BS EN 62361-100:2016

What is BS EN 62361-100- Power systems management about? 

BS EN 62361-100 is a safety standard on power systems management and associated information exchange. 

BS EN 62361-100 describes a mapping from CIM profiles to W3C XML Schemas. 

The purpose of this mapping is to facilitate the exchange of information in the form of XML documents whose semantics are defined by the IEC CIM and whose syntax is defined by a W3C XML schema.  

Who is BS EN 62361-100- Power systems management for?  

BS EN 62361-100 on CIM profiles to XML schema mapping is relevant to: 

• Energy management systems 
• Distribution automation and teleprotection team 
• Power distribution engineers 
• Electrical power engineers 

Why should you use BS EN 62361-100- Power systems management? 

BS EN 62361-100 describes a mapping from CIM profiles to W3C XML Schemas and defines the rules that CIM XML message payloads shall adhere to. 

The principle objective of BS EN 62361-100 is to facilitate the exchange of information in the form of XML documents whose semantics are defined by the IEC CIM and whose syntax is defined by a W3C XML schema. This will facilitate the integration of all applications that use the XML Schema message payloads developed by the WGs and implemented independently by different vendors into their systems. The common information model (CIM) specifies the basis for the semantics for message payload exchanges defined by the IEC. The profile specifications, which are contained in other parts of the IEC 62361 series, specify the content of the message payloads exchanged. The format/syntax of those payloads is specified in BS EN 62361-100. 

Overall, BS EN 62361-100 is useful as it guides the CIM which is an authorized model that represents all the major objects in an electric utility enterprise typically needed to model the operational aspects of a utility. This model includes public classes and attributes for these objects, as well as the relationships between them.