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CONTENTS

FOREWORD 4

INTRODUCTION 6

1 Sco e 7

2 Normative ref eren es 7

3 Terms, def i ition an a breviated terms 7

3.1 Terms an def i ition 7

3.2 Ab reviated terms 9

4 Data stru ture f un amentals 9

4.1 General 9

4.2 Clas 10 4.3 Pro erty 1

4.4 At ribute 1

4.5 Key at ributes of IEC CDD entries 13 4.5.1 Overview 13 4.5.2 Def i ition 14 4.5.3 Note 15 4.5.4 Remark 15 4.5.5 Overview on mandatory at ributes 15 5 Writin of def i itional content 16 5.1 Basic req irements 16 5.2 Prin iples for defi ition writin 16 5.3 Con isenes 17 5.4 Prin iple of s bstitution 17 5.5 Def i ient defi ition 17 5.5.1 General 17 5.5.2 Circ lar def i ition 18 5.5.3 In omplete defi ition 18 5.5.4 Negative defi ition 19 5.6 Notes an examples 19 6 Recommen ation f or textual inf ormation in dictionaries ac ordin to IEC 613 0 series 2

6.1 General 2

6.2 Recommen ation that emerge from the implementation of IEC CDD 2

6.3 L n uages 2

6.4 Ac e ta le wordin 2

6.4.1 General 2

6.4.2 Usin “s al ” an “s al not 2

6.4.3 Usin “mu t an “mu t not 21

6.4.4 Usin “s ould” an “s ould not 21

6.4.5 Use of “may” an “ne d not 21

6.4.6 Use of “can” an “can ot 21

6.4.7 Use of “i.e.”, “e.g.”, an “etc.” 2

6.4.8 Use of a breviation 2

6.5 Quotation from stan ard or doc mented sources 2

6.6 Use of q otation mark 23 6.7 Sp l n 2

6.8 Hyphenation 2

6.9 Word to avoid 2

6.10 Freq ently u ed word 2

7 Names 2

7.1 General 2

7.2 Pref er ed name 25 7.3 Sy on mou name 25 7.4 Names s al not infer ran e values 2

7.5 Names s al not imply prod ct p c agin 2

8 Units of me s re 2

9 Imp rt of data into IEC CDD 2

10 Qualty of content 2

1 Contributin content an co yrig t is ues 2

An ex A (informative) Use of to ls to c ec con isten y of data 2

An ex B (normative) Sco e an f ield of a pl cation of pro osed data 30 An ex C (normative) Chec l st 31

C.1 General 31

C.2 Generic is ues 31 C.3 Exten ion of existin clas es by ad in pro erties 31

C.4 Set in up new clas es with as ociated pro erties 32 An ex D (informative) IEC Maintenan e proced re f or IEC stan ard in data ase f ormat 3

An ex E (informative) Nature of def i ition an terminological prin iples 3

An ex F (informative) Con ention for writin def i ition 3

F.1 General 3

F.2 ISO/IEC 1 17 -4 3

F.2.1 Req irements 3

F.2.2 Recommen ation 3

F.3 ISO 7 4 3

F.4 Ad itional con ention 3

Bibl ogra h 3

Fig re 1 – Characterization tre f or ampl f iers 10 Fig re 2 – Pro erties of a clas 11 Fig re 3 – At ributes of a clas 12 Fig re 4 – At ributes of a pro erty 13 Fig re 5 – Input by an authorized p rson or b d 2

Fig re 6 – Contributin content alre d contained in publ s ed stan ard 2

Fig re 7 – Data ase maintenan e 2

Fig re D.1 – The normal data ase proced re (se ISO/IEC Directives Sup lement:2 16, An ex SL) 33 Fig re D.2 – The exten ed data ase proced re (se ISO/IEC Directives Sup lement:2 16, An ex SL) 34 Fig re D.3 – Proces an related doc mentation 3

Ta le 1 – Man atory atributes of selected IEC CDD o jects an their sources 15

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this e d a d in a ditio to oth r a tivitie , IEC p bls e Intern tio al Sta d rd , Te h ic l Sp cif i atio s,

Te h ic l Re orts, Pu lcly Av ia le Sp cific tio s (PAS) a d Guid s (h re f ter refere to a “IEC

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in th s bje t d alt with ma p rticip te in this pre aratory work Intern tio al g v rnme tal a d n

n-g v rnme tal org niz tio s laisin with th IEC als p rticip te in this pre aratio IEC c la orate clo ely

with th Intern tio al Org niz tio for Sta d rdiz tio (ISO) in a c rd n e with c n itio s d termin d b

a re me t b twe n th two org niz tio s

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intere te IEC Natio al Commite s

3) IEC Pu lc tio s h v th form of re omme d tio s f or intern tio al u e a d are a c pte b IEC Natio al

Commite s in th t s n e Whie al re s n ble eforts are ma e to e s re th t th te h ic l c nte t of IEC

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International Stan ard IEC 613 0-6 has b en pre ared by s bcommit e 3D: Prod ct

pro erties an clas es an their identif i ation, of IEC tec nical commite 3: Inf ormation

stru tures an elements, identifi ation an markin prin iples, doc mentation an gra hical

s mb ls

The text of this stan ard is b sed on the fol owin doc ments:

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This publcation has b en draf ted in ac ordan e with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2

A l st of al p rts in the IEC 613 0 series, publ s ed u der the general title Stand ard data

eleme t ty e with a s ciated cla sificatio s h me for electric c mp n nts, can b f ou d on

the IEC we site

The commit e has decided that the contents of this publcation wi remain u c an ed u ti

the sta i ty date in icated on the IEC we site un er "htp:/we store.iec.c " in the data

related to the sp cifi publ cation At this date, the publ cation wi b

• with rawn,

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The u e of prod ct data is an es ential p rt of electronic bu ines Prod ct selection,

bu ines tran action , maintenan e proced res, etc rely on the avai a i ty of data a out

prod cts an services To en ure a common u derstan in an a general tre tment of

prod ct data, clas if i ation an dictionary s stems are u ed to def i e their es ential tec nical

p rameters or to categorize prod cts

The stan ard of the series IEC 613 0 sp cif y rules for stru ture an content of col ection of

prod ct pro erties an its clas if i ation stru tures In most cases the clas es an pro erties

contained in s c col ection are intuitively u derstan a le But, u fortu ately, cre tin the

information o jects an their textual content, s c as def i ition , has proved to b a

deman in tas with p tential pitfal s an pro lems For avoidin s c dif f ic lties explanatory

material an section of other stan ard are colected in this p rt of IEC 613 0 providin the

neces ary k owled e f or s c es f ul y cre tin clas es an pro erties Th s, IEC 613 0-6

provides g idan e f or sp cif yin the inf ormation content of IEC 613 0 clas es an pro erties

This p rt of IEC 613 0 is inten ed f or domain sp cial sts who are tec nical exp rts in their

sp cif i tec nical domain The domain sp cial sts do not neces ari y have an in-de th

k owled e of IEC 613 0-1 or IEC 613 0-2

STANDARD DATA ELEMENT TYPES WITH

Part 6: IEC Common Data Dictionary (IEC CDD) qual ty guidel nes

This p rt of IEC 613 0 provides g idan e f or the def i ition of con e ts that are u ed to

des rib clas es an pro erties s bmit ed f or update of the content of IEC Common Data

Dictionary (IEC CDD) This in lu es

– a b sic u derstan in of key con e ts an proced res u ed within IEC CDD;

– a bin in referen e f or q al ty control of IEC 613 0 compl ant dictionary content;

– g idan e on doc ments where neces ary in-de th k owled e can b ac uired (se

Clau e 2 an An ex D)

This p rt of IEC 613 0 in lu es the f ol owin s bjects:

– b sic overview a out fun amental con e ts of IEC 613 0;

– f ormulatin defi ition an other textual elements;

