IEC 60870
E481591
IEC 60870 is an international standard defining protocols for telecontrol and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in electrical power and industrial automation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IEC 60870 canonical | 1 |
| IEC 60870‑5 series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4942689 — 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: IEC 60870 Context triple: [IEC 60000 series, hasPart, IEC 60870]
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A.
IEC 60870‑5‑101
IEC 60870‑5‑101 is an international standard defining basic telecontrol communication protocols for monitoring and controlling electrical power systems over serial links.
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B.
IEC 60870‑5‑104
IEC 60870‑5‑104 is an international standard defining networked telecontrol communication protocols for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems over TCP/IP in electrical power systems.
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C.
IEC 61850
IEC 61850 is an international standard that defines communication protocols and data models for automation, protection, and control systems in electrical substations and power utility networks.
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D.
IEC 61158
IEC 61158 is an international standard that defines the communication protocols and data link layer specifications for fieldbus-based industrial communication networks.
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E.
IEC 61334
IEC 61334 is an international standard that defines protocols and requirements for low-speed power line communication used in utility and smart grid applications.
- 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: IEC 60870 Target entity description: IEC 60870 is an international standard defining protocols for telecontrol and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in electrical power and industrial automation.
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A.
IEC 60870‑5‑101
IEC 60870‑5‑101 is an international standard defining basic telecontrol communication protocols for monitoring and controlling electrical power systems over serial links.
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B.
IEC 60870‑5‑104
IEC 60870‑5‑104 is an international standard defining networked telecontrol communication protocols for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems over TCP/IP in electrical power systems.
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C.
IEC 61850
IEC 61850 is an international standard that defines communication protocols and data models for automation, protection, and control systems in electrical substations and power utility networks.
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D.
IEC 61158
IEC 61158 is an international standard that defines the communication protocols and data link layer specifications for fieldbus-based industrial communication networks.
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E.
IEC 61334
IEC 61334 is an international standard that defines protocols and requirements for low-speed power line communication used in utility and smart grid applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEC standard
ⓘ
IEC standard ⓘ IEC standard ⓘ IEC standard ⓘ IEC standard ⓘ IEC standard ⓘ SCADA communication standard ⓘ international standard ⓘ telecontrol protocol standard ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | International Electrotechnical Commission standard 60870 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
electrical power systems
ⓘ
industrial automation systems ⓘ |
| communicationModel | master-slave ⓘ |
| defines |
protocols for supervisory control and data acquisition
ⓘ
protocols for telecontrol ⓘ |
| domain |
electric power distribution
ⓘ
electric power transmission ⓘ |
| field |
SCADA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
power system automation ⓘ telecontrol ⓘ |
| geographicScope | international ⓘ |
| hasPart |
IEC 60870-1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IEC 60870-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ IEC 60870-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ IEC 60870-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ IEC 60870-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ IEC 60870-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | IEC 60870 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedBy | International Electrotechnical Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
DNP3
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IEC 61850 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardNumber | 60870 ⓘ |
| subject |
general principles
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interfaces and performance ⓘ operating conditions ⓘ performance requirements ⓘ telecontrol protocols for electric power systems ⓘ transmission protocols ⓘ |
| supports |
event reporting
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real-time data exchange ⓘ remote command execution ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data acquisition in energy management systems
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remote control of power system equipment ⓘ remote monitoring of substations ⓘ |
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: IEC 60870 Description of subject: IEC 60870 is an international standard defining protocols for telecontrol and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in electrical power and industrial automation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IEC 60870‑5 series