scope:

The IEC 61968 standard, taken as a whole, defines interfaces for the major elements of an interface architecture for distribution systems within a utility enterprise. Part 1: Interface Architecture and General Recommendations, identifies and establishes requirements for standard interfaces based on an Interface Reference Model (IRM). Parts 3 through 9 of IEC 61968 define interfaces relevant to each of the major business functions described by the Interface Reference Model. As described in IEC 61968, there are a variety of distributed application components used by the utility to manage electrical distribution networks. These capabilities include monitoring and control of equipment for power delivery, management processes to ensure system reliability, voltage management, demand-side management, outage management, work management, automated mapping, meter reading, meter control and facilities management. This set of standards is limited to the definition of interfaces and is implementation independent. It provides for interoperability among different computer systems, platforms, and programming languages. Methods and technologies used to implement functionality conforming to these interfaces are considered outside of the scope of these standards; only the interface itself is specified in these standards.