SIST EN IEC 61970-401:2022
(Main)Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) - Part 401: Profile framework
Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) - Part 401: Profile framework
The IEC 61970-401 document describes how the IEC 61970-450 to -499, IEC TS 61970-600 and IEC 61970-600 profile standards as well as any other CIM based profile specifications are structured and created. Profile documents describe a subset of the canonical CIM dedicated to a specific data exchange, the canonical CIM is described in the IEC 61970-300 series documents as well as the IEC 61968-11.
Rules for creation of canonical CIM is outside the scope of this document.
The IEC 61970-401 document specifies the structure of a profile specification and the rules for creating the subsets from the canonical CIM. The guiding principle for the profiling method is that the information described by a profile is a true subset of the canonical CIM and retain class, role and attribute names from the canonical CIM. The data types in CIM are described by classes stereotyped Primitive or CIMDatatype that is a composition of three attributes value, unit and multiplier. The main objective being that different datasets (see section 3) exchanged using different profiles based on canonical CIM solely rely on the definitions and basic principles of the canonical CIM which is a key to make interoperability efforts feasible. This also enables different profiles to relate data between them by using the canonical CIM as a hub and supports a reader of a data set or a message to easily find descriptions of elements in both the profile and the canonical CIM. The support for relating data in different data sets or messages described by different profiles is required when data is divided across different data sets governed by different profiles. Such use cases are defined for network models where the network description is separated from the operational conditions of the network (seen as an input) and the results.
There are several languages that can describe profiles, e.g. UML (serialized as XMI), RDFS, Ecore or OWL. UML includes a graphical language that is implemented by UML editors. OWL does not have a graphical language, but several editors exist that support the display and editing of OWL data. The language in which a profile is described is outside the scope of this specification as well as how profiles are presented and edited in user interfaces. Relevant specifications are referenced in section 2.
A profile in UML is described by classes, attributes, associations and roles, the common way to describe information in UML. The UML language also include the concept of stereotypes and tagged values that enables custom extensions of the UML language. Hence profiling with UML means copying and updating classes, attributes, associations and stereotypes from the canonical CIM. A profile in OWL is described by classes and properties. There are two types of OWL properties matching with UML attributes and UML roles. Profiling in OWL means creating OWL classes and properties by selecting UML classes, attributes, and roles from canonical CIM the same way as it is done for profiling with UML. This specification standardizes the operations used to create the profile elements from the canonical CIM. As canonical CIM is described in UML the operations are described in the terms of UML classes, attributes and roles. There is a mapping between UML and OWL so either language can be used to describe the created profiles.
This specification support profiles describing data exchanged with CIMXML files according to IEC 61970-552. But other formats are also supported if the exchanged data comply with profiles created according to this document.
Tools that process data described by profiles created according to this document will need a machine readable version of the profiles, also called syntactical profile. IEC 61970-501 is an RDFS based serialization intended for this. Hence profiling tools shall support the generation of profiles in the IEC 61970-501 serialisation format. [...]
Schnittstelle für Anwendungsprogramme für Netzführungssysteme (EMS-API) – Teil 401: Rahmenwerk für Profile
Interface de programmation d'application pour système de gestion d'énergie (EMS-API) - Partie 401: Spécification d'interface de composants (CIS) - Cadre général
IEC 61970-401:2022 décrit le mode de structuration et de création des spécifications de profils IEC 61970-450 (toutes les parties) et IEC 61970-600 (toutes les parties). Les spécifications de profils décrivent un sous-ensemble du CIM canonique dédié à un échange de données spécifiques. Le CIM canonique est décrit dans l’IEC 61970-300 (toutes les parties), ainsi que dans l’IEC 61968-11.
Les règles de création ou d’extension du CIM canonique ne relèvent pas du domaine d’application du présent document.
Le présent document définit la structure d’une spécification de profil, ainsi que les règles de sélection des sous-ensembles d’informations à partir du CIM canonique. Il normalise les opérations qui permettent de créer les éléments de profils à partir du CIM canonique. Étant donné que le CIM canonique est décrit en langage UML, les opérations sont décrites en matière de classes, d'attributs et de rôles UML.
Du fait d’une mise en correspondance possible entre le langage UML et le langage RDFS ou OWL, l’un des langages UML, RDFS ou OWL peut donc être utilisé pour décrire les profils créés. La spécification des langages (UML, RDFS ou OWL) utilisés pour décrire les profils, ainsi que le mode de présentation et d’édition des profils dans les interfaces utilisateurs ne relèvent pas du domaine d’application du présent document. Les langages qui servent à décrire les profils sont définis dans d’autres spécifications. Les spécifications pertinentes sont référencées à l’Article 2.
