC 62744:2014 - Source standard for the operational state qualifier.
• IEC 62832-2:2020 - Source standard for the value quality qualifier.
• ISO/IEC 18014-1:2008 - Source standard for the UTC and TAI time stamp token qualifiers.
• IEC Guide 108 - Identified in the bibliography as the guide for horizontal publications.

What does the SIST EN IEC 61360-7:2026 document contain?

The document contains the scope, normative references, terms and abbreviated terms, and the main data dictionary clause. It also includes Table 1 with the generic class structure and Table 2 with the property library and its attributes.

It further gives the identification scheme based on IRDI and the instructions for ongoing maintenance through IEC CDD. The bibliography points to IEC Guide 108 and IEC 61360-4 DB, which help place this part in the wider IEC 61360 series.

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2026
Tipi standardnih podatkovnih elementov s pripadajočo klasifikacijsko shemo- 7.
del: Podatkovni slovar 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: EN IEC 61360-7:2026
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 EN IEC 61360-7

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM May 2026
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
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European foreword
This document (EN IEC 61360-7:2026) 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".
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61360-7:2024 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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
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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
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ICS 01.110; 25.040.40; 31.020 ISBN 978-2-8322-8130-7

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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 –
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STANDARD DATA ELEMENT TYPES
WITH ASSOCIATED CLASSIFICATION SCHEME –

Part 7: Data dictionary of cross-domain concepts

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