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IEC 62769-4 ®
Edition 2.0 2021-02
INTERNATIONAL
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Field device integration (FDI) –

Part 4: FDI Packages
Intégration des appareils de terrain (FDI) –

Partie 4: Paquetages FDI
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ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.05 ISBN 978-2-8322-9311-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 7
INTRODUCTION . 9
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 10
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and conventions . 11
3.1 Terms and definitions . 11
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 12
3.3 Conventions . 12
4 FDI Package Model . 12
4.1 Overview. 12
4.2 FDI Package Elements . 14
4.2.1 Package Catalog . 14
4.2.2 Electronic Device Description . 14
4.2.3 User Interface Plug-in . 14
4.2.4 Attachment . 16
4.3 FDI Package Types . 16
4.3.1 FDI Device Package . 16
4.3.2 FDI Communication Package . 17
4.3.3 FDI UIP Package . 18
4.3.4 FDI Profile Package . 18
5 FDI Package implementation . 20
5.1 Packaging technology . 20
5.2 Use of Open Packaging Conventions . 20
5.2.1 Unknown parts . 20
5.2.2 Invalid parts . 20
5.2.3 Unknown relationships . 20
5.2.4 Interleaving. 20
5.2.5 Core properties . 20
5.2.6 Thumbnails . 20
5.2.7 Digital signatures . 20
5.3 FDI Package Parts . 21
5.3.1 Package Catalog . 21
5.3.2 Electronic Device Description . 22
5.3.3 User Interface Plug-in . 22
5.3.4 Attachments . 25
6 FDI Package Versioning . 27
6.1 Version scheme . 27
6.2 Versioned elements . 28
6.3 Version Hierarchy . 28
6.4 UIP Compatibility . 30
7 Digital Signatures and Registration Certificates . 31
7.1 Signed Elements and Certification documents . 31
7.2 Signing mechanism . 32
7.3 FDI Package Originator, FDI Registration Authority. 33
7.4 FDI Host behavior . 33

Annex A (normative) File name conventions . 34
A.1 Identification . 34
A.2 FDI Package filename convention . 34
Annex B (informative) FDI Package Creation . 35
B.1 General . 35
B.2 Tools and Components . 35
B.3 Development . 35
Annex C (informative) FDI Package deployment . 38
C.1 General . 38
C.2 Scenarios . 38
Annex D (informative) Example . 41
D.1 General . 41
D.2 Open Packaging Conventions . 41
D.3 Creation and Handling of FDI Packages . 44
D.4 FDI Device Package Example . 44
Annex E (normative) Schema . 52
E.1 Target Namespace . 52
E.2 Catalog . 52
E.3 ClassificationIdT . 52
E.4 CommunicationProfileT . 52
E.5 CommunicationRoleT . 52
E.6 CommunicationServerT . 53
E.7 DeviceTypeT . 53
E.8 FdiRegistrationCert . 54
E.9 FdiRegistrationCertT . 54
E.10 InterfaceT . 55
E.11 ListOfCommunicationProfilesT . 56
E.12 ListOfDeviceImagesT . 57
E.13 ListOfDeviceTypesT . 57
E.14 ListOfDocumentsT . 57
E.15 ListOfInterfacesT . 58
E.16 ListOfLocalizedStringsT . 58
E.17 ListOfProtocolSupportFilesT . 58
E.18 ListOfRegDeviceTypesT . 59
E.19 ListOfRegistrationsT . 59
E.20 ListOfSupportedDeviceRevisionsT . 60
E.21 ListOfSupportedUipsT . 60
E.22 ListOfUipVariantsT . 60
E.23 LocalizedStringT . 61
E.24 PackageT . 61
E.25 PackageTypeT . 62
E.26 PlatformT . 63
E.27 RegDeviceTypeT . 63
E.28 RegistrationT . 64
E.29 RelationshipIdT . 64
E.30 String256T . 65
E.31 SupportedUipT . 65
E.32 UipCatalog . 65

