2009 extRefAddr format (6.2.3) not respecting general PathName rule (5.2)

Created
13 Nov 2025
Status
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Part
Part 90-30 (2025)
Links
None
Page
30
Clause
6.2.3
Paragraph
Table 6

Issue

the path format described in the extRefAddr description (IEDName/LDevice/LN/ExtRef.intAddr) does not follow the rules from chapter 5.2 about PathName which states that for references inside an LN a "." should be used

Proposal

Propose to update the path format of table 6 extRefAddr to
LDevice/LN.ExtRef.intAddr
IEDName/LDevice/LN.ExtRef.intAddr

DiscussionCreated
Triage I think LN.ExtRef.inAddr is misleading, because "ExtRef" will not in the path.
Consider LN."value of ExtRef.intAddr" or something unambiguous like ExtRefInAddr
01 Dec 25