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Standards organisation A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization (SDO), or standards setting organization (SSO) is an organization whose primary function is developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpr ...

s, consortia and groups that are involved in producing and maintaining standards that are relevant to the global transport technology, transport journey planning and transport ticket/retailing industry. Transport systems are inherently distributed systems with complex information requirements. Robust modern

standards Standard may refer to: Symbols * Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs * Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification Norms, conventions or requirements * Standard (metrology), an object th ...

for transport data are important for the safe and efficient operation of transport systems. These include: *Formal standards development organisations; *Other international bodies developing definitive core specifications; *Other important international bodies; *Other National bodies developing definitive core specifications; *Other important National bodies

Formal standards development organisations

The formal development of international standards is organised in three tiers of Standards Development Organisations, recognised by international agreements : * ''World:''

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...

ISO ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization. ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance * Iso (supermarket), a chain of Danish supermarkets incorporated into the SuperBest chain in 2007 * Iso ...

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
* ''Regional'' Regional Standards bodies coordinate standardisation between geographically or politically connected regions with a need to harmonise products and practices. For example, in Europe, the

European Committee for Standardization The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, french: Comité Européen de Normalisation) is a public standards organization whose mission is to foster the economy of the European Single Market and the wider European continent in global tr ...

or CEN * ''National'', e.g. Most Nations have a coordinating body responsible for organizing participation in CEN & ISO activities, for publishing ISO & CEN standards within the country, and for coordinating national standardisation activities. The National SDO in turn will delegate responsibility as appropriate to the relevant trade associations, government departments and other stakeholders for a specific are of technical expertise. For example, in the UK the

British Standards Institution The British Standards Institution (BSI) is the national standards body of the United Kingdom. BSI produces technical standards on a wide range of products and services and also supplies certification and standards-related services to business ...

or BSI is the National SDO. The SDOs conduct their work through a system of working groups, responsible for different areas of expertise. These evolve over time to accommodate changes in technology. key current working groups for transport standards are outlined below.

CEN Working Groups and leaders for Transport Standards

CEN Allocates responsibility for different areas of transport standardisation to working groups * WG1 - Automatic Fee Collection and Access Control -CEN * WG2 - Freight and Fleet Management System - ISO * WG3 - Public Transport - ISO * WG4 - TTI – Traffic and Traveller Information - ISO * WG5 - TC - Traffic Control - ISO * WG6 - Parking Management - n/a * WG7/8 - Geographic Road Data Base: Road Traffic Data - ISO * WG9 - Dedicated Short Range Communications - CEN * WG10 - Man-machine Interface - n/a * WG11 - Subsystem- Intersystem Interfaces - ISO * WG12 - Automatic Vehicle and Equipment Identification - CEN * WG13 - System Architecture and Terminology - ISO

ISO Working Groups and leaders for Transport Standards

ISO Technical Committee 204 is responsible for ''Transport Information and Control Systems''. It has a number of standing Working Groups, which set up Subgroups from time to time. Current ISO TC204 Working Groups, Work program & Countries that provide Secretariat are as follows * WG1 Architecture - UK * WG2 Quality and Reliability Requirements - Japan * WG3 TICS Database Technology - Japan * WG4 Automatic Vehicle Identification - Norway * WG5 Fee and Toll Collection Holland * WG7 General Fleet Management and Commercial and Freight - Canada * WG8 Public Transport/Emergency - America * WG9 Integrated Transport Information, Management, and Control - Australia * WG10 Traveller Information Systems - UK * WG11 Route Guidance and Navigation Systems - Germany * WG14 Vehicle/Roadway Warning and Control Systems - Japan * WG15 Dedicated Short Range Communications for TICS Applications - Germany * WG16 Wide Area Communications/Protocols and Interfaces - America For an up-to-date schedule of the remit of TC204, its current Working Groups and their points of contact please refer to

The U.S. standards developing organization which is tasked with the domestic implementation of ISO TC204 Transport Standards, is the

Telecommunications Industry Association The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to develop voluntary, consensus-based industry standards for a wide variety of Information and Communication Technologies (Inform ...

Other international bodies developing definitive core specifications

As well as the formal SDOs, a number of other international bodies undertake work that is important for Transport and Transport Information standards *

International Air Transport Association The International Air Transport Association (IATA ) is a trade association of the world's airlines founded in 1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, IATA also organized tariff ...

