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Results for area 2.1 Concepts, regulations and rules

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ASN.1 application
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application that uses ASN.1 encodings for communication (except XER)

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application architecture
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a set of functions to be performed in a typical area combined to form a high level system design

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ITS deployment architecture
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deployment architecture for one or more ITS services

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deployment architecture
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architecture that provides a vision of a specific deployment of a system within a geographic area

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planning architecture; regional architecture
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architecture that provides a long-term vision of system elements that may be deployed and managed by different projects and/or entities within a geographic area

NOTE 1 to entry Some countries use the term “regional architecture”, but in International Standards, the term “regional” is avoided due to its multiple meanings.

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model driven architecture (MDA)
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method of writing specifications and developing applications, based on a platform-independent model (PIM)

NOTE A complete MDA specification consists of a definitive platform-independent base UML model, plus one or more platform-specific models (PSM) and interface definition sets, each describing how the base model is implemented on a different middleware platform.

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TICS architecture
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a TICS Architecture can be described by conceptual, logical and/or physical representations; (see also Conceptual Architecture, Functional Architecture, Logical Architecture, Deployment Design); a TICS Architecture is not specific to any single location

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data registry (DR)
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store of data, characterized in a consistent manner, used for a specific purpose (in this case ITS)

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14817, ISO 24531
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<XML> enable elements and attributes with specific names and types (both simple and complex) to appear in document instances

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ITS service domain
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a specific application area which comprises one or more ITS service groups

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formal coordination; enterprise view formal coordination
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<enterprise view> interaction between two enterprise objects governed by a documented agreement

EXAMPLE A road operator can enter into formal agreement(s) with the owner of a road and the owner(s) of the associated roadside equipment.

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function; functional view function
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<functional view> series of actions or activities performed by a given object to achieve a goal

NOTE 1 to entry A function transforms inputs into outputs that may include the creation, modification, monitoring or destruction of elements.

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functional viewpoint
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architecture viewpoint used to frame concerns related to the definition of processes that perform surface transport functions and data flows shared between these processes

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functional view
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physical viewpoint
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architecture viewpoint used to frame concerns related to the assignment of functionality to physical objects and the interfaces among these physical objects

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functional architecture
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a description or definition of a design in terms of its processes and data flows; it does not include hardware or physical items; a functional Architecture is an aspect of a “Logical”, “Process Oriented” decomposition of an overall TICS Architecture (see Process Oriented Logical Architecture); a functional Architecture is not specific to any location; a description of the system in terms of functions and information flows between the functions

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functional object; ITS functional object
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set of related processes that are performed by a physical object to fulfil aspects of an ITS service

EXAMPLE A vehicle OBE can include a “vehicle basic safety” functional object.

NOTE 1 to entry The term “module” is used by the European FRAME architecture while the Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation (ARC-IT) uses the term “functional object”.

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physical architecture
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with respect to a Process Oriented Logical Architecture, the Physical Architecture is the allocation of the functions and data flows of the logical architecture to physical entities (but not relate to the deployment of equipment) (see Process Oriented and Logical Architecture); a Physical Architecture, whilst describing physical configurations in system terms, is not specific to any particular location

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physical model
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a subset of a physical architecture which mainly considers the realization of providing one or more service(s)

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physical object; ITS physical object
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<physical view> abstraction of a material entity that interacts with other abstract material entities in the provision of ITS services

NOTE 1 to entry Physical objects are represented as elements within the physical view and perform a role. Physical objects can be implemented as cloud-based systems.

NOTE 2 to entry Within many ITS reference architectures, physical objects are placed into one of five categories: centre, support, field, vehicle or traveller.

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physical view
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architecture view from the physical viewpoint

NOTE 1 to entry The term “deployment view” is sometimes used within the broader ICT community, but the term “physical view” is preferred to prevent confusion between the physical view of a reference architecture and any part of a deployment architecture.

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architecture viewpoint
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work product establishing the conventions for the construction, interpretation and use of architecture views to frame specific system concerns

[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, 3.6]

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information architecture
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with respect to process oriented decomposition, the Information Architecture defines the entities and the relationships of information (Data model) and the principal data constructs (see Process Oriented and Logical Architecture)

NOTE The Information Architecture is not specific to any location

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institutional architecture
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architecture based on political or administrational infrastructure partitioning and its division of responsibilities (rather than functions)

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interaction; enterprise view interaction
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<enterprise view> element that represents coordination between two enterprise objects

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ITS architecture
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specific form of a system architecture for use as a tool in the initial stages of an ITS implementation; non specified system design for a family of functionally different ITS systems, interconnected to operate in consort; it is the non specified system design for a family of functionally different systems, interconnected to operate in harmony. An ITS architecture can be described from different viewpoints, and from multiple viewpoints by conceptual, logical and / or physical representations.

