1 Utility Integration Bus Standard Middleware + Utility Specific Integration (not secret) Sauce Copyright 1998,1999 Systems Integration Specialists Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved

2 Objectives of UIB Provide utility specific integration features missing from DCOM and CORBA. Facilitate integration without requiring reprogramming. Create an environment where skrink- wrapped products can be integrated.

3 The UIB Specification is A set of middleware requirements A set of middleware use specifications A set of utility specific services

4 UIB Architecture CORBA or DCOM Utility Applications Utility Specific Services and Specifications APPLICATION UTILITY COMMON SERVICES OFF THE SHELF MIDDLEWARE

5 UIB features Can be run over different middleware implementations Allows for direct access to middleware Provides an environment for integration of utility applications

6 UIB Requirements of Middleware Persistent Message Queuing Remote Procedure Calls Life cycle Services Transaction Services Security Services Other standard distributed objects services

7 Why not just use Middleware? Answer: Utilities need more!

8 Utility Business Objects Many different types Are long lived (ie monitored continually instead of short live transactions) Attributes are distributed in existing legacy applications

9 Owner Billing Address Rate Structure Usage MeterID Last Calibration An Object Instance (e.g. SISCOMeter)

10 Typical Middleware Solution From Independent Sources Aggregate or Proxy Object Instance CORBA or DCOM

11 Utilities really need: Decomposed Objects CORBA or DCOM Attributes directly available from multiple sources. This requirement has several design impacts!

12 Example: Information in Legacy Applications AMR DB CIS Maintenance SISCOMeter

13 UIB is designed for: Coarse Objects and Distributed Attributes –IDLs to UIB services –Business Objects (e.g. breaker, capbank controller, meter, cis) are not expressed at the application interface. Sending and receiving messages –UIB defines a set of standard messages –Allows for future message expansion

14 Utility Specific Services ID Management –Create/Delete –Alias –Information Exchange Model support Error Recovery

15 Specific Examples How to subscribe for object class events as opposed to object instance events. How to detect loss of information and information sources. How to dynamically create a directory of information consumers and publishers. How to recover and resync components that have been off the bus.

16 Solution: OID/XID Hierarchy Type StandardPrivateAuthority ORGID SUBORG ClassValue InstValue TypeOfClass ClassIDInstanceID

17 Why Alias? Tastes Great Less Filling Its Object A Its Object B UIB 1UIB 2 Need One View, Not Two !

18 UIB Concept of Context Deployment Runtime Online Test Need Standard Context: - Online - Test - Simulation - Others... Need Non-Standard Contexts

19 Models on the BUS Deployment Models Run time Models Information Exchange Model Reference Model

20 What is an IEM? Defines information flow –Message Dictionary –Message Routing Model –Information Filtering IEM allows components to be written without knowing before hand who will supply or consume pieces (allows third party subscription)

21 MetaSchema Overview Class Instance Messaging

22 Terminology

23 Class Attribute Class Object Class Attribute 1 N 1 1 Name ID Name ID Units Name ID Component Class Name ID

24 Examples of Business Objects Class –Switch Fuse Breaker Manual Disconnector Instance –Breaker B1 in sub1 B2 on T1 etc.... Business Objects have Attributes!

25 Attribute Instance = Attribute Class Object Class Attribute 1 N 1 1 Name ID Name ID Units Name ID Object Instance Name ID ObjectInst.ID + Attribute.ID

26 Breaker Attribute Example: Status (OPEN/CLOSED) Vendor Cost Number of Operations etc....

27 RunTime and Deployment Deployment = Expected Runtime = Actual –Used to determine which attributes are actually being supported Is tracked on Context/Attribute Instance Basis

28 Messages UIB Standard Messages Other Standard Messages User Defined Messages - Most Interesting!

29 Messages (cont.) Message Definitions/ Templates (Class) Header Filterable Binary Topics ID/Value Sets OF Attribute Inst. Message Based

30 MIID is.... MCID Source CIID of component issuing message Sequence number generated from issuing component. All found in header of messages.....

31 CIM Reference ModelERP Reference Model EMS Work Management ERP Connector UIB is Reference Model Independent (used by components but not managed by the bus)

32 Conclusion Documents and Presentations available from: ftp://ftp.sisconet.com/outgoing/uib