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E.33 UipStyleT . 66
E.34 UipT . 66
E.35 UipVariantT . 67
E.36 UuidT . 67
E.37 VersionSupportedT . 68
E.38 VersionT . 68
Annex F (normative) Communication protocol specific profiles . 69
Annex G (informative) FDI Package life cycle use cases . 70
G.1 New Device Type . 70
G.2 Replacement of Device . 70
G.3 Firmware enhancements . 70
G.4 FDI Package life cycle polices . 71
G.5 FDI Package update . 71
G.6 FDI Package upgrade . 71
G.7 FDI Package replacement/exchange . 71
G.8 FDI Package uninstallation . 71
Annex H (normative) Health Status Method . 73
H.1 Background. 73
H.2 Device Health Status model . 73
H.3 Standard EDD Method signature . 73
H.4 Performance considerations . 74
Annex I (normative) Modular devices . 75
I.1 Concept . 75
I.2 EDDL usage profile . 75
I.3 Processing recommendations . 76
Annex J (normative) FDI Communication Packages for FDI Communication Server . 78
J.1 General . 78
J.2 Protocol Support File . 78
J.3 CommunicationProfile definition . 78
J.4 Profile Device . 78
J.5 Protocol version information . 78
J.6 Associating a Package with an FDI Communication Server . 78
J.7 Handling of Catalog elements . 78
J.8 Example. 79
Annex K (normative) FDI Profile for EDDs . 80
K.1 Overview. 80
K.2 Entry Point to Online handling . 80
K.3 Entry Point to Offline handling. 80
K.4 Upload and Download . 80
K.5 Initial Data Set . 80
K.6 Method GetHealthStatus . 80
K.7 Actions . 80
K.8 Shared files . 81
Bibliography . 82

Figure 1 – FDI architecture diagram . 10
Figure 2 – FDI Package Model . 13
Figure 3 – Architectural mapping . 13

Figure 4 – User Interface Plug-in Reference Model . 15
Figure 5 – Multiple FDI Packages referencing a common UIP . 16
Figure 6 – FDI Device Package . 17
Figure 7 – FDI Communication Package . 18
Figure 8 – FDI UIP Package . 18
Figure 9 – FDI Profile Package . 19
Figure 10 – Device Function and Parameter sets (type- and profile-specific) . 19
Figure 11 – Catalog Element . 21
Figure 12 – User Interface Plug-in . 23
Figure 13 – UIP Catalog . 24
Figure 14 – FDI Registration Certificate . 27
Figure 15 – Version Hierarchy . 29
Figure 16 – UIP Version Support concept . 31
Figure 17 – FDI Package signing . 32
Figure B.1 – Tools used for FDI Package development . 36
Figure D.1 – Parts and relationships in a package . 41
Figure D.2 – Creating an FDI Package with the content files . 44
Figure D.3 – FDI Device Package Example . 45
Figure D.4 – User Interface Plug-in Example (fancytrend.uip) . 48
Figure I.1 – Modular device's package . 75

Table 1 – UIP Platform . 15
Table 2 – Package Catalog Part . 21
Table 3 – EDD part . 22
Table 4 – User Interface Plug-in part . 23
Table 5 – UIP Catalog Part . 24
Table 6 – UIP Variant Part . 25
Table 7 – Image Part . 25
Table 8 – Documentation Part . 26
Table 9 – Protocol Support File Part . 26
Table 10 – FDI Registration Certificate Part . 26
Table 11 – Versioned Elements . 28
Table 12 – Influence on FDI Package Version . 29
Table A.1 – FDI Package Naming Convention . 34
Table D.1 – Examples of standard MIME media types that can be used in FDI
packages . 43
Table D.2 – Examples of FDI custom MIME media types that can be used in FDI

Packages . 43
Table E.1 – Enumerations of CommunicationRoleT . 53
Table E.2 – Elements of CommunicationServerT . 53
Table E.3 – Elements of DeviceTypeT . 54
Table E.4 – Elements of FdiRegistrationCertT. 55
Table E.5 – Elements of InterfaceT . 56
Table E.6 – Elements of ListOfCommunicationProfilesT . 56