NOTE An ITS Architecture is not specific to any single location. Additional terms may be explicitly referenced in individual standards or references to the source definition explicitly provided.

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TICS component
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a subsystem of a TICS system, assembly, or other major element of a system which does not have, by itself, independent operational functionality

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communications architecture
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framework that tells designers how elements of hardware and software are to operate in harmony using common protocols and air interface techniques (where applicable)

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communications viewpoint
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architecture viewpoint used to frame concerns related to all layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) stack and related management and security issues

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communications view
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architecture view from the communications viewpoint

NOTE 1 to entry Within ITS, the preferred model for describing the communications view is based on the ITS-S reference architecture.

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contextual name
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descriptive word or group of words that labels a data concept within its defined context

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local
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<XML> element, group, attribute, attribute group, or data types that are not global

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architecture model
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work product representing one or more architecture views and expressed in a format governed by a model kind

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ASN.1 module
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one or more instances of the use of the ASN.1 notation for type, value, value set, information object class, information object, and information object set (as well as the parameterized variant of those), encapsulated using the ASN.1 module notation [ISO/IEC 8824)

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ITS deployment
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installation capable of performing one or more ITS applications

NOTE 1 to entry An ITS deployment typically refers to the support, central and roadside ITS stations coupled with a tacit acknowledgement of the mobile ITS stations that will communicate with the support, central or roadside ITS stations.

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interoperability design
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characteristics necessary to fully define how various physical objects interoperate to provide a service

NOTE 1 to entry Characteristics often include but are not limited to functional, performance and interface requirements.

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informal coordination; enterprise view informal coordination
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<enterprise view> interaction between two enterprise objects governed by an understanding that is not documented in a formal agreement between the two parties

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organisational viewpoint
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viewpoint showing how the “building blocks” from the physical viewpoint (or the functional viewpoint) can be allocated to the different types of organisation (or organisations themselves if known) that will be involved with the ITS implementation

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organisational architecture
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framework into which business processes are deployed and ensures that the organization's core qualities are realized across the business processes deployed within the organization

NOTE In this way organizations aim to consistently realize their core qualities across the services they offer to their clients

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ITS planning architecture
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planning architecture for one or more ITS services

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enterprise viewpoint
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architecture viewpoint used to frame the policies, funding incentives, working arrangements and jurisdictional structure that support the technical layers of the architecture

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enterprise object
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element within an enterprise view that represents an organization or individual

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enterprise view
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architecture view
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work product expressing the architecture of a system from the perspective of specific system concerns

[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, 3.5]

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architecture description
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work product used to express an architecture

[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, 3.3]

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element; architecture element
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<architecture> component member of an architecture model included in an architecture view

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architecture framework
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conventions, principles and practices for the description of architectures established within a specific domain of application and/or community of stakeholders

EXAMPLE 1 Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodologies (GERAM) [ISO 15704] is an architecture framework.

EXAMPLE 2 Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP) [ISO/IEC 10746] is an architecture framework.

[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, 3.4]

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reference architecture
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architecture that provides a template solution for planning and deployment architectures

NOTE 1 to entry Interface standards are based on a reference architecture, which should be explicitly described.

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ITS-S reference architecture
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reference architecture for handling communications within a physical object as defined in ISO 21217

NOTE 1 to entry The ITS-S reference architecture provides a model for describing communication.

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extend; enterprise view extend
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<enterprise view> relationship where one resource supplements another resource

EXAMPLE A module can extend the functionality of another module.

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extensible markup language (XML)
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set of rules for encoding electronic documents defined by the World Wide Web Consortium W3C

NOTE Although developed for documents, it is today widely used for data exchange in general, usually in conjunction with an XML Schema Definition

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ITS application specification
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one or more documents that detail the interoperability design for an ITS application

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TICS system
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a set of inter-related components which interact with one another in an organised fashion to provide independent operational functionality

NOTE This is the IEEE Definition qualified with the “Independent operational functionality” phase).

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ITS reference architecture
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reference architecture for one or more ITS services

NOTE 1 to entry An ITS architecture can be a reference, planning or deployment architecture.

NOTE 2 to entry The Harmonised Architecture Reference for Technical Standards (HARTS; see Reference [26]) is an example of an ITS reference architecture.

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application template; ITS application template
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defined annotated outline for an ITS application specification

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unified modelling language (UML)
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object-oriented modelling language specified in ISO/IEC 19501

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relationship; enterprise view relationship
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<enterprise view> element that represents an association between two resources

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include; enterprise view include
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<enterprise view> relationship where one resource contains another resource

EXAMPLE Every ITS component includes one or more modules.

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valid value rule
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natural language text definition of the rule(s) by which permissible legal instances of a data element or a value domain are identified

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