Le langage UML prend en charge l’ajout d’un texte libre qui décrit des restrictions supplémentaires concernant les constructions UML, par exemple, classes, valeurs d’attributs, rôles d’association et cardinalités. Les langages tels que OCL et SHACL sont dédiés à la description des contraintes. Le langage OCL sert à décrire les contraintes relatives aux données d’objets décrites en langage UML, tandis que le langage SHACL sert à décrire les contraintes relatives aux données graphiques décrites par le langage RDFS ou OWL. Le langage OCL relève du domaine d'application du présent document, contrairement au langage SHACL.
Le présent document prend en charge les profils de description des données échangées en tant qu’ensembles de données ou messages CIMXML. Le format d’échange qui relève du domaine d’application est conforme à l’IEC 61970-552, mais d’autres formats sont possibles.
L’interopérabilité des outils et les formats de sérialisation ne relèvent pas du domaine d'application du présent document.
Cette première édition annule et remplace l’IEC TS 61970-401 parue en 2005. Cette édition constitue une révision technique.
Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l’édition précédente:
a) l’édition précédente de l’IEC TS 61970-401:2005 a donné une vue d’ensemble des spécifications d’interface de composants (CIS - Component Interface Specifications) (IEC 61970-402, IEC 61970-403, IEC 61970-404, IEC 61970-405 et IEC 61970-407). Les normes IEC 61970-402 à IEC 61970-407 constituent des duplications d’interfaces OPC existantes de OPC Foundation et des interfaces DAIS/HDA d’OMG. Par conséquent, les normes IEC 61970-402 à IEC 61970-407 ont été supprimées et l’IEC TS 61970-401:2005 n’a plus d’utilité;
b) l’IEC 61970-401 (le présent document) ne comporte pas de vue d’ensemble des spécifications d’interface de composantes (CIS), mais en revanche une description du mode de création des spécifications de profils qui spécifie des contenus d’ensembles de données (ou des contenus de messages). La présente norme a par conséquent été renommée "Cadre de profils". Les spéci
Aplikacijski programski vmesnik za sistem upravljanja z energijo (EMS-API) - 401. del: Ogrodje profila
Dokument IEC 61970-401 opisuje strukturo in pripravo standardov za profile IEC 61970-450 do -499, IEC TS 61970-600 in IEC 61970-600 ter vseh drugih specifikacij, povezanih s profilom skupnega informacijskega modela (CIM). Dokumenti o profilih vsebujejo opis podskupine pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela za posebno izmenjavo podatkov, pristni skupni informacijski model pa je opisan v dokumentih skupine standardov IEC 61970-300 in standardu IEC 61968-11.
Pravila za vzpostavitev pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela ne spadajo na področje uporabe tega dokumenta.
Dokument IEC 61970-401 določa strukturo specifikacije za profil in pravila za oblikovanje podskupin pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela. Vodilno načelo metode profiliranja je, da so informacije, opisane v profilu, dejanska podskupina pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela in da ohranijo imena razredov, vlog in atributov pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela. Vrste podatkov v skupnem informacijskem modelu opisujejo razredi z oznako Primitive ali CIMDatatype, ki jih sestavljajo trije atributi: vrednost, enota in množitelj. Glavni cilj je, da so različni nabori podatkov (glej oddelek 3), ki se izmenjajo prek različnih profilov na podlagi pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela, odvisni zgolj od opredelitev in osnovnih načel tega modela, kar je ključnega pomena za izvedljivost interoperabilnosti. To različnim profilom omogoča tudi izmenjavo podatkov prek pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela, ki se uporablja kot vozlišče in bralniku nabora podatkov ali sporočila omogoča, da zlahka najde opise elementov tako v profilu kot v pristnem skupnem informacijskem modelu. Podpora za povezovanje podatkov v različnih naborih podatkov ali sporočilih, ki jih opisujejo različni profili, je potrebna, kadar so podatki razdeljeni v različne nabore podatkov, ki jih urejajo različni profili. Primeri takšne uporabe so opredeljeni za modele omrežja, pri katerih je opis omrežja ločen od pogojev delovanja omrežja (ki se interpretirajo kot vnosi) in rezultatov.
