IEC 61508
E481595
IEC 61508 is an international standard that provides a framework for ensuring the functional safety of electrical, electronic, and programmable electronic systems throughout their lifecycle.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IEC 61508 canonical | 7 |
| Guidelines on the application of IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-3 | 1 |
| IEC 61508-1 | 1 |
| IEC 61508-2 | 1 |
| IEC 61508-3 | 1 |
| IEC 61508-4 | 1 |
| IEC 61508-5 | 1 |
| IEC 61508-6 | 1 |
| IEC 61508-7 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4942693 — 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 61508 Context triple: [IEC 60000 series, hasPart, IEC 61508]
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A.
ISO 26262
ISO 26262 is an international functional safety standard for electrical and electronic systems in production automobiles, defining requirements to ensure the safety of road vehicles throughout their lifecycle.
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B.
ISO/IEC 16262
ISO/IEC 16262 is the international standard that formally defines the ECMAScript programming language, the basis for JavaScript and related implementations.
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C.
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.
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D.
IEC 62591
IEC 62591 is an international standard that defines the WirelessHART industrial wireless communication protocol for process automation and control applications.
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E.
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
- 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 61508 Target entity description: IEC 61508 is an international standard that provides a framework for ensuring the functional safety of electrical, electronic, and programmable electronic systems throughout their lifecycle.
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A.
ISO 26262
ISO 26262 is an international functional safety standard for electrical and electronic systems in production automobiles, defining requirements to ensure the safety of road vehicles throughout their lifecycle.
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B.
ISO/IEC 16262
ISO/IEC 16262 is the international standard that formally defines the ECMAScript programming language, the basis for JavaScript and related implementations.
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C.
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.
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D.
IEC 62591
IEC 62591 is an international standard that defines the WirelessHART industrial wireless communication protocol for process automation and control applications.
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E.
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
functional safety standard
ⓘ
international standard ⓘ |
| addresses |
configuration management
ⓘ
hardware fault tolerance ⓘ modification and retrofit of safety-related systems ⓘ software development lifecycle ⓘ systematic capability ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
electrical systems
ⓘ
electronic systems ⓘ programmable electronic systems ⓘ |
| approach | risk-based ⓘ |
| coversPhase |
concept phase
ⓘ
decommissioning phase ⓘ design phase ⓘ implementation phase ⓘ maintenance phase ⓘ operation phase ⓘ |
| defines | Safety Integrity Level ⓘ |
| definesConcept |
random hardware safety integrity
ⓘ
safety lifecycle ⓘ systematic safety integrity ⓘ |
| field |
electrical engineering
ⓘ
electronic engineering ⓘ functional safety ⓘ programmable electronic systems ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
hazard analysis
ⓘ
risk reduction ⓘ safety integrity ⓘ safety lifecycle ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | IEC 61508 ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | SIL ⓘ |
| hasPart |
IEC 61508-1
ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 61508
IEC 61508-2 ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 61508
IEC 61508-3 ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 61508
IEC 61508-4 ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 61508
IEC 61508-5 ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 61508
IEC 61508-6 ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 61508
IEC 61508-7 ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 61508
|
| influenced |
EN 50128
ⓘ
EN 50129 ⓘ IEC 61511 ⓘ IEC 62061 ⓘ ISO 26262 ⓘ |
| objective | ensure functional safety of E/E/PE systems ⓘ |
| part1Title | General requirements ⓘ |
| part2Title | Requirements for electrical, electronic and programmable electronic safety-related systems ⓘ |
| part3Title | Software requirements ⓘ |
| part4Title | Definitions and abbreviations ⓘ |
| part5Title | Examples of methods for the determination of safety integrity levels ⓘ |
| part6Title |
Guidelines on the application of IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-3
ⓘ
linked to:
IEC 61508
|
| part7Title | Overview of techniques and measures ⓘ |
| publishedBy | International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ |
| requires |
competence management
ⓘ
independence of safety activities ⓘ safety management system ⓘ verification and validation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
machinery sector
ⓘ
nuclear industry ⓘ oil and gas industry ⓘ process industry ⓘ railway applications ⓘ |
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 61508 Description of subject: IEC 61508 is an international standard that provides a framework for ensuring the functional safety of electrical, electronic, and programmable electronic systems throughout their lifecycle.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IEC 61508