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Travel Companion Specification Report
Description: This deliverable describes the specifications of the Travel Concerns Work Package and Travel Companion Modules within the ExtenSive project. It describes the different functions developed to meet the travel concerns and outlines the behaviour of the Travel Companion through its use cases. In addition, it details the components, the functions, the missions and the capabilities.
Target audience: Travel Service Providers
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: The Extensive ‘specification reports’ all aim to be the basis of the development of the various corresponding modules. The Travel Companion is targeted to provide a better user experience by offering the traveler more services when using rail, and/or easier access to these services.
More information on this topic: ExtenSive
ExtenSive Components Specification Report
Description: This deliverable covers the specifications for the evolutions of Innovation Programme 4 components in the context of the ExtenSive project. Its aim is to enhance orchestration components, considering new needs, shortcomings detected in previous versions, new flows of information, and secured data exchange. These improvements cover aspects of: trip tracking, travel shopping, and booking and ticketing components and flows. This specification is established considering Use Cases defined by the consortium.
Target audience: Travel Service Providers
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: The Extensive “Specification reports” all aim to be the basis of the development of the various corresponding modules. The Innovation Programme 4 components are targeted to improve access to purchasing services (of tickets or goods), and to trip tracking.
More information on this topic: ExtenSive
Software as a Service Solution Specification Report
Description: This deliverable covers the specifications for the Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for the ExtenSive project. Its goal is to provide access to services to Transport Service Providers (TSPs), which they would not have otherwise. Furthermore, the document analyses the status of the Innovation Programme 4 ecosystem architecture, which was developed within previous Shift2Rail projects, and presents a plan for a SaaS architecture to create a scalable solution that can be easily deployed.
Target audience: Travel Service Providers
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: The Extensive “Specification reports” all aim to be the basis of the development of the various corresponding modules. The SaaS architecture aims at giving TSPs access to services such as Trip Tracking, Travel Shopping, Event Detection, Incident Management and Traveller Feedback.
More information on this topic: ExtenSive
Decision Support System Algorithms and Data Integration Specification Report
Description: This deliverable is based on the definition of the main requirements for the design of a Decision Support System (DSS) to help multimodal Travel Service Providers (TSPs) in the management of unplanned disruptions and events. The document contains a description of the selected Use Cases and high-level specifications, as well as operational aspects, system analysis and logical architecture.
Target audience: Travel Service Providers
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: The Extensive “Specification reports” all aim to be the basis of the development of the various corresponding modules. The DSS system is targeted to manage travel smoothly even when unplanned events occur by providing alternative solutions, thus maintaining the satisfaction of the traveler even during disruptions.
More information on this topic: ExtenSive
Common Data Model Demonstrator Definition Specification Report
Description: This deliverable is designed to present the activities performed within the ExtenSive project related to the task on bridging data between IP4 and IP2 . Within the Traffic Management System the data can be used to optimize overall traffic by utilizing surplus dwell time. The deliverable contains a description of the Use Cases that were selected and a high-level specification of the future solution.
Target audience: Travel Service Providers
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: The Extensive “Specification reports” all aim to be the basis of the development of the various corresponding modules. The data integration aims at improving traffic management a step further through collected data, thus improving the time and convenience of rail travel.
More information on this topic: ExtenSive
Infrastructure on Stations and Their Surroundings Specification Report
Description: This deliverable is designed to present the activities performed within the ExtenSive project related to giving travellers an overview of the station as well as information about railway station points of interest (POI) and the nearest surrounding. It also includes enhancements of the Travel Companion with the intention to improve voice assistance for travellers when moving at the station or its surrounding and to interact with ticket vending machines. The document contains a description of the Use Cases that were selected and a high-level specification of the future solution. These include navigation around and inside the station in relation to POI, passenger communication with the technology wall, and more.
Target audience: Travel Service Providers
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: The Extensive “Specification reports” all aim to be the basis of the development of the various corresponding modules. In this case, it addresses the possible infrastructure enhancements within the stations themselves in order to improve the traveller experience, by providing them guidance and assistance in the station.