– overview of IEC maintenan e proced re for IEC CDD;

– c ec l st for providin input to the IEC CDD content

The f olowin doc ments, in whole or in p rt, are normatively ref eren ed in this doc ment an

are in isp n a le f or its a pl cation For dated ref eren es, only the edition cited a pl es For

u dated ref eren es, the latest edition of the referen ed doc ment (in lu in an

amen ments) a pl es

IEC 613 0-1, Standard data eleme t typ s with a s ciated cla sific tio s h me for electric

c mp n nts – P art 1: Definitio s – P rin iples a d methods

IEC 613 0-2:2 12, Sta dard data eleme t ty e with a s ciated clas ific tio s h me for

electric c mp n nts – P art 2: EXP RESS dictio ary s h ma

IEC 6 6 6-1, Standardiz d product o tolog re ister a d tra sfer b s re ds e ts – P art 1:

L gic l stru ture for data p rc ls

IEC TS 6 6 6-2:2 13, Standardiz d produ t o tolog re ister a d tra sfer b s re dsh ets –

P art 2: Ap lc tio g id e for u e with the I EC c mmo data d ictio ary (CDD)

ISO 7 4:2 0 , Terminolog work – P rinciples a d methods

3 Terms, def initions and a bre iated terms

3.1 Terms a d def initions

For the purp ses of this doc ment, the fol owin terms an def i ition a ply

ISO an IEC maintain terminological data ases for u e in stan ardization at the f olowin

• IEC Electro edia: avai a le at ht p:/ www.electro edia.org/

• ISO Onl ne browsin platf orm: avai a le at htp:/ www.iso.org/o p

3.1.1

at ribute

data element f or the computer sen ible des ription of a pro erty, a relation or a clas

EX MPLE Cre tio d te of a pro u t c ara teriz tio cla s o je t in a c mp ter s stem

[SOURCE: ISO/IEC Guide 7 -2:2 0 , 2.2, modif ied – The note has b en deleted an the

example re laced

3.1.2

c ara teristic

distin uis in f eature

Note 1 to e try: A c ara teristic c n b in ere t or a sig e

Note 2 to e try: A c ara teristic c n b q altativ or q a titativ

[SOURCE: ISO 2 2 4:2 13, 3.3, modif ied – The notes 3 an 4 an the example have b en

deleted

3.1.3

cla s

a straction of a set of simi ar prod cts

EX MPLE Th s t of pro u ts u e b a p rtic lar e terpris a d th s t of al ISO-sta d rdiz d pro u ts are

two e ample of c nte ts In th s two c nte ts (th p rtic lar e terpris a d ISO), th s t of pro u ts th t are

c n id re a memb rs of th si ngle b l l b ari ng cla s c n b dif fere t, in p rtic lar b c u e emplo e s of e c

e terpris ig ore a n mb r of e istin sin le b l b arin pro u ts

Note 1 to e try: A pro u t th t c mple with th a stra tio d fin d b a cla s is c le a cla s memb r

Note 2 to e try: A cla s is a inte tio al c n e t th t c n ta e diff ere t e te sio al me nin s in difere t

c nte ts

Note 3 to e try: Cla s s are stru ture b cla s in lu io relatio s ip

Note 4 to e try: A cla s of pro u ts is a g n ral c n e t a d fin d in ISO 10 7- Th s, it is a vis ble th t th

rule d fin d in ISO 7 4 b u e for d f i in th d sig atio a d d finitio atrib te of cla s s of pro u ts

Note 5 to e try: In th c nte t of th ISO 13 8 s rie , a cla s is eith r a c ara teriz tio cla s, a s ciate with

pro ertie a d u a le f or c ara terizin pro u ts, or a c te oriz tio cla s, n t a s ciate with pro ertie a d n t

u a le for c ara terizin pro u ts

Note 1 to e try: Obje ts ma b material (e.g a e gin , a s e t of p p r, a diamo d), immaterial (e.g.

c n ersio ratio, a proje t pla ) or ima in d(e.g a u ic rn)

IEC CDD IEC Common Data Dictionary

4 Data structure f undamentals

For the con enien e of the re der, Clau e 4 des rib s key con e ts u ed in the IEC 613 0

series an in related stan ard in a generic f orm for cre tin a b sic u derstan in of the

information o jects that make up IEC 613 0 compl ant dictionaries F r the detai ed,

normative inf ormation, ple se ref er to Part 1 an Part 2 of IEC 613 0 Ad itional information

can b f ou d in [7]

1

An IEC 613 0 compl ant dictionary provides an ordered col ection of con e ts an

c aracteristic that can b u ed f or des ribin prod cts or services in data s e ts,

en ine rin to ls, or electronic bu ines a pl cation , etc These items may b an material

or non-material prod cts, services, fun tion , location , doc mentation , etc Al con e ts an

c aracteristic s al b val d within a wel def i ed domain an s al alway have a def i ition

For this the u derstan in of the folowin f un amental con e ts is es ential:

_ _ _ _ _

1

Numb rs in s u re bra k ts refer to th Biblo ra h

– clas ;

– pro erty;

– atribute

4.2 Cla s

A clas is an a straction of a set of prod cts

NOT 1 IEC 613 0-2 difere tiate b twe n v rio s kin s of cla s s For th p rp s of this p rt "cla s" is

u d rsto d a "c te oriz tio cla s" (s e 3.1.3, NOT 5)

These prod cts al serve the same purp se or f ulf il the same f un tion an s are a n mb r of

common p c l arities

Th s, clas es serve multiple purp ses

– esta l s in a clas if i ation s stem that al ows e s sortin of an item into this s stem of

con e ts an th s sp cifyin the nature of the item in q estion;

EX MPLE Th ta o omy of s e ie , intro u e b Carl v n Lin é at 17 5, is a e rly re re e tativ of a

cla sif i atio s stem His gro pin s for a imals remain to this d y e e th u h th gro pin s th ms lv s h v

b e sig if i a tly c a g d sin e th ir c n e tio

– providin s o in information f or the as ig ed c aracteristic an th s providin

information a out their inten ed domain of u es;

– groupin of c aracteristic into e si y manage ble sets

A clas may b se n as a placeholder f or al prod cts of the same kin , s c as the clas of

ampl f iers A prod ct is an material or non-material o ject b in def i ed f or some purp se

Material prod cts in lu e con e ts s c as articles, go d , material commodities, etc

where s non-material prod cts in lu e con e ts s c as services or con ultin activities

The cre tion of a con istent clas if i ation s stem that pro erly ref lects a bu ines domain can

b q ite diff ic lt Su h clas if i ation s stems s ould b con istent, comprehen ive, an

con ise

NOT 2 An o je t th t c mple with th a stra tio d f i e b a cla s is c le a cla s memb r

EX MPLE Fig re 1 s ows a cla sif i atio tre for amplfiers

Figure 1 – Ch ra terization tre f or ampl fiers

Th cla s "Diff ere tial amplfiers" gro p al c ara teristic th t are s e if i f or amplf i rs wh s o tp t sig al is

pro ortio al to th alg braic difere c b twe n th v lta e a ple to th ir two in uts Su h a cla s c n b s lt

furth r d wn into s b la s s lk o eratio al amplf i rs a d a -c u le amplfiers a s own in Fig re 1