Obstaja več jezikov za opisovanje profilov, na primer poenoten vzorčni jezik (UML – serializiran kot XMI), RDFS, Ecore ali OWL. Poenoten vzorčni jezik vključuje grafični jezik, ki ga uporabljajo urejevalniki poenotenega vzorčnega jezika. OWL nima grafičnega jezika, vendar obstaja več urejevalnikov, ki podpirajo prikaz in urejanje podatkov v formatu OWL. Ta specifikacija ne zajema jezika, v katerem je opisan profil, ter načinov prikazovanja in urejanja profilov v uporabniških vmesnikih. Zadevne specifikacije so navedene v razdelku 2.
Profil je v poenotenem vzorčnem jeziku opisan z razredi, atributi, asociacijami in vlogami, kar je običajen način opisovanja informacij v tem jeziku. Poenoten vzorčni jezik vključuje tudi koncept stereotipov in označenih vrednosti, ki omogoča prilagojene razširitve poenotenega vzorčnega jezika. Profiliranje s poenotenim vzorčnim jezikom tako pomeni kopiranje in posodabljanje razredov, atributov, asociacij ter stereotipov iz pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela. Profil je v jeziku OWL opisan z razredi in lastnostmi. Obstajata dve vrsti povezovanja lastnosti OWL z atributi in vlogami poenotenega vzorčnega jezika. Profiliranje v jeziku OWL pomeni ustvarjanje razredov in lastnosti OWL z izbiranjem razredov, atributov ter vlog v poenotenem vzorčnem jeziku iz pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela. V tej specifikaciji so standardizirane operacije, ki se uporabljajo za ustvarjanje elementov profila na podlagi pristnega skupnega informacijskega modela. Ker je pristen skupni informacijski model opisan v poenotenem vzorčnem jeziku, so operacije opisane z razredi, atributi in vlogami poenotenega vzorčnega jezika. Med poenotenim vzorčnim jezikom in jezikom OWL obstajajo preslikave, zato je za opis ustvarjenih profilov mogoče uporabiti katerega koli od njiju.
Ta specifikacija zajema profile, ki opisujejo podatke, izmenjane v datotekah CIMXML v skladu s standardom IEC 61970-552. Podprti
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 61970-401:2022
01-oktober-2022
Aplikacijski programski vmesnik za sistem upravljanja z energijo (EMS-API) - 401.
del: Ogrodje profila
Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) - Part 401: Profile
framework
Interface de programmation d'application pour système de gestion d'énergie (EMS-API) -
Partie 401: Spécification d'interface de composants (CIS) - Cadre général
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61970-401:2022
ICS:
29.240.30 Krmilna oprema za Control equipment for electric
elektroenergetske sisteme power systems
35.200 Vmesniška in povezovalna Interface and interconnection
oprema equipment
SIST EN IEC 61970-401:2022 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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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.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61968-11 - Application integration at electric utilities - EN 61968-11 -
System interfaces for distribution
management - Part 11: Common
information model (CIM) extensions for
distribution
IEC/TS 61970-2 - Energy management system application CLC/TS 61970-2 -
program interface (EMS-API) - Part 2:
Glossary
IEC 61970-300 series Energy management system application - -
program interface (EMS-API)
IEC 61970-501 2006 Energy management system application EN 61970-501 2006
program interface (EMS-API) - Part 501:
Common Information Model Resource
Description Framework (CIM RDF) schema
IEC 61970-552 - Energy management system application EN 61970-552 -
program interface (EMS-API) - Part 552:
CIMXML Model exchange format
OMG Unified- OMG document number: formal/2015-03- -
Modeling 01, available at
®
Language http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/2.5
World Wide Web- RDF 1.1 Primer from 24 June 2014, - -
Consortium (W3C) available at https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-
primer/
World Wide Web- RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax - -
Consortium (W3C) from 25 February 2014, available at
https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/
World Wide Web- RDF 1.1 XML Syntax from 25 February - -
Consortium (W3C) 2014, available at
https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-
grammar/
World Wide Web- RDF Schema 1.1 from 25 February 2014, - -
Consortium (W3C) available at https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-
schema/
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World Wide Web- OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Primer - -
Consortium (W3C) (Second Edition), W3C Recommendation
11 December 2012, available at
https://www.w3.org/TR/owl2-primer/
