BS PD IEC/TR 62361-103:2018, which is a technical report, describes the concepts of standardprofiling for Common Information Model (CIM - IEC 61970, IEC 61968, IEC 62325) andIEC 61850 standard series. It serves as an introduction to profiling concepts andmethodologies for the development of profiles for providing interoperability. It describes thespecific needs and requirements of the standard application domains and derives profilingconcepts respectively. Moreover the document defines the foundation for more detaileddescriptions in the respective standard series.