IEC

4.3 Property

Pro erties sp cif y the c aracteristic of the memb rs of clas es Eac pro erty sp cif ies one

c aracteristic an the set of as ociated pro erties fuly sp cif ies al c aracteristic of the

memb rs of that clas Al memb rs of a clas s are the same set of pro erties

In man cases pro erties have a u it of me s re, an in some cases they have an as ig ed

value l st or are con trained by con ition

NOT Pro ertie e pre s c ara teristic s c a le gth, diameter, or rate v lta e

Ad itional y, e c pro erty s al b defi ed in a clas This clas sp cifies the domain of

a pl cation of the pro erty an the pro erty s al b me nin ful f or the domain sp cified by

this clas an its s bclas es

EX MPLE Fig re 2 s ows pro ertie a sig e to a cla s

Fig re 2 – Pro ertie of a cla s

4.4 At ribute

In the context of IEC 613 0-1 compl ant dictionaries an atribute sp cifies a sin le detai of

the dictionary item it b lon s to

EX MPLE 1 Name of a pro erty, id ntif i r of a cla s, or v rsio n mb r are e ample of atrib te Fig re 3

s ows ty ic l atrib te of a cla s re ord

IEC

atrib te

Figure 3 – At ribute of a cla s

EX MPLE 2 Fig re 4 s ows ty ic l atrib te of a pro erty re ord

IEC

Fig re 4 – At ribute of a property

4.5 Ke at ribute of IEC CDD e trie

Key elements of IEC CDD entries are the atributes that as ig me nin to pro erties an

clas es The most imp rtant atributes are:

– defi ition;

– note;

Textual information ke t in the at ributes of the o jects s c as prefer ed name, def i ition, or

note, are the b c b ne of the inf ormation content of the dictionary Th s, gre t care s al b

a pl ed to cre te s ntactical y an semantical y er or fre texts

The q al ty of an IEC CDD entry mainly de en s on the inf ormation given within these

at ributes Th s, it is imp rtant to draf t their content careful y

IEC

4.5.2 Def inition

Atribute defi ition:

statement that des rib s the me nin of a pro erty in an

u ambig ou an u iq e man er to p rmit its diff erentiation from

al other pro erties

EX MPLE 1 Definitio of arcin dista c ":

arcin distanc

v lu of th s orte t dista c in air e tern l to th in ulator b twe n metal c

p rts n rmaly h vin th o eratin v lta e b twe n th m

Con ention an req irements:

a) An defi ition s al b derived from the original defi ition as

a p arin in the latest cor esp n in IEC or ISO stan ard , if

avai a le

b) Where p s ible, def i ition of pro erties s al b in e en ent

f rom sp cif i clas es Th s, reu e of the pro erties in other

g) If the con e t req ires a l mitation of its a pl ca i ty this s al

b expl citly expres ed in the defi ition

EX MPLE 2 Th re e ist diff ere t s ma tic of th term " ate v lta e";

within pro u ts ≥ 1 kV, th terms rate v lta e e pre s th ma imum

v lta e for whic a pro u t is b in d sig e a d c nb o erate This is

v lu of th time re uire for th re ers c re t of a dio e to re o er to a

s e ifie v lu , wh n switc e foma s e ifie forward c r e t to a

s e ifie re ers v lta e, at s e ifie c n itio s

i) In the case con ition are sp cif ied, the def i ition s ould en

with the wordin "at sp cified con ition(s)"

j) If the con e t re resents a kin of average value, the method

of calc latin the average s al b desig ated, by u in a

term that desig ates the method, s c as “arithmetic

me n”, ”ge metric me n”, “median”, or “mode”, either in the

prefer ed name or in the defi ition

EX MPLE Th pro erty "e ers re o ery time" is furth r clarifie b a n te:

"Th re ers re o ery time is me s re a th time interv l b twe n t0, th

p int wh re th forward c re t cro s s th z ro c re t a is, a d th in ta t

Ta le 1 l sts man atory atributes of selected inf ormation o jects of IEC 613 0-1 an the

sources of their inf ormation content F r the des ription of the atributes se IEC 613 0-1

Table 1 – Ma datory at ribute of s le te IEC CDD obje ts a d their sourc s

Administrative atribute

Data eleme t ty e cla s pro o er

NOT "Pro erty d ta eleme t ty e" refers to a c n tru t s e if i d in IEC 613 0-2:2 12 h vin th s me n me.

5 Writing of def initional c ntent

5.1 Ba ic re uireme ts

A def i ition s al def i e a con e t as a u it with a u iq e inten ion or exten ion For

ad itional detai on terminological prin iples se An ex E, ISO 7 4:2 0 , or

ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2:2 16, Clau e 16

The fol owin b sic req irements a ply for def i ition :

– Def i ition s al b provided in the sin ular f orm;

EX MPLE

Le d penci

p n i wh s gra hite c re is fix d in a wo d n c sin th t is remo e for u a e b s arp nin

– The content of the IEC 613 0-1 at ribute "prefer ed name" s al con eq ently b sin ular,

to ;

– Def i ition s ould con ist ide l y of a sin le strin of word ("senten e") that may b u ed

to s bstitute the term in its original en ironment;

– Def i ition s al start with a lowercase leter an en without a f ul sto

NOT Th q alty of a dictio ary is d cisiv ly in u n e b th q alty of its d finitio s

5.2 Principle f or def inition writing

Eac def i ition s al comprise a statement explainin what the con e t or c aracteristic is

The statement is made up of a s bject, co ula an predicate The s bject is the desig ation,

the co ula is u dersto d to b the verb “is“ an the predicate con titutes the def i ition

EX MPLE 1

le d penci

p n i wh s gra hite c reis fix d in a wo d n c sin th t is remo e for u a e b s arp nin

Note 1 to e try To b u e for writin or ma in mark , a le d p n i mu t b s arp n d at le st at o e e d

The entry s ould re d as f ol ows: “ A] le d p n i [is a] p n i whose gra hite core is f i ed in a

wo den casin that is removed f or u age by s arp nin ”

The word makin up the def i ition s ould b common lan uage as sp cified by the ref eren e

work f or En l s lan uage recommen ed by the IEC Directives (se ISO/IEC Directives,

Part 2:2 16, 8.5) an s ould not ne d f urther explanation

NOT A c n e t or c ara teristic h s alwa s a d finitio re ardle s if its d sig atio , ie prefere n me (s e

IEC 613 0- ), is ta e fom c mmo ly u e dictio arie or oth r c mmo s urc s

EX MPLE 2 Th word "c mp ter u e in th b d of a d finitio d e n t n e furth r e pla atio if its inte d d

me nin is in a c rd n e to c mmo la g a e a s e ifie , e.g in Th Co ci se Ox ford D t i on ry (s eISO/IEC

Dire tiv s, Part 2:2 16, 8.2) wh re s a c n e t or c ara teristic d sig ate a "c mp ter alwa s re uire a

d finitio

If exp rt lan uage is u avoida le or mis n erstan in s are l kely the def i ition s ould b

complemented by a referen e to ac nowled ed sources s c as International Stan ard or

exp rt l terature where further explanation can b f ou d

5.3 Concis n s

Ide l y, def i ition s al b as simple an con ise as p s ible Complex def i ition can

contain several de en ent clau es, but caref ul y writ en def i ition contain only that

inf ormation whic makes the con e t u iq e On the other han , no information req ired f or

ac ievin the u iq enes of the con e t or c aracteristic s al b hid en Al information

es ential for defi in the con e t s al b dis losed

EX MPLE 1 Th p ra e “… a d c n id rin oth r c n itio s” in a d f i itio state th n c s ity of a ditio al

informatio for th d finitio with ut pro idin this informatio a d, th s, violate th a o e re uireme t

An ad itional des riptive inf ormation de med neces ary s ould b in lu ed in a note

EX MPLE 2

le d penci

p n i wh s gra hite c reis fix d in a wo d n c sin th t is remo e for u a e b s arp nin

Note 1 to e try To b u e f or writin or ma in mark , a le d p n i mu t b s arp n d at le st at o e e d

A defi ition s al des rib only one con e t or c aracteristic It s al not in lu e hid en

defi ition for an con e ts u ed to identif y q al ties An q al ty that req ires an explanation

s al b def i ed se arately as a con e t or given in a note

EX MPLE 3

le d penci

p n i wh s wo d n c sin is f i e aro n gra hite, a s ft, bla k form of c rb n

This def i ition of "le d p n i " in lu es a hid en defi ition f or the con e t "gra hite" The

q al ty "a sof t, blac form of carb n" s ould b removed an u ed in a se arate defi ition f or

the con e t "gra hite"

