CENTER-TO-CENTER COMMUNICATIONS USING XML

This paper describes a research program that is investigating different applications of XML in a Center-to-Center communications environment. The State of Texas has developed and deployed a robust Center-to-Center environment based on standard message sets and the DATEX protocol. The use of XML is being investigated as both a supplement to the existing environment and/or the replacement of the DATEX protocol. Over the last five years, a number of efforts to connect Traffic Management Centers (TMCs) have been performed. These efforts have focused on various status and command/control aspects of information exchange. Of these efforts, few have attempted to connect dissimilar systems; that is, TMCs that each have a unique code base (the other implementations require each TMC to be running the same software). The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has implemented a system based on the emerging Center-to-Center (C2C) standards that are being developed by the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) community.

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• Authors:
  • Dellenback, S W
  • Brown, M A
  • Strain, R L
• Conference:
  • 9th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 2002-10-14 to 2002-10-17
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Communications; Control centers; Data collection; Information storage and retrieval systems; Information technology; Intelligent transportation systems; Management; Software; Traffic; XML (Document markup language)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00940700
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 2 2003 12:00AM