Common Information Model
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Common Information Model is a standardized data model used primarily in the electric power industry to enable consistent representation and exchange of information between different systems and organizations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Common Information Model canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8287532 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Common Information Model Context triple: [CIM, fullName, Common Information Model]
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A.
CIM
CIM is a state prison facility for male inmates located in Chino, California, operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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B.
CIM
CIM is an acronym commonly referring to the China Inland Mission, a pioneering Protestant Christian missionary society founded in the 19th century to evangelize the inland regions of China.
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C.
CIM
CIM is the Spanish acronym for the Inter-American Commission of Women, a specialized organization within the Organization of American States dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality in the Americas.
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D.
WMI and CIM
WMI and CIM are Windows management technologies that provide standardized interfaces for accessing and controlling system configuration, hardware, and software components.
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E.
Common Language Infrastructure
Common Language Infrastructure is an open specification developed by Microsoft that defines a language-independent runtime environment for executing and managing code across multiple programming languages and platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Common Information Model Target entity description: Common Information Model is a standardized data model used primarily in the electric power industry to enable consistent representation and exchange of information between different systems and organizations.
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A.
CIM
CIM is a state prison facility for male inmates located in Chino, California, operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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B.
CIM
CIM is an acronym commonly referring to the China Inland Mission, a pioneering Protestant Christian missionary society founded in the 19th century to evangelize the inland regions of China.
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C.
CIM
CIM is the Spanish acronym for the Inter-American Commission of Women, a specialized organization within the Organization of American States dedicated to promoting and protecting women’s rights and gender equality in the Americas.
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D.
WMI and CIM
WMI and CIM are Windows management technologies that provide standardized interfaces for accessing and controlling system configuration, hardware, and software components.
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E.
Common Language Infrastructure
Common Language Infrastructure is an open specification developed by Microsoft that defines a language-independent runtime environment for executing and managing code across multiple programming languages and platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEC standard
ⓘ
data model ⓘ industry standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CIM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
distribution systems
ⓘ
energy markets ⓘ enterprise integration in utilities ⓘ transmission systems ⓘ |
| basedOn | object-oriented modeling ⓘ |
| enables |
data consistency across heterogeneous systems
ⓘ
plug-and-play integration of applications ⓘ |
| field |
electric power industry
ⓘ
power systems ⓘ smart grid ⓘ |
| goal |
provide a common semantic model for power system data
ⓘ
reduce integration costs for utility IT systems ⓘ |
| governedBy | IEC Technical Committee 57 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
CIM for distribution (IEC 61968)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CIM for energy markets (IEC 62325) NERFINISHED ⓘ CIM for transmission (IEC 61970) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable consistent representation of power system information
ⓘ
enable exchange of information between different systems ⓘ support interoperability between organizations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IEC 60870-6 TASE.2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IEC 61850 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents |
customer-related data in utilities
ⓘ
equipment and assets ⓘ measurements and telemetry ⓘ metering information ⓘ operational schedules ⓘ power system network topology ⓘ |
| serializationFormat |
JSON
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RDF NERFINISHED ⓘ XML NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | International Electrotechnical Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardNumberFamily |
IEC 61968
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IEC 61970 NERFINISHED ⓘ IEC 62325 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
data exchange between DMS and other utility applications
ⓘ
data exchange between SCADA and EMS systems ⓘ market communication in electricity markets ⓘ model-driven integration ⓘ |
| usedBy |
distribution system operators
ⓘ
energy market operators ⓘ independent system operators NERFINISHED ⓘ transmission system operators ⓘ utility software vendors ⓘ |
| uses | UML class diagrams ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Common Information Model Description of subject: Common Information Model is a standardized data model used primarily in the electric power industry to enable consistent representation and exchange of information between different systems and organizations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
CIM
subject surface form:
CIM