Common Logical Data Model: Basis for Global ITS Innovation
ITS – E NABLER FOR THE F UTURE OF
T RANSPORTATION
Advanced Driving Assist Systems (ADAS) into
new vehicles; this technology uses a variety
of sensors onboard the vehicle to help
drivers to stay in the lane, maintain a safe
distance with the vehicle ahead and avoid
collisions with vehicles from the blind spot.
Emerging technologies promise data sharing
among vehicles and other roadway users
and, eventually, to realize the full
automation of vehicles. However, a key to
enabling many of these advances is to
ensure that applications have timely access
to the necessary data to perform their
services. To make sure that this occurs, we
will need standards to define the data
format and sharing of the data.
Since its inception, there have been
continuous efforts to improve the safety,
efficiency, sustainability and comfort of
automobile
travel.
Initially,
the
improvements focused on vehicle occupants
and primarily addressed safety, reliability
and performance concerns. 1 Over the past
forty years, the transportation industry has
been revolutionized with the application of
information technologies. Initially, these
technologies were used largely to detect
vehicles and provide better traffic
management; but as the technologies
evolved, so did their uses. Today, the
application of information technologies to
the surface transportation domain is an
industry known as Intelligent Transport
Systems (ITS) and includes a variety of
applications including traveler information,
navigation, traffic management, public
transport
management,
emergency
management and freight management. For
over twenty-five years, ISO has been working
with
other
standard
development
organizations (SDOs) to develop standards
and technical reports to document best
practices and promote interoperable
systems that can facilitate ITS deployment
activities and reduce costs to the public. 2
However, there remain challenges in
achieving this goal. There are over 25 distinct
groups developing open standards and
specifications related to ITS, ranging from
internationally recognized standards groups
(i.e., ISO) to national and regional standards
groups (i.e., CEN) and informal groups that
In addition, new technologies continue to
emerge. Over the past few years, the
automotive industry has been introducing
1
“History of Automobiles”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile
ITS Standardization Activities of ISO/TC 204: 2019, ISO. https://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/-
8846111/8847151/8847160/ITS_Standardization_Activities_of_ISO_TC_204.pdf?nodeid=19964169&vernum=-2
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