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PLCopenforefficiencyinautomationTotalnumberofpages:80TechnicalPaperPLCopenTechnicalCommittee6XMLFormatsforIEC61131-3Version2.01–OfficialReleaseDISCLAIMEROFWARANTIESTHISDOCUMENTISPROVIDEDONAN“ASIS”BASISANDMAYBESUBJECTTOFUTUREADDITIONS,MODIFICATIONS,ORCORRECTIONS.PLCOPENHEREBYDISCLAIMSALLWARRANTIESOFANYKIND,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,INCLUDINGANYWARRANTYOFMERCHANTABILITYORFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE,FORTHISDOCUMENT.INNOEVENTWILLPLCOPENBERESPONSIBLEFORANYLOSSORDAMAGEARISINGOUTORRESULTINGFROMANYDEFECT,ERROROROMISSIONINTHISDOCUMENTORFROMANYONE’SUSEOFORRELIANCEONTHISDOCUMENT.Copyright©2003-2009byPLCopen.Allrightsreserved.Date:May08,2009PLCopenforefficiencyinautomationTC6XML©PLCopen(2004..2009)Version2.01–Officialrelease08/05/2008page2/80ThefollowingpaperXMLFormatsforIEC61131-3isadocumentrepresentingtheresultsoftheworkdoneinthePLCopenTechnicalCommittee6-XML.Thisrelease2.1isbasedontheworkdoneontheversion2.0,‘OfficialRelease’,aspublishedinDecember2008,aswellasthefeedbackreceivedfrominparticularPLCopenJapanandAutomationML.Thereareonlyminorchangesbetweenbothversions.ThisspecificationhasbeenwrittenthankstothefollowingmembersoftheTC6XML:KevinKetterle3SDirkSchubel3SRainerDrathABBAnnetteKratzABBJosefPapenfortBeckhoffUweThomasBeckhoffThomasBrandlBoschRexrothRenéSimonFHWernigerodeKnutGüttelHelmutSchmidtUniv.MatthiasRiedlifakWolfgangHornISTDietmarBerlesreiterKebaAndreasWeicheltKWSoftwareDimitrijKirzhnerKWSoftwareThomasBaierLogicalsHansjörgHotzPanasonicMoniqueAtali-RingotRockwellAutomationPaulBrooksRockwellAutomationHeinzDieterFerlingSchneiderAutomationJürgenFiessSchneiderElectricalMotionHansPeterOttoSiemensMichaelJohnSiemensHajimeTaruishiToshiba/PLCopenJapanLesPowersTriconexLorenzHundtUniv.MagdeburgArndtLüderUniv.MagdeburgEelcovanderWalPLCopenContributorsBjörnGrimmDaimlerDirkWeidemannZühlkeChangeStatusList:VersionnumberDateChangecommentV0.006/05/2002PreliminarydraftwithadditionsfromPLCopenV0.114/01/2003ResultsofthemeetingatinfoteamsoftwareV0.225/02/2003ResultsofthemeetingatBeckhoffElektronikV0.306/05/2003ResultsofthemeetingatMatsushitaElectricWorksV0.417/06/2003ResultsofthemeetingatKirchnerSOFTV0.515/07/2003ResultsofthemeetinginAmsterdamPLCopenforefficiencyinautomationTC6XML©PLCopen(2004..2009)Version2.01–Officialrelease08/05/2008page3/80V0.62/10/2003ResultsofthemeetingatKWSoftware,Lemgo,GermanyV0.728/11/2003ResultsofthemeetinginNeurenberg,withfurthereditingbyEvdWV0.7131/03/2003Hotz:AllelementsthatdescribeIEC61131-3objectareenteredV0.809/04/2004Finalversionbeforereleaseas0.99–EvdWV0.9916/04/2004ReleasedasVersion0.99–incombinationwithschemeV0.99A14/02/2005BasedonthefeedbackontheVersion0.99.MeetingFeb.8+9,05V0.99B18/04/2005Changedpicturesincluded.USproofreading.V1.027/04/2005Lastminorchangesdone.Examplesaddedcf.newxsd.OfficialreleaseV1.0110/06/2005Minorupdate:“refLocalId”isrequired.Textandexamplesupdated.Add04/04/2006AddendumcreatedtoVersion1.01asresultofmeetingApril2006AddV0207/08/2006UpdateAddendumasresultofmeetingJuly28,2006AddV0324/04/2007AddendumupdatedwithadditionalfeedbackAddV0411/03/2008AddendumupdatedwithadditionalfeedbackAddV04119/05/2008UpdateAddendumasresultofmeetingMay6,2008AddV04224/09/2008UpdateAddendumasresultofmeetingSept.2,2008AddV04304/11/2008AsresultofthemeetingNov.4,2008.Lastversion.V20P07/11/2008AsresultofthemeetingNov.4,2008.V20WD21/11/2008SenttogroupforlasteditorialcommentsV2.003/12/2008OfficialReleaseofallmergedfeedbackanddecisionsV2.0108/05/2009OfficialReleaseofmergedfeedbackanddecisionsPLCopenforefficiencyinautomationTC6XML©PLCopen(2004..2009)Version2.01–Officialrelease08/05/2008page4/80TableofContents1INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................61.1.PURPOSE..................................................................................................................................61.2.SHORTINTRODUCTIONINTOXML...........................................................................................71.3.IMPORTANTCHANGESINVERSION2.0ANDV2.01ANDCOMPATIBILITYISSUES......................82SCOPE..........................................................................................................................................92.1.USECASE–EXCHANGEFORMATFORPROGRAMMINGTOOLS(ALLIECLANGUAGES).............92.2.USECASE:INTERFACETOPRODUCERSOFGRAPHICALANDLOGICALINFORMATION...............92.3.USECASE:INTERFACETOCONSUMEROFGRAPHICALANDLOGICALINFORMATION................92.4.USECASE–DISTRIBUTIONFORMATFORFUNCTIONBLOCKLIBRARIES...................................92.5.GRAPHICALOVERVIEWOFTHEUSECASES..............................................................................93DEFINITIONS,COMPLIANCE,VALIDATIONANDTRANSFORMATIONS.............113.1.DEFINITIONS..........................................................................................................................113.2.NAMINGCONVENTIONS.........................................................................................................113.3.COMPLIANCETOIEC61131-3–2NDEDITION..