Within the Smart Grid, the combination of automation equipment, communication technology and IT is crucial. Interoperability of devices and systems can be seen as the key enabler of smart grids. Therefore, international initiatives have been started in order to identify interoperability core standards for Smart Grids. IEC 62357, the so called Seamless Integration Architecture, is one of these very core standards, which has been identified by recent Smart Grid initiatives and roadmaps to be essential for building and managing intelligent power systems. The Seamless Integration Architecture provides an overview of the interoperability and relations between further standards from IEC TC 57 like the IEC 61970/61968: Common Information Model - CIM. CIM has proven to be a mature standard for interoperability and engineering; consequently, it is a cornerstone of the IEC Smart Grid Standardization Roadmap. This book provides an overview on how the CIM developed, in which international projects and roadmaps is has already been covered and describes the basic use cases for CIM. This book has been written for both Power Engineers trying to get to know the EMS and business IT part of Smart Grid and for Computer Scientist finding out where ICT technology is applied in EMS and DMS Systems. The book is divided into two parts dealing with the theoretical foundations and a practical part describing tools and use cases for CIM.

An authoritative guide to implementing CIM in Web-based and directory-enabled environments Common Information Model Offering a framework for managing system elements across distributed systems, the Common Information Model (CIM) has developed into one of the most important pieces of technology since the creation of the World Wide Web. It is a key component of many operating systems and is supported by most major software and hardware companies. Written by the pioneers of CIM, this book provides all the information you'll need to implement this powerful model into a management or managed system. The authors guide you through the modeling basics by introducing the concepts behind information modeling and the fundamentals of CIM. They provide a detailed look at the model itself, show you how to extend the CIM schema, and take you through all the steps needed to implement CIM in Web-based and directory-enabled environments. Providing you with a strong working knowledge of CIM, this book: * Contains a general overview of object-oriented data design * Thoroughly examines the Common portion of the model * Discusses areas of CIM that are still under development * Presents ideas, concepts, and methodologies for building extensions to the Common model * Covers critical issues that must be considered when implementing CIM

Maximize the Value of Your Information Throughout Even the Most Complex IT Project Foreword by Tim Vincent, IBM Fellow and Vice President, CTO for IBM Analytics Group To drive maximum value from complex IT projects, IT professionals need a deep understanding of the information their projects will use. Too often, however, IT treats information as an afterthought: the “poor stepchild” behind applications and infrastructure. That needs to change. This book will help you change it. Five senior IBM architects show you how to use information-centric views to give data a central role in project design and delivery. Using Common Information Models (CIM), you learn how to standardize the way you represent information, making it easier to design, deploy, and evolve even the most complex systems. Using a complete case study, the authors explain what CIMs are, how to build them, and how to maintain them. You learn how to clarify the structure, meaning, and intent of any information you may exchange, and then use your CIM to improve integration, collaboration, and agility. In today’s mobile, cloud, and analytics environments, your information is more valuable than ever. To build systems that make the most of it, start right here. Coverage Includes • Mastering best practices for building and maintaining a CIM • Understanding CIM components and artifacts: scope, perspectives, and depth of detail • Choosing the right patterns for structuring your CIM • Integrating a CIM into broader governance • Using tools to manage your CIM more effectively • Recognizing the importance of non-functional characteristics, such as availability, performance, and security, in system design • Growing CIM value by expanding their scope and usage • Previewing the future of CIMs

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the workshops held at the 10th International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2010, in Vienna, Austria, in July 2010. The 60 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from over 100 submissions made to 9 international workshops and held in cooperation with the ICWE 2010 main conference. Those 9 workshops were selected from 16 proposals and encompassed: MDWE 2010, the 6th model-driven Web engineering workshop; QWE 2010, the first international workshop on quality in Web engineering; SWIM 2010, the second international workshop on semantic Web information management; SWEng 2010, the first international workshop on service Web engineering; ESW 2010, the first workshop on engineering soa and the Web; ComposableWeb 2010, the second international workshop on lightweight composition on the Web; EC 2010, the first international workshop on enterprise crowdsourcing; TouchTheWeb 2010, the first international workshop on Web-enabled objects; and WEBTOUR 2010, the first international workshop on Web engineering and tourism.

Enterprise IT infrastructure is getting increasingly complex. With the increase in complexity has arisen the need to manage it. Management in general can be seen as the process of assuring that a managed entity meets its expectations in a controlled and predictable manner. Examples of managed entities are not only components, entire systems, processes, but also people such as employees, developers, or operators, and entire organizations. Traditional management has addressed some of these issues in varied manner. The emergence of Web services has added a new complexity to the management problem and poses a new set of problems. But it also adds to the mix a set of technologies that will make the task of management simpler. Management of Web services will be critical as businesses come to rely on them as a substantial source of their revenue. The book tries to cover the broad area of web services, the concepts, implications for the enterprise, issues involved in their management and how they are being used for management themselves. The book is intended as a reference for current practice and future directions for web services and their management. The book is directed at: • Computing professionals, academicians and students to learn about the important concepts behind the web services paradigm and how it impacts the enterprise in general and how it affects traditional application, network and system management.

Increasing environmental concerns demand interdisciplinary approaches enabling engineers, natural scientists, economists and computer scientists to work together. Information technology is vital to all scientists involved in environmental engineering, covering modeling and simulation, information systems, formal methods and data processing techniques, tools and measurement techniques. This book presents the proceedings of the ITEE 07 conference, where new concepts as well as practical applications and experiences in environmental engineering were presented and discussed.

This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the two workshops held in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2004 in Brisbane, Australia in November 2004. The 21 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on ontologies for networked systems, mobile learning, fragmentation versus integration perspectives of the web information systems discipline, and web services quality.