World Wide Web- OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Structural - -
Consortium (W3C) Specification and Functional-Style Syntax
(Second Edition), W3C Recommendation
11 December 2012, available at
https://www.w3.org/TR/owl2-syntax/
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 9
3.1 Terms and definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 10
4 Overview . 11
4.1 Profiles and profiling . 11
4.2 Relations between Canonical CIM, profiles and datasets . 13
4.3 Profiles and business processes . 14
5 Profile document structure . 15
6 Profiling Use cases . 15
6.1 Overview. 15
6.2 Class in different profiles with no overlap . 16
6.3 Include overlapping sets of attributes and roles from the same class in
different profiles . 17
6.4 Include a base class with different sets of attributes or roles . 17
6.5 Extending an existing class . 17
6.6 Extending an existing class used differently in different profiles . 18
6.7 Different cardinalities . 18
6.8 Add a new datatype . 19
7 Profiling rules . 19
7.1 Overview. 19
7.2 R0101 Information model class, attribute, role and datatype names . 19
7.3 Class rules for classes without stereotype . 19
7.3.1 R0201 Including a class . 19
7.3.2 R0202 Adding a new class . 19
7.3.3 R0203 The description of a class . 19
7.3.4 R0204 Name of a class . 19
7.3.5 R0205 Cardinality of a class . 19
7.3.6 R0206 Concrete class. 20
7.4 Attribute rules . 20
7.4.1 R0301 Including an attribute . 20
7.4.2 R0302 Adding a new attribute . 20
7.4.3 R0303 The description of an attribute . 20
7.4.4 R0304 The name of an attribute. 20
7.4.5 R0305 The cardinality of an attribute . 20
7.4.6 R0306 The datatype of an attribute . 20
7.4.7 R0307 Initial value of an attribute . 20
7.5 Datatypes . 21
7.5.1 R0401 Including a datatype . 21
7.5.2 R0402 Adding a new datatype . 21
7.5.3 R0403 Primitive datatype . 21
7.5.4 R0405 CIMDatatype . 21
7.5.5 R0405 Compound datatype . 21
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7.5.6 R0406 Enumeration . 21
7.5.7 R0407 The description of a datatype . 21
7.5.8 R0408 The name of a datatype . 21
7.6 Association rules . 22
7.6.1 R0501 Including an association . 22
7.6.2 R0502 Adding a new association . 22
7.6.3 R0503 The names of the two roles in an association . 22
7.6.4 R0504 The cardinality of an association role . 22
7.6.5 R0505 Association navigability . 22
7.6.6 R0506 The description of an association . 22
7.7 Attribute and association restrictions . 22
7.7.1 R0601 Overlap between profiles . 22
7.7.2 R0602 Same base class with different sets of attributes and
associations in different profiles . 23
7.8 R0701 Inheritance structure . 23
7.9 R0801 Constraints . 23
8 Extending Canonical CIM . 24
9 Requirements for a profiling tool . 24
9.1 Minimum requirements . 24
9.2 Extended requirements for OCL rules . 25
Annex A (informative) . 26
A.1 Mapping of UML to OWL . 26
A.2 Units and multipliers issue . 26
A.2.1 Description of issue . 26
A.2.2 Long term solution . 30
A.2.3 Medium term solution . 30
A.2.4 Temporary solution by flattening the profiles . 31
A.2.5 Temporary solution by fattening the CIMXML data . 31
A.2.6 Maintaining information for a flattened profile . 32
Figure 1 – Relations between standards and profiling . 12
Figure 2 – Relation between Canonical CIM, profiles and datasets . 13
Figure 3 – Class in different profiles with no overlap . 16
Figure 4 – Class in different profiles with overlap . 17
Figure 5 – Same base class with different sets of attributes or roles . 17
Figure 6 – Extending a class the same way in all applicable profiles . 18
Figure 7 – Extending an existing class used differently in different profiles . 18
Figure A.1 – CIMDatatype example in Canonical CIM and SSH profile . 27
Figure A.2 – ActivePower from IEC 61970-452:2021 (CIM16) . 28
Figure A.3 – Profile for ActivePower including CIMDatatype attributes . 28
Figure A.4 – CIMXML example with an ActivePower instance as an identified node . 29
Figure A.5 – CIMXML example with an ActivePower blank node serialisation example . 29
Figure A.6 – Profile for ActivePower based on CIM version 9 (CIM9) . 29
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Figure A.7 – CIMXML example with an ActivePower instance according to the original
serialisation . 29
Figure A.8 – Example of Flattened profile for ActivePower . 31
Table 1 – Abbreviated terms . 11
Table A.1 – UML and ontology languages . 26
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indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of patent
rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
IEC 61970-401 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 57: Power systems management
and associated information exchange. It is an International Standard.
