Transportation Domain Task Force Roadmap

Action Item
Description
Business Benefits
Status
Air Transport      
Surveillance RFP (transprt/2000-01-09) Accepts input from RADARs, makes available to interested applications en Route (USA) is considering use of this in en route modernization (a current program) or future en route use; in use in Europe Submission review planned for April 2001 meeting. 
Series of Surveillance submissions         
Flight data processing: flight data to decision support tools Anticipated arrival times, route, other flight data made available to flow management applications  en Route (USA) is considering use of this for future en route use. RFP under discussion.
Flight data processing: flight manager Processing of flight data, conformance between flight and surveillance data, trajectory prediction interface en Route (USA) is considering use of this for future en route use.  RFP under discussion.
Flight data processing: conflict manager Processing of flight data, conformance among flight routes and airspace data. en Route ( USA) is considering use of this for future en route use.  RFP under discussion.
Flight data processing: arrival manager Processing of flight data, scheduling and spacing of arrival flights, runway assignment. en Route ( USA) is considering use of this for future en route use.   RFP under discussion.
Flight data processing: correlation manager Processing of flight data. en Route ( USA) is considering use of this for future en route use.   RFP under discussion. 
Interfacility communication Exchange of data between facilities. A good example of non-ATC specific processing for which many vendors would have solutions. en Route ( USA) is considering use of this for future en route use.  RFP under discussion. 
Datalink communication Radiotelecommunications: an application of real-time, resource (I.e., bandwidth and time) constrained processing, whereby messages of varying urgency and varying importance are delivered between ground control and cockpit. en Route ( USA) is considering use of this for future en route use.  RFP under discussion.
Recording, replay and analysis Database, real-time: ground system use (not cockpit flight data recorder) for controller screen replay, recording of significant events, ability to recreate situations for subsequent review, 50 ms jitter, maximum. en Route ( USA) is considering use of this for future en route use.   RFP under discussion.
Rail Transport      
Interoperability for Rail Software Systems RFI (transprt/2000-03-01) Solicits information identifying areas of interoperability within and between rail infrastructure systems for possible standardization.    Responses due 23 April 2001
Customer Service Scheduler Develops and maintains a service delivery plan by resolving customer service requirements with available resources in order to meet customer service demand.

Important for  standardization because the Customer Service Scheduler interfaces with many other rail business function components including customer service, resource allocation, service and partner service components. Standardized interfaces allow for cost effective upgrade and replacement of  the component implementation.

 New
Partner Service Scheduler

Coordinates and negotiates interchange schedules between partnering rail companies, including scheduling of shared resources and facilities.

