1. Semantic Model Working Party (SMWP) OpenSG EIM Outreach
Stephan Amsbary, Technical Champion – EnerNex
Jay Britton, Co-Lead – Alstom T&D
Marty Burns, Collaborator– HyperTek
Steve Ray, Co-Lead – CMU
2012.March.01

2. SMWP Goal – Industry Perspective
Fundamentally data is described via data models
Need crisp definition for data models across and within standards
Emphasis
Identify semantic/ontological issues facing interoperability/data management
What is keeping you awake at night?
How are you addressing them?
Identify tools and methodologies to solve these issues – alter trajectory
How are you doing it today?
Simplify discovery, overlaps, gaps & consistency
within and between standards

3. OpenSG - EIM Framework Current SMWP Focus Areas Anticipated
Vision & Strategy
Governance
EIM Core Processes
Organization
Tools & Technologies
Vision
Mission
Strategy
Goals & Objectives
Sponsorship
Stewardship
Policies, Principles & Tenets
Alignment
Structure
Data Quality
Data Integrity
Data Security & Protection
Data Lifecycle Management
Data Movement
Semantics Management
Database Management
Master Data Management
Information Services (A&R)
Services & Support
Value Propositions
CSFs & KPIs
Structure (Virtual, Hybrid, …)
Roles & Responsibilities
Functional Services
Business Value & Relationship Management
Information Architecture Blueprint Management
Technologies (DBMS, CMS, ETL, EAI, EII, Data Modeling, BI/DW, Collaboration)
Knowledgebase & Repositories
Standards & Best Practices
Current
SMWP Focus Areas
Anticipated
SMWP Focus Areas
Source: OpenSG EIM Task Force Presentation – 2011.July

4. SMWP Approach – Request for Help
Identify and prioritize concerns
Relate those concerns to semantics that might help
Present a conceptual use case to illustrate issues
Validate and enrich use case based upon feedback for March SGIP face-to-face Meeting in Charlotte
Contribute to SMWP direction and goals
Increase utility and solution providers’ perspective

5. Demand Response Pricing Use Case Example
Operations
SCADA/EMS
DRACS
CIMs
Market
Market Management
OpenADR
Service Provider
DR Enrollment/
rules
Customer
IEC61850SEP2.0 …
Premise Automation System
Device

6. SMWP Tools/Methods Research
Align research with topic areas of concern
Use key real world examples - as defined by the industry
Demonstrate how tools would tackle and solve these issues
Understand approaches/technologies being pursued within the industry (utilities, other standards bodies and vendors)
Ongoing exploration of Semantic Technologies eg: OWL, SPARQL, SWRL, &c. by Steve Ray at CMU (funded by NIST)
Assist in standards harmonization analysis
Provide/assist data provenance and quality issue
Complement industry use of UML

7. Does this make sense?
Work on a use case that is relevant (example used earlier)?
Align vocabularies
Capture relationships and constraints
Create mappings among standards
Use Semantic Technology to document resulting taxonomy/ontology
Can your company and OpenSG EIM help?
Suggested next steps – eg: SMWP participation in OpenSG EIM calls and meetings?
What is missing?

8. Proposed Procedure
Goal to publish on SGIP Catalogue of Standards (CoS)
Similar to SGAC Conceptual Architecture activities
Schedule tiger team work sessions, comprised of:
SGAC, EIM members
Standards Development and Setting Organizations (SDOs & SSOs), NIST SGIP Priority Action Plan (PAP) Members
Volunteers from SGIP, SGAC from industry (OpenSG)
Follow current SGIP CoS Procedure

9. Electric Research, Engineering, and Consulting
Thank-You
Semantic Model Working Party URL:
STEPHAN AMSBARY
Director, Utility Enterprise Architecture
Phone:
FAX:
1993 Grants Mountain Rd, Marion, NC,
Electric Research, Engineering, and Consulting