Distributed Intelligence for Cost-Effective and Reliable Distribution Network Operation DISCERN Libraries User Guide Author: OFFIS Date: 22.04.2016 www.discern.eu The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement No. 308913. DISCERN Libraries - User Guide Page 1 of 7
Table of Contents Table of Contents... 2 1. Common terminology for describing Smart Grid solutions... 3 2. DISCERN Libraries: An Overview... 4 2.1. DISCERN Actor Library... 4 2.2. DISCERN Function Library... 5 2.3. DISCERN Requirements Library... 6 3. Exporting Libraries... 7 DISCERN Libraries - User Guide Page 2 of 7
1. Common terminology for describing Smart Grid solutions During the development of Smart Grid solutions experts from different areas power systems, IT, automation need to exchange data and collaborate with each other. Therefore, having common libraries of terms to be used in the descriptions that represent the Smart Grid solutions under design facilitates this task. The DISCERN Libraries are Microsoft Excel files that define and structure key terms to be utilised by the partners of a Smart Grid project when describing Smart Grid systems by means of Use Cases and SGAM models. Moreover, the libraries can export the terms in XML files based on the international standard IEC 62559. These XML files can be directly imported into other applications such as the DISCERN Use Case Management Repository or EDF s Modsarus UML tool. There are three libraries: DISCERN Actor Library, DISCERN Function Library, and DISCERN Requirements Library. DISCERN Libraries - User Guide Page 3 of 7
2. DISCERN Libraries: An Overview 2.1. DISCERN Actor Library The DISCERN Actor Library contains the lists of actors that were used to agree on a common understanding within DISCERN. It is based on the Entso-e Role Model, the IEC 61968 Interface Reference Model, and the IEC 61850 Logical Node Model. The library not only includes the names and description of the actors, but also the parent-child relationships that determine the hierarchy of the terms. (Figure 2-1). Figure 2-1. DISCERN Actor Library DISCERN Libraries - User Guide Page 4 of 7
2.2. DISCERN Function Library The DISCERN Function Library contains the lists of technical functions that were used to agree on a common understanding within DISCERN. It is based on the Entso-e Role Model, the IEC 61968 Interface Reference Model, and the IEC 61850 Logical Node Model. The library not only includes the names and description of the technical functions, but also the parent-child relationships that determine the hierarchy of the terms. (Figure 2-2). Figure 2-2. DISCERN Function Library DISCERN Libraries - User Guide Page 5 of 7
2.3. DISCERN Requirements Library The DISCERN Requirements Library contains the lists of non-functional requirements categories that were used to agree on a common understanding within DISCERN. It is based on the requirements list developed by the Intelligrid project. The library not only includes the names and description of the requirements, but also the parent-child relationships that determine the hierarchy of the terms, as well as the possible values of each requirement category (Figure 2-3). Figure 2-3. DISCERN Requirements Library DISCERN Libraries - User Guide Page 6 of 7
3. Exporting Libraries The resulting XML files define the hierarchy of the libraries by showing the parent-child relationships between the elements (Figure 3-1). These relationships can be edited in the column Parent of the Excel files. Figure 3-1. Extract of the XML file generated by DISCERN_Actors_List_v3.2.xls DISCERN Libraries - User Guide Page 7 of 7