This first edition cancels and replaces IEC TS IEC 61970-401 published in 2005. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) The previous edition of IEC TS 61970-401:2005 provided an overview of the Component
Interface Specifications (CIS) IEC 61970-402, IEC 61970-403, IEC 61970-404,
IEC 61970-405, and IEC 61970-407. IEC 61970-402 to IEC 61970-407 are duplicates of
existing OPC interfaces from OPC Foundation and the DAIS/HDA interfaces from OMG.
Hence IEC 61970-402 to IEC 61970-407 have been withdrawn and IEC TS 61970-401:2005
no longer serves a purpose.
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b) IEC 61970-401 (this document) does not contain an overview of Component Interface
Specifications (CIS) but instead a description of how to create profile specifications that
describes dataset contents (or message contents). Hence it has been renamed "Profile
framework". The profile specifications IEC 61970-450 (all parts) and IEC 61970-600 (all
parts) describe dataset contents. The purpose of this document is to define the rules to be
followed in the process of creating profile specifications.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
57/2482/FDIS 57/2494/RVD
Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
the above table.
The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.
This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in
accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement, available
at www.iec.ch/members_experts/refdocs. The main document types developed by IEC are
described in greater detail at www.iec.ch/standardsdev/publications.
A list of all parts in the IEC 61970 series, published under the general title Energy management
system application program interface (EMS-API), can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
IMPORTANT – The "colour inside" logo on the cover page of this document indicates that it
contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct understanding of its
contents. Users should therefore print this document using a colour printer.
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INTRODUCTION
This document is one of the IEC 61970 series that defines message interfaces for network
application data exchange.
The IEC 61970-300 series of documents specify a canonical Common Information Model (CIM)
describing network application data. The CIM is an information model that represents all the
major objects in an electric utility enterprise needed to describe data used by power network
applications. The Canonical CIM provides the semantics for IEC 61970-450 (all parts) and
IEC 61970-600 (all parts) profile specifications dedicated to specific data exchanges.
This document describes the framework in which profile specifications are created from the
Canonical CIM. It describes the structure of profile documents and the rules for selection of
information from the Canonical CIM to be included in profile specifications.
The reasons for creating this document are
1) The IEC 61970 profiles have for a long time been created using a profiling method not
described by an IEC 61970 document.
2) The IEC 61970 profiling method has issues that need resolution. Issues and solutions are
described in Annex A.
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ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM APPLICATION
PROGRAM INTERFACE (EMS-API) –
Part 401: Profile framework
1 Scope
This document describes how IEC 61970-450 (all parts), IEC 61970-600 (all parts) profile
specifications are structured and created. Profile specifications describe a subset of the
Canonical CIM dedicated to a specific data exchange. The Canonical CIM is described in
IEC 61970-300 (all parts) as well as in IEC 61968-11.
Rules for creation or extension of Canonical CIM are outside the scope of this document.
This document specifies the structure of a profile specification and the rules for selecting
subsets of information from the Canonical CIM. It standardizes the operations used to create
the profile elements from the Canonical CIM. As Canonical CIM is described in UML the
operations are described in terms of UML classes, attributes, and roles.
It is possible to map UML to RDFS or OWL, so any of the languages UML, RDFS or OWL can
be used to describe the created profiles. Specification of languages (UML, RDFS or OWL) used
to describe profiles as well as how profiles are presented and edited in user interfaces are
outside the scope of this document. Languages used to describe profiles are specified in other
specifications. Relevant specifications are referenced in Clause 2.
UML supports adding free text that describes further restrictions on UML constructs, e.g.
classes, attribute values, association roles and cardinalities. Languages such as OCL and
SHACL are dedicated to describing constraints. OCL is used to describe constraints for object
data described in UML while SHACL is used to describe constraints on graph data described
by RDFS or OWL. OCL is within the scope of this document, but SHACL is not.
This document supports profiles describing data exchanged as CIMXML datasets or messages.
The exchange format within the scope is in accordance with IEC 61970-552 but other formats
are possible.
Tool interoperability and serialisation formats are outside the scope of this document.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes the 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.
IEC 61968-11, Application integration at electric utilities – System interfaces for distribution
management – Part 11: Common information model (CIM) extensions for distribution
IEC TS 61970-2, Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) – Part 2:
Glossary
IEC 61970-300 (all parts), Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API)
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IEC 61970-501:2006, Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) –
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Part 501: Common Information Model Resource Description Framework (CIM
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