5.4 Principle of s bstitution

The s bstitution prin iple s al b u ed to test the val dity of a def i ition A defi ition is val d if

it can re lace a desig ation in a text without los of or c an e in me nin

5.5 Def icie t d f initions

Common typ s of def i ient def i ition are: circ lar, in omplete or negative def i ition

5.5.2 Circ lar def initions

If one con e t is def i ed u in a secon con e t, an that secon con e t is def i ed u in

the term or elements of the term desig atin the first con e t, the res ltin def i ition are

said to b circ lar Circ lar def i ition do not ad u derstan in of the con e t an s al b

avoided

Def i ition can b circ lar:

– within a sin le defi ition;

– within a s stem of defi ition

Circ larity within a def i ition oc urs when the desig ation is re e ted to introd ce the

defi ition or an element of the desig ation is u ed as a c aracteristic When f ormulatin a

def i ition, it is not p rmis ible to re e t the desig ation to introd ce the def i ition (se

EXAMPLE 1)

EX MPLE 1

tre h ig t:

ci rcular d efi ni ti on: tre h i ght me s re fom th gro n s ra e to th to of a tre

c re t ed d efi ni t i on: dista c b twe n th gro n s ra e a d th to of a tre

The u e of an element of the desig ation, other than the he d word, as a c aracteristic in the

defi ition s ould b avoided as mu h as p s ible (se EXAMPLE 2) However, cases exist

where the name of the s p rordinate con e t is p rt of the desig ation of the term This p rt

of the desig ation may b reu ed in the def i ition of the term

EX MPLE 2

e ergre n tre :

ci rcular d efi ni ti on: tre with evergre n f ola e

c re t ed d efi ni t i on: tre th t retain its fola e thro g o t its lfetime

Note, th t in this e ample "tre " is th s p rordin te c n e t for "e ergre n tre " a d th s is re s d in th

d finitio of e ergre n tre "

In cases when the desig ation of the con e t is very close to the name of the s p rordinate

con e t ef f ort s ould b in ested in f i din another name f or the con e t to avoid

mis n erstan in s Even thou h formal y cor ect, the def i ition b low may e si y cre te

mis n erstan in s (EXAMPLE 3)

EX MPLE 3

Intern tio al Sta d rd

intern tio al sta d rd p bls e b IEC, ISO, ISO/IEC, or b ITU

Note, th t "Intern tio al Sta d rd" a d "intern tio al sta d rd" are v ry clo e a d c n e siy b c nf us d

A def i ition is circ lar within a s stem of def i ition when two or more con e ts are defi ed

by me n of e c other

5.5.3 Incomplete def inition

A defi ition s al des rib the content of the con e t precisely It s al b neither to nar ow

nor to bro d

Otherwise, the def i ition is con idered in omplete Non-es ential or ir elevant c aracteristic

in the defi ition can u intentionaly in lu e or ex lu e o jects from the exten ion of the

con e t

A def i ition is con idered to bro d if the c aracteristic selected to des rib the con e t do

not al ow f or o jects that are impled by the def i ition, as p rt of its exten ion A defi ition is

con idered to nar ow if the c aracteristic (selected to des rib the con e t al ow for

o jects that are not impled by the def i ition, as p rt of its exten ion

EX MPLE 1

me h nic l p n i

to bro d: writin in trume t c mp s d of ab rel a d a re l

By n t s e ifyin pre is ly th ty e of refi s, this d f i itio bro d n th e te sio to in lu e b l-p int, roler b l

a d felt-tip p n a wel a me h nic l p n is

me h nic l p n i

to n row: writin in trume t c mp s d of a b rel a le d re l a d p s -b to a v n e me h nism

By s e ifyin a p s -b to a v n e me h nism, this d f i itio n r ows th e te sio to e clu e th s me h nic l

p n is u in oth r ty e of a v n e me h nisms

me h nic l p n i

c re te d f i itio : writin in trume t c mp s d of a b rel a le d refi a d a le d-a v n e me h nism

In ada tin an existin defi ition to a sp cif i s bject f ield or context, care s ould b taken

not to c an e the exten ion of the con e t A c an e to the exten ion le d to a new u it an

a dif ferent con e t Simiarly, c an es to an of the es ential c aracteristic in a def i ition

res lt in a new con e t

A p rtic lar context rarely refers to al the o jects makin up the exten ion of a con e t

Def i ition in laws an reg lation ten to b interpretive rather than def i in Def i ition in

International Stan ard s ould b defi in rather than interpretive If a con e t is restricted to

a p rtic lar interpretation f or a given text, it s al b explained in the b d of the International

Stan ard rather than by cre tin a new con e t with a nar ower exten ion If sp cifi ation

information is as ociated with the con e t, then this s ould b given in an a pro riate

sp cif i ation clau e rather than in a defi ition

EX MPLE 2

to n r ow: org niz tio

for th p rp s s of this re ulatio , b die n t o eratin for profit

This d f i itio of "org niz tio " d e n t d f i e th c n e t org niz tio " b t merely sig als h w to interpret th

c n e t in a giv n c nte t From al th o j ects th t ma e u e te sio of th c n e t "org niz tio ", this c nte t

c n id rs o ly th s n t o eratin for pro t

c re te d finitio : tre th t lo e its fola e s a o aly

However, when the a sen e or non-existen e of a c ara teristic is es ential to the

u derstan in of a con e t, a negative def i ition may b req ired

EX MPLE 2 n n o formity: n n-ulf ilme t of a s e if i d re uireme t

Def i ition may b complemented by one or more notes or examples Notes an examples

s al only b u ed for givin ad itional information inten ed to as ist the u derstan in or

u e of the def i ition

They s al not contain req irements or an information con idered in isp n a le for the u e

of the defi ition

When several notes oc ur within the same def i ition, they s al b desig ated “NOTE 1”,

“NOT 2”, “NOT 3”, etc When several examples oc ur within the same defi ition, they s al

b desig ated “EXAMPLE 1”, “EXAMPLE 2”, “EXAMPLE 3”, etc

6 Re ommendations f or textual inf ormation in dictionaries acc rding to

IEC 61360 series

The req irements of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 [3] a ply for the textual p rts of IEC CDD

For the convenien e of the re ders, 6.2 to 6.10 b low f oc s on the most commonly

en ou tered pro lems an s mmarize req irements set forth in [3] or explain pro lems

sp cif i to dictionary entries

6.2 Re omme d tion th t emerge f rom th impleme tation of IEC CDD

Due to the imp rt ca a i ties of the implementation of IEC CDD, certain recommen ation

a ply

NOT Se als IEC 6 6 6- for a d taie s e ific tio of th IEC C D d ta interf ac

a) Blan field (field containin no data) s al b entirely empty, containin no n l

c aracters or sp ces

b) Field s al not contain an le din or trai n n l c aracters or sp ces

c) Dates s al b given in the f orm "y y -mm-d "

d) Field values that exten over more than one l ne (nota ly def i ition, note an remark)

s ould b typ d as contin ou text with no l ne bre k To in icate a l ne bre k in the text,

the vertical b r c aracter ( |” s al b u ed

e) Sp cial c aracters an formats s c as s p rs ript, s bs ript or ital c , are u ual y lost

when b in tran fer ed from one a pl cation to another Becau e there is no g arante

that a target s stem wi re d them cor ectly, an ASCI re resentation is u ed f or s mb ls

an u its in the data ase For Gre k let ers, the SGML f orm is u ed, e.g “α”, whi st

f or s bs ripts an s p rs ripts the control c aracters “_” or “* ”s ould b u ed to start the

s bs ript or s p rs ript, f ol owed by a closin c rly brac et “}” af ter the s bs ript or

s p rs ript Th s, a s mb l name can a p ar as “α_1}”, to b presented as “α

The lan uage for the referen e version of al textual p rts of IEC CDD s al b Britis En l s