(IATA) *

International Union of Railways The International Union of Railways (UIC, french: Union internationale des wikt:chemin de fer, chemins de fer) is an international rail transport industry body. History The railways of Europe originated as many separate concerns, and there wer ...

(UIC) *

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) is a non-governmental non-profit organization that focuses on developing bus rapid transit (BRT) systems, promoting biking, walking, and non-motorized transport, and improving priva ...

(ITDP) which develops the

BRT Standard The BRT Standard is an evaluation tool for bus rapid transit (BRT) corridors around the world, based on international best practices. The Standard establishes a common definition for BRT and identifies BRT best practices, as well as functioning a ...

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...

(EBU) - See

TPEG The Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) is a data protocol suite for traffic and travel related information. TPEG can be carried over different transmission media (bearers), such as digital broadcast or cellular networks (wireless Internet). ...

World Wide Web Consortium The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 and led by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working to ...

(W3C) *

OpenTravel Alliance The OpenTravel Alliance is a not-for-profit trade association founded in 1999. History OpenTravel was founded in 1999 by a consortium of travel companies - including air, hotel, car rental, and supporting software companies - with a primary foc ...

(OTA) *

Open Geospatial Consortium The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international voluntary consensus standards organization for geospatial content and location-based services, sensor web and Internet of Things, GIS data processing and data sharing. It originated in 1994 ...

(OGC) *

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS; ) is a nonprofit consortium that works on the development, convergence, and adoption of open standards for cybersecurity, blockchain, Internet of things (IoT), ...

(OASIS) * railML.org Railway data standardisation body defining railML

Other important international bodies

Object Management Group The Object Management Group (OMG) is a computer industry standardization, standards consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a range of technologies. Business activities The goal of the OMG was a common portabl ...

(OMG) * EuroRoadS *

Media Oriented Systems Transport MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) is a high-speed multimedia network technology optimized by the automotive industry. It can be used for applications inside or outside the car. The serial MOST bus uses a daisy-chain topology or ring topolog ...

(MOST) *

European Railway Agency The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) is an Agencies of the European Union, agency of the European Union (EU) that sets mandatory requirements for European railways and manufacturers in the form of Technical Specifications for Interoperabi ...

(ERA)

National bodies developing definitive core specifications

German organisations active in Transport Standards development

Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen The Association of German Transport Companies is the umbrella organization of organizations of transit authorities and other public transport companies. The membership fluctuates in the range of about 600 transport companies. It is a member of th ...

(VDV)

UK organisations active in Transport Standards development

UK bodies developing definitive core specifications

Department for Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...

(DfT) *

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(OS) *

Rail Settlement Plan Rail Settlement Plan (RSP) is a division of the Rail Delivery Group in the United Kingdom. It provides a wide range of common services to the UK's train operating companies and third-party providers of information and retail services. The green ...

(RSP) *

National Rail Enquiries National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales. The TOCs run the p ...

(NRE) *

Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation ITSO Ltd is a non-profit membership organisation assisting standardisation of public transport ticketing in the United Kingdom. Its objectives are to: *maintain and develop the ITSO specification for transport smart cards *operate and manage an ...

(ITSO) * UTMC Development Group (UDG) * Real Time Information Group (RTIG) * Travel Information Highway (TIH)

Other important UK bodies and initiatives

* Transport for London * National Traffic Control Centre (NTCC) * Association of Transport Operating Officers (ATCO) *

Royal National Institute of Blind People The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is a UK charity offering information, support and advice to almost two million people in the UK with sight loss. History The RNIB was founded by Thomas Rhodes Armitage, a doctor who had eye ...

(RNIB) *

Royal National Institute for Deaf People The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), known as Action on Hearing Loss from 2011 to 2020, is a charitable organization working on behalf of the UK's 9 million people who are deaf or have hearing loss. History The Royal National I ...

(RNID) * Journey Solutions *

Oyster card The Oyster card is a payment method for public transport in London (and certain areas around it) in England, United Kingdom. A standard Oyster card is a blue credit-card-sized stored-value contactless smart card. It is promoted by Transport ...

US bodies developing definitive core Transit Standard specifications

National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation System Protocol The National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation System Protocol (NTCIP) is a family of standards designed to achieve interoperability and interchangeability between computers and electronic traffic control equipment from ...

or NTCIP

References

* Catalogue of standards for travel information and retailing. March 2007 CC-PR149-D005-0.6 UK

Department of Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...

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