In electric power transmission, a CIM Profile is a subset model of the CIM UML model.
These profiles are designated as parts documents in the IEC 61970 standard by working group 14.
Each profile is itself a self-contained model which can be used for generating specific artifacts, such as CIM RDF or XML Schema.
A CIM Profile Group (e.g., 61970-456 Steady-state Solution Profile Group) is a logical grouping of CIM Profiles.
In general, each Parts document encompasses an entire Profile group which has one or more profiles in it.