1. IEC TC57 WG14 Scott Neumann December 8, 2005

2. 2 IEC TC57 WG14 Developing IEC 61968 Focus is to describe the information exchanges between systems (i.e. A2A and B2B) related to distribution operations Defines integration between a variety of systems including network management, outage management, work management, asset management, SCADA, metering, call handling, … IEC 61968-1 architecture specification is transport independent XML used to format message payloads Messages defined using nouns and verbs Recognizes request/reply and publish/subscribe messaging paradigms

3. 3 IEC 61968

4. 4 IEC 61968 Documents Part 1: Architecture Part 2: Glossary Part 3: Network Operation Part 4: Network and Asset Management Part 5: Operational Planning and Optimization Part 6: Maintenance and Construction Part 7: Network Extension Planning Part 8: Customer Inquiry Part 9: Meter reading and Control Part 10: Systems External to, but Supportive of, Distribution Management Part 11: Common Information Model (extensions) Part 12: Use Cases

5. 5 IEC 61968 Extends the 61968 package of the CIM, where the core CIM is defined by IEC 61970-301 Integration defined using XML messages Messages have a header and a payload Header identifies a noun and a verb Payload uses CIM-derived type definitions as described using XML Schema Can be used for SOA implementations

6. 6 CIM Packages

7. 7 CIM Extensions Modeling of electrical distribution, extending Wires package Added 61968 package to CIM: Assets Consumer Documentation Work ERP_Support (leverages OAG)

8. 8 Use Cases

9. 9 IEC 61968 Messages Message has header, with optional request, reply and payload sections Header includes information such as a verb, noun, timestamps, revision, source, replyAddress, … Supports request/reply, publish/subscribe and point-to- point messaging

10. 10 IEC 61968 Messages

11. 11 Message Verbs Request/Reply: CREATE CHANGE (UPDATE) CANCEL CLOSE DELETE GET SHOW REPLY Publish/Subscribe: CREATED CHANGED (UPDATED) CANCELED CLOSED DELETED SUBSCRIBE UNSUBSCRIBE

12. 12 Example Message Nouns NetworkDataSet NetworkChangeSet LoadDataSet OperationalRestriction SafetyDocument SwitchingSchedule OutageReport TroubleTicket PlannedOutage OutageNotice Work Schedule AcessPermit OneCallRequest …

13. 13 Steps in Defining Messages Generate XML Schema complex types from the CIM (once) Develop use cases For each use case, identify message sequences in terms of verbs and nouns For each message define XML Schema, identifying necessary payload content in terms of references to CIM complex types

14. 14 Customer Meter Data Sets

15. 15 Status Last meeting held October 2005 in St. Louis, attended by 19 persons Next meeting to be held January 2006 in Switzerland Parts 1 and 3 have been completed, but will be updated to reflect agreed use of XML Schema Most work is currently being done on parts 4, 6, 9 and 12 Need to get WG14 CIM changes stabilized into base CIM

16. 16 References Official CIM web site is at http://wg14.com (same as http://www.cimuser.com), site is supported and maintained by UISOLhttp://wg14.comhttp://www.cimuser.com IEC documents available from http://www.iec.ch