Al other lan uages, in lu in the Fren h lan uage version, s al b derived f rom this

ref eren e version

The verb l forms “s al ” an “s al not in icate req irements to b f ol owed to conform to the

stan ard an f rom whic no deviation is p rmit ed The word “s al ” an “s al not s al b

u ed in normative text an s al not b u ed in the introd ction, f oreword, notes, or examples,

whic are informative text

“Shal ” s al b u ed to denote the f ol owin :

– is to…;

– is req ired to …;

– it is req ired that …;

Do not u e “mu t ex e t to des rib “u avoida le” situation Do not u e “may not in te d

of “s al not to expres a prohibition

6.4.3 Using “mu t” a d “must not”

The word “mu t an “mu t not s al b u ed only to con ey con traints or o l gation

def i ed outside of the doc ment

6.4.4 Using “s ould” a d “s ould not”

The word “s ould” an “s ould not s al b u ed to recommen a p rtic larly s ita le

p s ibi ty or course of action without ex lu in others “Should” s al b u ed to denote the

f ol owin :

– it is recommen ed that …;

– ou ht to …;

– “Should not s al b u ed to denote the fol owin :

– it is recommen ed that… not;

– ou ht not to …

6.4.5 Use of “ma ” a d “ne d not”

The word “may” an “ne d not in icate a course of action that is p rmis ible within the l mits

of the stan ard “May” s al b u ed to denote the f ol owin :

The word “can” an “can ot in icate p s ibi ty an ca a i ty

“Can” s al b u ed to denote the fol owin :

– to b a le to …;

NOT “Ca ” refers to s methin th t is p s ible wh re s “ma ” refers to s methin th t is p rmite

6.4.7 Use of “i e.”, “e.g.”, a d “etc.”

Do not u e “i.e.” an “e.g.” In te d, u e “ hat is” an “for example” If u in “ hat is,” the l st

that f ol ows s al b al in lu ive where s “f or example,” s al only l st some of the

p s ibi ties an s al only a p ar in a note or example Likewise, do not u e “etc.” En the

series prior to the “etc.” b in certain to u e a serial comma b f ore the “an ” (ad ed if not

alre d there) To state that the series is in omplete, u e “s c as” at the start of the series

6.4.8 Use of abbre iations

Use of a breviation s ould b avoided A lst of a breviation is not man atory for

IEC 613 0 dictionaries Th s, no u ambig ou interpretation of an a breviation can b

en ured If an a breviation has to b u ed the u a rid ed form s al b in lu ed in brac ets

when the a breviation is u ed

EX MPLE Th a bre iatio “A ” c n sta d for s v ral me nin s s c a “altern tin c re t, “air c n itio ”,

“Ac tyl”, a d“Actinium”

6.5 Quotation f rom sta d rds or doc me te sourc s

In man cases it is desira le to introd ce con e ts f rom other sources s c as stan ard or

ac nowled ed exp rt l terature into the dictionary International, national or in u try stan ard

may b ref eren ed; however, if there is also an ISO or IEC stan ard, the ISO or IEC stan ard

s al b u ed

Bef ore a term an a defi ition are esta l s ed f or a con e t, it s ould b as ertained that no

other term an def i ition f or that con e t exist in another doc ment In ISO, refer to the

con e t data ase: <ht p:/c b.iso.org> In the case of electrotec nical terms, refer to the

International Electrotec nical Voca ulary (IEC 6 0 0): <ht p:/ www.electro edia.org>

Inf ormation o jects s c as clas es or pro erties s al b ref eren ed by givin their

International Registration Data Identifier (IRDI)

NOT Se IEC 613 0- a d ISO/IEC 1 17 -6 for a ditio al inf ormatio o id ntif i atio of inf ormatio o je ts

u in IR I

EX MPLE 1 Ex mple of a refere c u in th Intern tio al Re istratio Data Id ntif i r: "[SOUR E:

01 2/2/ 613 0_4#A F3 7]"

Ref eren es to a p rtic lar element of another stan ard s al in lu e the clau e ref er ed to as

wel as the referen e n mb r of the stan ard an the ye r of publcation ISO or

IEC Tec nical Sp cif i ation , Publ cly Avai a le Sp cif i ation , an Tec nical Re orts may b

ref eren ed in the same way

EX MPLE 2 [SOU CE: ISO/IEC Dire tiv s, Part 2:2 16, 16.5.9]

EX MPLE 3 [SOU CE: ISO 8 0 0- :2 0 , 3.3, mo ifie – Note 3 h s b e d lete ]

In ad ition, an publ cly avai a le doc ment, s c as exp rt lterature, havin wide

ac e tan e an authoritative statu as wel as b in publ cly avaia le may b ref eren ed

An referen e to l terature containin explanatory information a out the def i ition s ould go

into a note Esp cial y if ref er in to doc ments other than stan ard the wordin of the text

may b not in l ne with the ISO/ IEC rules for def i ition Minor f ormal ada tation of the text

s c as omitin the def i ite article at the b gin in of a def i ition an le vin out the

pu ctuation at the en ne d not b in icated as modif i ation

More exten ive modif i ation s al b in icated as p ra hrase When p ra hrasin of the

original def i ition can ot b avoided, gre t care s al b taken not to modif y the original

me nin

Ref eren es to a p rtic lar element of a doc ment other than a stan ard s al in lu e the

name of the author, the ye r of publ cation an the n mb r of the p ge where the source text

oc urs (se EXAMPLE 4) The f ul referen e s al b contained in the atribute "Source

doc ment of defi ition" (se EXAMPLE 5)

EX MPLE 4 [SOU CE: IUPA ( 9 7, p.3 7), mo if i d – p ra hra e c nte t

EX MPLE 5 IUPA : Comp nd i um of Ch mi cal Termi nology, 2

n

e c mpie b A D McNa g t a d

A Wikin o Oxford: Bla kwel Scie tif i Pu lc tio s, 19 7

Summaries are not a val d citation of a source doc ment

6.6 Us of quotation mark

Quotation mark s al b u ed to set of f word or phrases that may confuse the re der if not

marked Double q otation mark “…” denote q oted text or p rtic lar text strin values

6.7 Spel in

The sp l n of the names of organization , an their a breviation , s al b as u ed by those

organization , in En l s or Fren h

To f aci tate u derstan in by al re ders, the style s al b as simple an con ise as

p s ible This is p rtic larly imp rtant f or those re ders whose mother ton ue is not one of

the of f icial lan uages of ISO an IEC

The f ol owin ref eren e work f or lan uage are recommen ed (se ISO/IEC Directives,

Part 2:2 16, 8.2):

– f or En ls : Th Sh rter Ox ford En li h Dictio ary, Th Co cis Ox ford Diction ry, Th

Co ins Co cise En li h Dictio ary, We ster’s N ew World Co e e Diction ry or Ch mb rs

Co cis Dictio ary;

– f or Fren h: Diction aire L Ro ert, Diction aire L ro s e a d Dictio n ire des d ific lté

d e la lan u fa ç is , V Thomas, L rou se

Ab reviated terms s al b u ed with care, an their u e s al b l mited to those cases where

it is not l kely to cau e conf usion (se ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2:2 16, 8.3)

NOT Sp l n c e k rs a s ciate with word pro e s r pro rams rarely, e e in th “Britis s el n ” mo e,

c nf orm to th re uire dictio ary

Note the cor ect sp l n of the fol owin :

– n mb rs from one to nine s al b sp l ed out in word ;

– model n , model ed, centre, colour, co rdinate, faceted, l tre, metre, mi imetre,

neig b ur, organization;

an the prefer ed sp l n of the f ol owin :

