Xtensible Solutions

Xtensible Solutions has been working with a large utility in midwestern United States for a number of years to help them build an IEC 61968/61970 CIM-based enterprise semantic model (ESM) in UML for integrating multiple systems involved in their AMI-enterprise and SAP-meter data unification and synchronization (MDUS) projects. This UML model not only has provided IEC CIM-compliant XSD messaging specifications but also has established a mapping/reference environment for an integration of their third-party data models. Using Xtensible’s licensed model-driven MD3i Framework and Business Models, the modeling environment facilitated both top-down and bottom-up architecture designs for integrating the SAP (CIS, CRM, MDUS interfaces, WMS), mobile workforce management, GIS, OMS, MDM, and AMI systems involved in their projects. For both design approaches, the MD3i Design Studio provides traceability within the ESM to link business processes, integration requirements, data/service models, and physical implementation artifacts (i.e. XSDs and WSDLs). The MD3i Design Studio creates a much-needed flexible modeling environment for this utility on their Smart Grid integration effort, which involves multiple vendor specifications and multiple industry standards.