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Table E.7 – Elements of ListOfDeviceImagesT . 57
Table E.8 – Elements of ListOfDeviceTypesT . 57
Table E.9 – Elements of ListOfDocumentsT . 58
Table E.10 – Elements of ListOfInterfacesT . 58
Table E.11 – Elements of ListOfLocalizedStringsT . 58
Table E.12 – Elements of ListOfProtocolSupportFilesT . 59
Table E.13 – Elements of ListOfRegDeviceTypesT . 59
Table E.14 – Elements of ListOfRegistrationsT . 60
Table E.15 – Elements of ListOfSupportedDeviceRevisionsT . 60
Table E.16 – Elements of ListOfSupportedUipsT . 60
Table E.17 – Elements of ListOfUipVariantsT. 61
Table E.18 – Attributes of LocalizedStringT . 61
Table E.19 – Elements of PackageT . 62
Table E.20 – Enumerations of PackageTypeT . 63
Table E.21 – Enumerations of PlatformT . 63
Table E.22 – Elements of RegDeviceTypeT . 64
Table E.23 – Elements of RegistrationT . 64
Table E.24 – Elements of SupportedUipT. 65
Table E.25 – Enumerations of UipStyleT . 66
Table E.26 – Elements of UipT . 67
Table E.27 – Elements of UipVariantT . 67
Table F.1 – Communication protocol interest groups (alphabetical order) . 69
Table G.1– Device Replacement Guidelines . 70
Table G.2 – Firmware enhancement guidelines . 71
Table H.1 – Health Status State . 73
Table J.1 – Catalog Mapping . 78
Table J.2 – Handling of Catalog elements . 78

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FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62769-4 has been prepared by subcommittee 65E: Devices and
integration in enterprise systems, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process
measurement, control and automation.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2015. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) support for Package Developers to build EDDs targeted for today's EDD bases system
under a single development tool;
b) digital signature now includes trusted timestamping for long-term validation of FDI
Package;
c) time stamp for device package signature.

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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65E/761/FDIS 65E/771/RVD
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the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
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Integration (FDI), can be found on the IEC website.
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INTRODUCTION
The IEC 62769 series has the general title Field Device Integration (FDI) and the following
parts:
– Part 1: Overview
– Part 2: FDI Client
– Part 3: FDI Server
– Part 4: FDI Packages
– Part 5: FDI Information Model
– Part 6: FDI Technology Mapping
– Part 7: FDI Communication Devices
– Part 100: Profiles – Generic Protocol Extensions
– Part 101-1: Profiles – Foundation Fieldbus H1
– Part 101-2: Profiles – Foundation Fieldbus HSE
– Part 103-1: Profiles – PROFIBUS
– Part 103-4: Profiles – PROFINET
– Part 109-1: Profiles – HART and WirelessHART
– Part 115-2: Profiles – Protocol-specific Definitions for Modbus RTU
– Part 150-1: Profiles – ISA 100.11a

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FIELD DEVICE INTEGRATION (FDI) –

Part 4: FDI Packages
1 Scope
This part of IEC 62769 specifies the FDI Packages. The overall FDI architecture is illustrated
in Figure 1. The architectural components that are within the scope of this document have
been highlighted in Figure 1.
Figure 1 – FDI architecture diagram
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
IEC 61804 (all parts), Function blocks (FB) for process control and electronic device
description language (EDDL)
IEC 61804-5:2015, Function blocks (FB) for process control and electronic device description
language (EDDL) – Part 5: EDDL Builtin library
IEC 62769-1, Field Device Integration (FDI) – Part 1: Overview
IEC 62769-6, Field Device Integration (FDI) – Part 6: FDI Technology Mapping
ISO/IEC 29500-2:2016, Information technology – Document description and processing
languages – Office Open XML File Formats – Part 2: Open Packaging Conventions
ISO 639-1, Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 1: Alpha-2 code
ISO 32000-1, Document management – Portable document format – Part 1: PDF 1.7
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0, W3C Recommendation, available at

XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1, W3C Recommendation, available at

ETSI EN 319 132-1, Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); XAdES digital
signatures; Part 1: Building blocks and XAdES baseline signatures
ETSI TS 101 733, Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); CMS Advanced Electronic
Signatures (CAdES)
FIPS 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and conventions
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62769-1,
ISO/IEC 29500-2, and the following apply.
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3.1.1
Attachment
device and protocol-specific support files that are not directly used to integrate the Device into
the system
3.1.2
FDI Communication Package
FDI Package that provides information to integrate an FDI Communication Server to an FDI
Server
3.1.3
FDI Device Package
FDI Package that provides one or more device types to an FDI Server

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3.1.4
FDI Package Model
description of the structure and elements of an FDI Package
3.1.5
FDI Profile Package
FDI Package that provides information for creating a device type node that can be associated
with a class of devices
3.1.6
FDI Registration Authority
entity that has the right and the ability to perform FDI conformance tests on FDI Packages
and to issue registration certificate documents
3.1.7
FDI UIP Package
FDI Package that provides one or more UIPs to an FDI Server
3.1.8
Package Catalog
file that describes the contents of an FDI Package
3.1.9
UIP Catalog
file that describes the properties of a UIP
3.1.10
UIP Variant
platform-specific element of a User Interface Plug-in
Note 1 to entry: A UIP is composed of one or more variants. For example, one variant may be optimized for
portable devices while another variant is optimized for large-screen devices.
3.2 Abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the abbreviated terms given in IEC 62769-1 as well as the
following apply.
CFF Capabilities File for FOUNDATION Fieldbus
ID Identifier
IDE Integrated Development Environment
IM Information Model
PNG Portable network graphics
ZIP Zipper (archive file format)

3.3 Conventions
For the purposes of this document, the conventions given in IEC 62769-1 apply.
4 FDI Package Model
4.1 Overview
The FDI Package Model (see Figure 2) provides all the elements necessary to integrate
devices, network components and FDI Communication Servers into a system.

Figure 2 – FDI Package Model
Figure 3 shows the mapping of the FDI Package functional elements, as specified in
IEC 62769-1, to the physical elements in an actual FDI Package, as specified in this
document.
Figure 3 – Architectural mapping
The Electronic Device Description (EDD) corresponds to the Device Definition, the User
Interface Description, and the Business Logic functional elements. A set of physical User
Interface Plug-ins corresponds to the User Interface Plug-in functional element.
The other physical elements in the FDI Package, the Package Catalog and Attachments,
provide support for basic mechanisms such as identification, versioning and deployment, and
distribution of manufacturer and/or protocol-specific information about the device and/or the
User Interface Plug-ins.
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4.2 FDI Package Elements
4.2.1 Package Catalog
The Package Catalog is a required element that provides information about the contents of
the FDI Package including, but not limited to, identification and version information, device
type information, hardware and input/output device requirements, FDI Technology Version,
and protocol-specific characteristics.
The Package Catalog is used by an FDI Server to create a catalog of device types and to
create DeviceType Nodes in the Information Model.
4.2.2 Electronic Device Description
The EDD is an element that provides Device Definition, User Interface Descriptions, and
Business Logic to an FDI Server.
Subclause 4.3 specifies for which FDI Package types an EDD is required.
To maximize interoperability, the initial setup of a device shall be achievable solely with the
User Interface Descriptions, Device Definition and Business Logic that are part of the EDD in
the FDI Device Package. The use of User Interface Plug-ins is optional and targeted in
particular for the complete setup of complex devices.
4.2.3 User Interface Plug-in
A User Interface Plug-in (UIP) is an element that enables an FDI Client to present a
programmed user interface. The FDI Server only stores the UIP from a consumed package; it
does not execute or interpret the UIP.
A UIP is referenced from a User Interface Description
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