– in tantiation

If American En l s is u avoida le, e.g f or sp cialst terms, the p stf i “– n US–“ s al b

ad ed af ter the p s age in q estion

Other lan uages s c as Fren h, German, Ja anese, etc may b cre ted u der the

resp n ibi ty of the resp ctive National Commit e

L cal zed version of dictionary o jects s ould car y their own version an /or revision

identif iers d e to p s ible laten ies or er or cor ection d rin the tran lation proces

6.8 Hyphe ation

In general, h phenation s ould b u ed to improve re da i ty an a p aran e Hyphenation

s al f ol ow the rules given in the ref eren e work f or lan uage as sp cif ied in 6.7 These

sp cial terms s al b h phenated as f ol ows:

– non-zero;

– two-dimen ional, thre -dimen ional (may b a breviated as “2D” or “3D” ;

– X-axis, Y-axis, an Z-axis

Ab reviation s al not b divided by a l ne bre k

6.9 Words to a oid

Avoid the u e of word that are corp rate trademark If the u e of trademark is neces ary,

ac omp n the word by the trademark s mb l “™” or the registered trademark s mb l "

®

" as

a pro riate

EX MPLE Th title of ISO T 10 0 -2 is “Impleme tatio meth d : Ja a™ pro rammin la g a e bin in to

th sta d rd d ta a c s intera e with Intern tIntra et e te sio s” Sin e th word “Ja a” in this c nte t is a

tra emark, it is a c mp nie b th s mb l “™”

Avoid the fol owin word to provide editorial con isten y:

– "an /or : rather than u e this form, exp n the explanation an present b th cases;

– "datums": the plural of “datum” is “data” If one is tempted to u e “datums”, c an e it to

“datum p ints” or “datum l nes” or “datum planes” as the case may b ;

– "uti se": u e “u e” in te d;

– “in other word ”: this phrase is of ten u ed to join two alternative defi ition of a term or

con e t: the alternative defi ition s ould b reviewed an recon i ed

However, if a project cites another ISO or IEC stan ard, or bro dly ac e ted terminolog for a

given domain f or a sp cif i me nin of a prohibited term, the editor s ould f ol ow the cited

sp l n

6.10 Fre ue tly us d words

The f olowin terms are u ed freq ently in stan ard To en ure editorial con isten y, they

s ould b u ed only in precisely def i ed contexts

– b twe n/amon : u e “b twe n” to me n “exactly two”; u e “amon ” to me n “ wo or more

than two”;

– data: “data” is a plural nou an req ires a plural verb, that is, “data are” not “data is” In

cases where the n mb r of items is imp rtant a wordin s c as "a piece of data", "a set

of data", "two sets of data" may b u ed;

– if : if an “if” clau e en s in a comma, do not f ol ow it with the word “ hen”;

– presentation: do not u e “presentation” for “re resentation” “Presentation” s ould b

restricted to situation with vis al asp cts;

– whic : do not u e “whic ” in place of “ hat “That introd ces a defi in phrase; “whic ”

introd ces an inf ormational phrase

Names are u ed to desig ate o jects, s c as clas es or pro erties They play an imp rtant

role as ena lers of h man commu ication a out the o jects an their me nin Even thou h

names s ould b u iq e, it is not g arante d that names are u ambig ou where s

identif iers s al b alway u iq e

7.2 Pref er e name

When a new entry is ad ed, a prefer ed name has to b selected This name s ould matc

the most commonly u ed En l s name within the in u try f or whic the re resented con e t

is u ed

The u e of the same pref er ed name s ould b avoided as mu h as p s ible within a close

f ami y of clas es In p rtic lar the same pref er ed name for dif f erent pro erties that may b

p tential y a pl ed to the same clas s ould b avoided

If s c is inevita le, care mu t b taken to cle rly dif ferentiate the def i ition of s c

pro erties

NOT Within IEC, Britis En ls is re u ste

7.3 Sy onymou name

Alternatives to a prefer ed name may b u ed to ac ompl s glo al u derstan in Within a

given lan uage, f or example Britis En ls , other En l s terms deviatin from the Britis

-En l s may b u ed

7.4 Name s al not inf er ra ge v lue

Entries s al not b named or def i ed in a way so as to infer multiple values

Entries whose pref er ed names or s non mou names containin the word “ran e” s ould b

examined closely f or violation of this con traint

In tan es of a pro erty def i ition, s c as “Sup ly Voltage”, can b re orted in an

interc an e with a “min” an “max” data typ q al f ier In this case, there s ould not b two

dif f erent pro erty def i ition with names l ke “Sup ly Voltage Minimum” an “Sup ly Voltage

Maximum”

However, the pro erty def i ition “OFF-state L akage Cur ent is normal y re orted in a

datas e t only in the context of a maximum le kage, whic may b p sitive or negative,

de en in on some other voltage c aracteristic So the defi ition semantic s ould state

somethin l ke, “…the a solute value of the maximum c r ent le kage…”, so that an

interc an e re orts a sin le, p sitive n mb r with cle r semantic

7.5 Name s al not imply produ t pa k gin

Names s ould b as ociated with u it items an not b de en ent on p c agin or an other

asp ct of the s p ly c ain Ex e tion to this rule may b made where a u iq e ne d, an

u ambig ou defi ition, an avai a i ty of inf ormation (source bi ty) s p ort the rigour

req ired to maintain a sin le clas set

8 Units of measure

A pro erty of me s rement typ s al b lon to one q antity at most If a pro erty can b

def i ed with multiple u its in dif ferent q antities, the pro erty s ould b divided into an

a pro riate n mb r of pro erties so that al the u its of e c pro erty s al b lon to the

same q antity

EX MPLE L a re ulatio of lo ic ICs for p wer s p ly c n b c n e tu ly e pre s d with a u it eith r of

µV/mA, %/mA, %, mV, or Ω Th s u its b lo g to dif fere t q a titie , th refore, pro ertie for th s u its are

d fin d b e c q a tity

If a u it is sp cif ied f or a me s rement typ pro erty, it is recommen ed to sp cif y it by its

code def i ed in IEC TS 6 7 0 whic is also avai a le onl ne from the IEC CDD, f or as ured

computer sen ible identifi ation of the u it

NOT Mainte a c work a d p s ible e te sio s of th IEC T 6 7 0 u its wi ta e pla e in a IEC d ta a e

Th s, IEC T 6 7 0:2 13 c n b c me o td te

Pref eren e s al b given to SI u its If there are alternative u its to b selected for a

pro erty, they s ould b sp cif ied Al alternative u its s al b lon to the same q antity

9 Import of data into IEC CDD

IEC 6 6 6-1 sp cifies the logical stru ture an layout of the spre d he t interf ace of

IEC CDD This stru ture al ows def i ition, imp rt, exp rt or tran fer of content To maintain

con isten y an avoid los of data alway complete rows of an IEC 6 6 6-1 compl ant data

set s ould b uplo ded to IEC CDD d rin imp rt Al f ield of a row wi b u ed to update

the related f ield in IEC CDD

IEC 613 0-1 an IEC 6 6 6-2 provide es ential g idan e a out u e an stru ture of

u derstan in

10 Qual ty of conte t

The originator of new or updated content for IEC CDD s al en ure that

– updates or cor ection are alway b sed on the latest version of IEC CDD content;

– ef f ort has b en taken to pre are cor ect an con istent uplo d data

As An ex C a c ec lst is provided that s al serve as g ide f or those who plan to s p ly

input to the dictionary The c ec lst ad res es common pro lems that were identif ied in the

p st

The a pl cation of the c ec lst b fore s bmis ion of data f or IEC CDD is imp rative

Ad itional y, the IEC CDD data ase interface p rf orms c ec s of the data files d rin imp rt

