Open model for exchanging power system data

This paper presents an XML-based open data model for exchanging power system simulation data. The need for an open model born due to both the limitations of the IEEE common data format and the huge number of proprietary formats that make difficult exchanging system data in the power system community. The philosophy, the structure and the features of the proposed open data model are discussed in detail. The proposed open data model is illustrated by means of a small-size benchmark network.