 Allows for rail partners to establish standardized system interfaces for information exchange, bridging proprietary and disparate system software of both or all partners  New 
Rail Operations Scheduler Responsible for the development of train schedules, which includes partner interchanges terminal requirements and car re-distribution requirements. One of the most important standardized interfaces that a rail company requires, scheduler optimization is key to rail company profitability. As scheduler technology evolves,  standardized interfaces allow for product development by many vendors as opposed to a few, driving down cost, providing choice,  and improving technology through competition. New 
Terminal Operations Scheduler The Terminal Operations Scheduler is responsible for allocation of terminal resources such as rail transport vehicles, engines, crews and pickup and delivery resources, as well as terminal maintenance schedules. Another key scheduling component, standardization benefits include the ability to quickly take advantage of improvements in scheduling technology. New 
Customer Pickup and Delivery Scheduler Develops customer and industrial switching schedules ensuring that required pickup and delivery resources are available and allocated through coordination with the Terminal Operations Scheduler. The importance of resource scheduling cannot be over-estimated.  With a standardized interface that minimizes coupling between system components, component implementations can be replaced with minimal effect on other system components, yielding cost-effective system maintenance and evolution. New
Highway Transport         
Common meta-model for travel information models. An agreed foundation for further travel information models, possibly including include meta-attributes from ISO14817. Allows content of a travel information provider to be understood and therefore consumed by a wider range of clients, who may pay for the content Proposal in OMG Discussion Paper transprt/2001-11-01;
 Expect confirmation with consensus 2003.
Guidelines on use of CORBA in ITS Exposing current ISO work to OMG process to get positive feedback Suppliers learn from international experience in application of CORBA in ITS White Paper, votable at AB, expected 1st meeting 2003.
General XML encoding standard Establish practicality of XMI as a standard for XML encoding of UML models in general. Supports MDA.
Increased portability & interoperability.
Allows UML to a sufficient spec for XML development.		 Discussion paper Nov 2002.
MDA in travel information distribution Establish the place and benefits of MDA in travel information systems Interoperability in a multiple-technology industry Discussion paper Nov 2002.
Application profile for interoperable travel information exchange. Standardising CORBA services for query and filtered notification of travel information and the glue between these services and specific travel information models.    Eliminates per-case development and therefore encourages consumption of travel information by clients who may pay for the content. Activity is currently tracking Data Distribution Service (see MARS PTF) which may impact.
 Possible RFP for CORBA service extensions Spring-Summer 2003. UML Profile for the agreed services in travel information exchange: White Paper or RFP Summer 2003.
Intelligent Transportation Systems Center-to-Center Control Cross-jurisdictional control of devices, grouped into the following areas: Detector Data Collection; Traffic Signal Controller; Dynamic Message Signs; CCTV · Ramp Meters; Events / Incidents; Vehicles; Link / Node model; HAR / HAT; and Environmental Sensors Highways authorities will be able to give an improved service and will therefore require suppliers to conform. Possible standardisation of NTCIP work through RfP or RfC in 2003-4
Travel Information Sales and Exchange Security Guidance on application of OMG Security in a federated travel information sales and exchange network. Suppliers and consumers can participate in a travel information market with all security risks mitigated. Awaiting current security policy work, then expect White Paper draft Spring 2003.
Common to more than one focus area.       New
Safety Critical CORBA RFI (orbos/2000-01-18) Request for Information to help the ORB/OS PTF, AB Security SIG, the Realtime Platform Special Interest Group and the Transportation Domain Task Force make useful and efficient decisions in safety assurance for software components of safety critical systems technology adoption process.   Technologies that have been developed to achieve safety critical systems may find wider markets if developers of safety critical system have more awareness of what has been successful. Use of COTS in safety critical systems is a problem of interest now in the safety critical community, and vendors who have a good system and an explanation of how it helps will have an audience and a market.   Issued jointly with Realtime PSIG; responses due Feb 1, 2002.
QoS for XML XML is blurring the distinction between documents and messages. Messages whose delivery includes timeliness constraints and are expressed in XML can have the information related to support of timeliness requirements encoded in XML as well. This can be useful across interfaces where one system does not support timeliness constraints, but can express what is needed, and a recipient system can treat the message according to the supplied timeliness requirements. Expands the utility of XML encoded items to include systems where timeliness constraints are addressed, in a fashion consistent with XML.

  

 To be issued jointly with ORBOS PTF.
Temporal Reasoning RFP Standard interoperability interfaces for specifying time intervals and logical combinations of time or time-interval related events for systems in which data is entered labeled with time, but retrieved / queried according to logical combinations of intervals, numbers of events within intervals, etc.. Those responsible for ensuring the safe use of transportation systems also have needs for careful recording for replay.

 

 To be issued jointly with ORBOS PTF and Realtime PSIG.
Extensions to Data Acquisition from Industrial Systems (DAIS) Submission (mfg/2000-11-03) for safety critical applications.       Finalization planned for for April 2001 meeting. 
Scenario Recording Playback (various contexts) Recording of selected events, with time-tags, to enable replay, which can occur during legal investigations of the timeliness of human and system performance.   Make available to a broader marketplace (perhaps even in architectures not including CORBA) technology proven necessary in transportation systems, cross-fertilization and informal education in state-of-the-art, industry leadership and recognition,  New
Planning / Scheduling Interfaces between civilian and military organizations for planning/scheduling of use of, and maintenance of, shared resources (such as airspace, radars, communication links)    New
Freight (payload?) tracking, live status, to CORBA, liaison with other organizations       New
Interface between eCommerce and reservation of transport services for goods       Discuss with eCommece DTF in identifying potential RFP
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