It is recommen ed that in olved p rson ac uire k owled e on IEC 613 0-1

– Input by an authorized p rson or b d also refer ed to as “pro oser” (se Fig re 5);

– Content alre d contained in publ s ed stan ard (se Fig re 6);

– Data ase maintenan e (se Fig re 7)

NOT 1 Th o erla pin are s in Fig re 5 to Fig re 7 in ic te clo e c o eratio b twe n th in olv d gro p

By s bmitin content f or storage, dis u sion, or publ cation in IEC CDD the pro oser

impl citly declares that the s bmit ed content may b exploited f re ly ac ordin to the rules

stated in the lcen e statement of IEC CDD No economic rig ts (s c as co yrig t or

intel ectual pro erty rig ts) s al a ply that restrict the a ove u e of the s bmit ed mat er

(se [1])

NOT 2 Al items c ntain d in IEC C D are s bje t to th IEC/ISO c p rig t rule u le s oth rwis e plcitly

state (s e ISO/IEC Dire tiv s, Part 1:2 16, 2.13)

Fig re 5 – Input by a a thorize person or body

IEC

Fig re 6 – Contributing conte t alre dy containe in publ s e sta dards

Figure 7 – Databa e mainte a c

IEC

IEC

Annex A

(inf ormativ )

Use of tools to check consistency of data

Cre tin con istent an er or fre data f or uplo d to a dictionary can b dif f ic lt The

neces ary versati ty of the u derlyin data models an bro d ran e of equirements that have

to b met cal f or data stru tures havin some complexity Th s, sof tware to ls s p ortin the

cre tion an c ec in of the relevant inf ormation o jects s ould b u ed

Parcelmaker

®2

, a to l b sed on Microsof t® Of f ice Ex el®

3

, s p orts cre tin an interpretin

IEC 613 0-1 an IEC 613 0-2 as wel as ISO 13 8 -4 complant data in IEC 6 6 6-1 f ormat

Er or c ec in fun tion an fun tion providin an improved overview on the data gre tly

help to avoid in on isten ies an other imp rfection of the data

IEC 6 6 6-1 is a spre d he t re resentation for data b sed on IEC 613 0-1 an IEC 613

0-2/ ISO 13 8 -4 data models This re resentation was sp cifi al y desig ed to s p ort u ers

workin in of f ice en ironments without ac es to sp cial purp se sof tware In ad ition,

IEC 6 6 6-1 is u ed by IEC CDD as data format for imp rt an exp rt

From IEC Cola oration sp ce an IEC 6 6 6-1 compl ant Microsof t® Of f ice Ex el® template

f or u e with Parcelmaker® may b downlo ded The minimum inf ormation content of

IEC 613 0-1 data sets is marked with "MAND" within the spre d he ts Registered IEC

exp rts may f i d the latest version of the template at (p s word req ired):

ht p:/ col a oration.iec.c /L tu Quic r/other_s 3dworkin material/Main.n f /h_ oc/0 9 B0A3E

Micro oft® Of fic Ex el® is th tra emark of a pro u t s p le b Micro oft Corp ratio This informatio is

giv n for th c n e ie c of u ers of this d c me t a d d e n t c n titute a e d rs me t b IEC of th

pro u t n me Eq iv le t pro u ts ma b u e if th y c n b s own to le d to th s me re ults

Annex B

(normative)

Scope and f ield of appl cation of proposed data

When providin tec nical y new content to IEC CDD adeq ate explanatory information a out

the plan ed content s al b provided

This inf ormation s al con ist of several sldes explainin

– s o e or f ield of a pl cation of the pro osed data;

– a plca le stan ard doc ments or exp rt l terature;

– stakeholders an

– p int s) of contact f or the pro osed c an e req est in lu in ad res an emai

The information s ould ena le the memb rs of the in olved commite s s c as the

Val dation Te m f or IEC CDD, its p rticip tin National Commite s or other in olved

Tec nical Commite s to u derstan s o e an u e of the pro osed data set

The material s al b s f f icient to al ow the National Commite s to identif y exp rts for the

p rticip tion in the evaluation an val dation proces of the pro osed data

Annex C

(normative)

Checkl st

IEC CDD is a dictionary where clas es an as ociated pro erties are b in colected, servin

as international ref eren e l brary e sin the commu ication b twe n bu ines p rtners

The b low c ec l st may serve as g ide f or those who plan to provide input to the dictionary

It is recommen ed that in olved p rson are f ami ar with IEC 613 0-1

The c ec l st ad res es common pro lems that were identif ied in the p st

C.2 Ge eric issues

Are the tec nical commite s identif ied on international level within IEC whic ne d to

b in olved?

One c an e req est s ould b ad res ed to one tec nical commite only

For re son of e sier han l n of a c an e req est the maximum n mb r of rows in

e c s e t of its doc mentation ta les s ould b lmited to a out 10 rows In case of

large data sets the ac omp n in des ription ta les may b spl t up into several

as ociated s e ts

The related data set, i.e the IEC 6 6 6-1 conformin files, can contain more than 10 rows

This data set s al alway re resent the complete pro osed data set

C.3 Extension of existing classes by a ding properties

Eac of the pro osed pro erties s ould b verif ied, whether it is in e en ent of its

EX MPLE 2 A pro erty "Ve d r wi a ply to ma y pro u t cla s s a mo t pro u ts are b in bro g t into th

mark t b at le st o eorg niz tio

EX MPLE 3 A pro erty "Me s rin prin iple" wi a ply pro a ly o ly to th cla s d aln with me s rin

in trume ts

The content of the at ribute "Def i ition" s ould b b sed on val d IEC or ISO stan ard

Where p s ible, def i ition s ould b writ en in a style that they are in e en ent of a sp cif i

clas

Ref eren e s ould b made only to c r ent IEC or ISO stan ard Only in cases where

IEC or ISO stan ard are not avai a le, ref eren e to publcly avai a le National

Stan ard or exp rt l terature s ould b made

If req estin pro erties with u its other than SI-u its, new pro erties s al b sp cified

if the pro erty in q estion alre d exists havin a SI-u it

Units from dif f erent u it s stems s ould not b a pl ed to the same pro erty In s c cases

ad itional pro erties s ould b sp cified (Se b low)

In order to des rib con u tors with sizes in American Wire Gau e (AWG) one s ould sp cif y

a new pro erty cal ed e.g AWG size

Are eventual y existin interde en en ies con idered amon pro erties?

EX MPLE 4 Th rate c re t of a d vic d p n s o th ma imum v lu of th temp rature for whic it is

fore e n

Do s an at ribute "s mb l" exist? Is it s p l ed in the related atribute Is its lan uage

in e en en y con idered? Is it cor ectly sp l ed?

Do s an at ribute "s ort name" exist? Is it s p l ed in the related at ribute Is its

lan uage in e en en y con idered? Is it cor ectly sp led?

Are dates alway in the notion "YYYY-MM-DD"?

The "level" con tru t s ould b a pl ed when def i in a ran e in q antitative pro erties

NOT 1 To e pre s a minimum a d/or ma imum v lu th le el c n tru t is a plc ble a d th s me pro erty is

u e o ly o c

Was a q al ty c ec a pl ed to the input file(s) for IEC?

