1. CIM Test Development Process John Simmins Weekly Status and Planning Meeting 4/19/2011

2. 2 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Agenda 1.Progress since last meeting 2.Issues, opportunities and risks arising during the previous week 3.Verify progress against stakeholder expectations 4.General issues discussion 5.Action items for individuals 6.Expected work output during next week

3. 3 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Issues, opportunities and risks arising during the previous week Extra Effort required for Interoperability Demos –Interoperability demonstrations Preparation for more formal testing Formalize message content and format early Part 9 Updates –Now using April 2011 Part-9 Update –Suggested XSD changes to be submitted as comments

4. 4 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Progress Since Last Call Vender package updated –Ready for use by vendors –Comments accepted and incorporated –Message.XSD enhanced Verbs specified Nouns (message payload names) specified –Available on OpenSG site http://osgug.ucaiug.org/conformity/Shared%20Documents/CIM_TestingArtifacts/VenderTestPackage/ Test_Overview_for_Outage_Management_Nominal_Test_Vendors%20V1.61.doc Vendor contacts initiated

5. 5 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Vendor Package Contents

6. 6 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Nouns added to XSD The payload.operation.operationId provides the unique identifier (within the OperationSet) of the Operation for the purpose of reference in subsequent messages (e.g. OperationSet reply). The payload.operation.##other also identifies the noun, this element is optionally supplied to simplify processing.

7. 7 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Nouns added to XSD (continued)

8. 8 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Verbs added to Message.XSD

9. 9 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Expected Work Output During the Next Week Dry run test procedures if possible Update test procedure as needed Define additional sample messages for tests –Scheduled Meter Reading –On Demand Meter Reading –Tampering Detection –Disconnect/Reconnect

10. 10 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity