IEC 62056-5-3:2016 is available as IEC 62056-5-3:2016 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.

IEC 62056-5-3:2016 specifies the DLMS/COSEM application layer in terms of structure, services and protocols for COSEM clients and servers, and defines how to use the DLMS/COSEM application layer in various communication profiles. It defines services for establishing and releasing application associations, and data communication services for accessing the methods and attributes of COSEM interface objects, defined in IEC 62056-6-2:2016, using either logical name (LN) or short name (SN) referencing. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC 62056-5-3 published in 2013.