Implementing the Freight Transportation Data Architecture: Data Element Dictionary

This report provides the findings of the research effort to develop a freight data dictionary for organizing the myriad freight data elements currently in use. The research identifies differences in data element definitions and methods for bridging those differences where appropriate. A product of this research effort is a searchable and sustainable web-based freight data element dictionary for transportation analysis that will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). A temporary link to the freight data dictionary web application is currently available at http://freightdatadictionary.com.

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  http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/173083.aspx
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34395
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• Authors:
  • Walton, C Michael
  • Seedah, Dan P K
  • Choubassi, Carine
  • Wu, Hui
  • Ehlert, Andy
  • Harrison, Robert
  • Loftus-Otway, Lisa
  • Harvey, Jim
  • Meyer, Joel
  • Calhoun, Jacob
  • Maloney, Lucia
  • Cropley, Stephen
  • Annett, Ford
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 161p
• Serial:
  • NCFRP Report
  • Issue Number: 35
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1947-5659

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Data banks; Data dictionaries; Data management; Data quality; Freight transportation; Web applications
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01575263
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309308892
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project NCFRP-47
• Files: NTL, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 1 2015 8:49AM