NOT 2 Before a work item wi b a c pte a formal q alty c e k wi b ma e b th ma a eme t of th d ta

b s If th s nta is n t in ln , th re is a ris of th work item n t b in a c pte d e to p or q alty

A sp l n c ec er s ould b u ed when pre arin the textual content Britis

En l s (en-UK) is the f avourite lan uage of IEC

NOT 3 Within th IEC Commo Data Dictio ary, th En ls la g a e is th le din la g a e, a d is th o ly

o e c n id re to b th Sta d rd

C.4 Set ing up new classes with as ociate properties

If the existin clas es do not cover the desired con e ts, a new clas has to b set up

with def i ition, prefer ed name, etc The next hig er clas node in the hierarc y

(s p rtyp ) has to b identif ied to whic it s ould b related

The clas if yin pro erty has to b cre ted whic is control n p s ible s bclas es of

the clas

Annex D

(inf ormativ )

IEC Maintenance procedure for IEC standards in database f ormat

An ex D informs a out the actual situation con ernin the data b se proced re as

doc mented in ISO/IEC Directives Sup lement [4]

An ex D wi not b updated if the proced re c an es

NOT Th c re t v rsio of th dire tiv s c n b a c s e via htp:/w w.e c /memb rs_e p rts/refd c /

The proced re is sp cif ied in detai in ISO/IEC Directives Sup lement:2 16, An ex SL

Fig re D.1 an Fig re D.2 s mmarize the proces

Exp rien e has proven that the original y sp cif ied time for resolution of evaluation is ues

(1 we k) can b to s ort Th s, a time sp n gre ter than one we k for this ste s ould b

tolerated

Fig re D.1 – The normal databa e proc dure (s e ISO/IEC Dire tiv s

Sup leme t:2 16, Anne SL)

IEC

Figure D.2 – The e te de databa e proc dure (s e ISO/IEC Dire tiv s

Sup leme t:2 16, Anne SL)

IEC s bcommite 3D u es the infrastru ture of IEC CDD for its work Fig re D.3 s ows the

IEC CDD en ironments, their interaction, an the related doc ments

Figure D.3 – Proc s a d relate doc me tation

IEC

IEC

Annex E

(inf ormativ )

Nature of def initions and terminological principles

There are dif f erent way to write def i ition of con e ts or terms; the two most common typ s

of def i ition are "inten ional" or "exten ional" def i ition

Inten ional defi ition in icate the s p rordinate con e t f ol owed by the c aracteristic(s) that

distin uis the con e t from other con e ts In practice, inten ional defi ition are prefera le

to other con e t des ription They s ould b u ed whenever p s ible as they most cle rly

reve l the es ential c aracteristic of a con e t

NOT 1 A more d taie tre tis of th s bje t c n b fo n in ISO 7 4:2 0

NOT 2 Inte sio al d f i itio s are b st u e wh n s methin h s a cle rly-d fin d s t of q altie , a d work wel

for s e ifyin s ts th t are to larg to lst in a e te sio al d f i itio It is imp s ible to giv a e te sio al

d finitio for a infinite s t, b t a inte sio al o e c n ofte b state c n is ly

EX MPLE 1 Th re is a in nite n mb r of e e n mb rs, imp s ible to lst, b t e e n mb rs c n b d fin d b

s yin th t th y are inte er multiple of two

An exten ional def i ition l sts al the con e ts cor esp n in to the o jects in the exten ion

In def i in clas es, an exten ional def i ition would l st al the o jects al owed within the

inten ion of the clas This kin of def i ition is to b u ed only if the n mb r of s b rdinate

o jects to b en merated is l mited, the l st of s b rdinate o jects is complete u der one

criterion of s bdivision, an the s b rdinate o jects are k own

EX MPLE 2 An e te sio al d f i itio of th term "n tio of th world" mig t b giv n b lstin al of th n tio s

of th world

Exten ional def i ition are more f req ently u ed to def i e con e ts whic cor espon to

pro erties In man cases, a closed set of p rmis ible values for a pro erty can b presented

as elements in the defi ition of the pro erty Su h sets of p rmis ible values may b the b sis

f or con isten y c ec in when u ers as ig values to pro erties

Below a hig level overview is given of the con ention for writin defi ition as laid down in

the standard ISO/IEC 1 17 -4:2 0 [5] an ISO 7 4:2 0 (se Clau e 2)

F.2 ISO/IEC 1117 -4

F.2.1 Re uireme ts

A data def i ition s al :

a) b stated in the sin ular;

b) state what the con e t is, not what it is not;

c) b stated as one des riptive phrase or senten e;

d) contain only commonly u dersto d a breviation ;

e) b expres ed without emb d in def i ition of other data or u derlyin con e ts

g) u e the same terminolog an con istent logical stru ture f or related defi ition ;

h) b a pro riate f or the typ of metadata item b in defi ed

F.3 ISO 704

The con ention set out in ISO 7 4 can b s mmarized as f ol ows:

a) Def i e what it is, not what it is not

b) Def i e the con e t, do not write a l st of examples (exten ional def i ition , i.e a lst of

s b rdinate con e ts, are alowed in hig ly sp cialzed domain only)

c) Avoid circ lar def i ition

d) Do not def i e two con e ts A def i ition s al des rib only one con e t It s al not

in lu e hid en def i ition f or an con e ts u ed to identif y c aracteristic An

c aracteristic that req ires an explanation s al b def i ed se arately as a con e t or

given in a note

e) A defi ition is val d if it can re lace a desig ation in a text without los of or c an e in

me nin

f ) Def i ition s al b as brief as p s ible an as complex as neces ary Complex defi ition

can contain several de en ent clau es, but caref ul y writ en def i ition contain only that

information whic makes the con e t u iq e An ad itional des riptive inf ormation

de med neces ary s ould b in lu ed in a note

g) The def i ition s ould not contain c aracteristic that b lon logical y to s p r ordinate or

s b rdinate con e ts

h) A def i ition s al des rib the content of the con e t precisely It s al b neither to

nar ow nor to bro d

F.4 Additional conventions

a) The term “value” s al not b writen in plural even if it is a level typ (e.g minimum,

typical an maximum value)

b) Alway in lu e the term “value” in the def i ition f or q antitative DETs ex e t f or

con itional data element typ s

c) Chan in at ributes to conform to the new con ention of this p rt of IEC 613 0 is by

default a revision c an e (minor c an e) u les sp cif ied otherwise, an wi only b done

alon with a c an e req est as ociated with the relevant data element typ

Bibl ography

The doc ments referen ed here contain inf ormation that is recommen ed to k ow f or p o le

who cre te or maintain IEC 613 0 compl ant dictionaries or p rts there f

[1] Guide o Surv yin the Eco omic Co trib tion of the Cop rig tBa ed I ndustrie ,

World Intelectual Pro erty Organization, Geneva 2 0

[2] ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1:2 16, I SO/I EC Dire tiv s – P art 1: P ro ed ure for th

tec nic l work

[3] ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2:2 16, I SO/I EC Dire tive – P art 2: P rin iple a d rule for

the stru ture a d d raftin of ISO a d I EC d oc me ts

[4] ISO/IEC Directives Sup lement:2 16, P ro ed ure s e ific to IEC

[5] ISO/IEC 1 17 -4:2 0 , I nformation te h olog – M etad ata re istries (MDR) – P art 4:

Formulatio of data definition

[6] ISO/IEC 1 17 -6:2 0 , I nformation te h olog – M etad ata re istries (MDR) – P art 6:

Re istratio

[7] IEC PAS 6 5 9-1:2 0 , Ge eric s e ific tio of informatio o products – P art 1:

P rin iple a d methods

[8] ISO/IEC Guide 7 (al p rts), Guide for s e ific tio of prod uct pro ertie a d cla s s

[9] ISO 10 7-1:2 0 , Termin log work – Vo a ulary – P art 1: Th ory a d a p c tio

[10] ISO 2 2 4:2 13, Sy tems to ma a e termin log , k owled ge a d c ntent – Co c

pt-related a p cts for de elo in a d intern tio a zing clas ific tio s stems

[1 ] IEC TS 6 7 0:2 13, I dentific tio of u its of me s reme t for c mp ter-b s d

[12] ISO 13 8 (al p rts), I ndustrial a tomation s stems a d integratio – P arts li rary

[13] ISO 13 8 -4 , Ind ustrial a tomatio s stems a d integratio – P arts li rary – P art 4 :

De criptio methodolo y: M eth dolo y for stru turin p rts familie