The Services element within the SCL allows to define the capabilities of an IED. It does it so through several child elements and grandchild elements. With the new upcoming concept of an virtual IED the Services can also be used to define wishes regarding the capabilities of an IED. The element Services can be allocated to a IED or to one or more access point of the IED at the same time. This allows to define the global IED capabilities and capabilities per access point. Lets assume we are talking about an IED that has two