More information on this topic: ExtenSive
Use Case of Innovation Programme 4 Update
Description: This document is designed to present the new Innovation Programme 4 (IP4) Use Cases proposed by the ExtenSive project. The deliverable contains 54 Use Cases (UCs) covering all technical activities within ExtenSive Work Packages (WPs). These Use Cases reflect the project tasks in form of a story between the actors and the IP4 ecosystem. They have been subsequently used to first design the proposed solutions and then to validate that the technical developments were able to fulfil the initially defined goals.
Target audience: All rail stakeholders
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: By analysing needs and extracting standardized expected use cases, this document enables the researchers to better design and develop their solution for a greater positive impact on travel by rail.
More information on this topic: ExtenSive
Interoperability Framework Components
Description: The deliverable includes the results obtained in the task that aims to describe the evolution of the components of the Interoperability Framework as a complete ecosystem for the last phase of the CONNECTIVE project (Final Release). This F-REL focuses on improving performance and facilitating the integration of services tested with Open Call pilots, presenting the tools and utilities developed for the F-REL based on the improvements identified from the experience of the previous phase known as Additional Release (A-REL). This document includes a description of each component and its main improvements, as a basis for the ExtenSive project specifications.
Target audience: All rail stakeholders
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: Thanks to the performance evolution obtained on the most recent version of the Interoperability Framework during the development period of this deliverable it has been possible to carry out satisfactorily and on time the integration of the different transport service operators.
More information on this topic: CONNECTIVE
Demonstrator Execution Results for the use of the Conceptual Data Model
Description: This deliverable serves an extension of the content of the confidential report denoted as “Demonstration indicators and use cases description” by adding more development details related to the three envisioned use cases and the conducted demonstration activities. This document also contains the assessment of the proposed Conceptual Data Model.
Target audience: All rail stakeholders
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: Through this deliverable the LinX4Rail stakeholders are aiming to set up a European data model aimed to be used by the railway community.
More information on this topic: LinX4Rail
Second Release of the System Functional Architecture
Description: The deliverable proposes a second release of the European Railway Architecture, (following the first release of November 2020). The system of interest considered in the scope of this document is therefore the European railway system.
Target audience: All rail stakeholders
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: Through this deliverable the LinX4Rail stakeholders are aiming to develop a high-level architecture for the railway system.
More information on this topic: LinX4Rail
Report on Architecture Analysis for Common Data Dictionary and Global System Modelling Specifications
Description: This deliverable contributed to keep the Technical Demonstrator of Europe’s Rail up to date with relevant initiatives in the CCS architecture domain, by promoting a closer exchange between these initiatives and Europe’s Rail participants.
Target audience: All rail stakeholders
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: The objective was to trigger the analysis of the impact of architecture proposals. In specific, acting as an interface between a set of external initiatives in the CCS domain and the technical demonstrators (TD) of the Europe’s Rail project.
More information on this topic: LinX4Rail
Final report on Conceptual Data Model Governance and Deployment Strategy
Description: This deliverable aims to define governance principles for the European Conceptual Data Model (CDM), which will support the upcoming System Pillar and Innovation Pillar activities within Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking.
Target audience: All rail stakeholders
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: Through this deliverable the LinX4Rail stakeholders are aiming to pave the way towards a common view to ensure a continuous adaptation of the CDM framework with clear determination on how to resolve integration issues and possible overlaps.
More information on this topic: LinX4Rail
Report on Architecture Analysis and Implementation Status Reporting
Description: This deliverable contributed to keep the Technical Demonstrator of Europe’s Rail up to date with relevant initiatives in the CCS architecture domain, by promoting a closer exchange between these initiatives and Europe’s Rail participants.
Target audience: All rail stakeholders
How it brings us closer to achieving better rail for Europe: Through this deliverable the objective was to trigger the analysis of the impact of architecture proposals. In specific, acting as an interface between a set of external initiatives in the CCS domain and the technical demonstrators (TD) of the Europe’s Rail project.
More information on this topic: LinX4Rail-2