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1.
Overview
ITS Standards are fundamental to the establishment of an open
ITS environment. Standards facilitate deployment of interoperable
systems at local, regional, national, and international levels
without impeding innovation as technology advances and new
approaches evolve.
The Canadian ITS Architecture is a reference
framework that spans all ITS standards activities and provides
a means of detecting gaps, overlaps, and inconsistencies between
the standards.
The
development of ITS standards is undertaken by Standards Development
Organizations (SDO). Canada is a member of the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) through the Standards
Council of Canada (SCC) and participates as a voting member
of ISO/Techical Committee 204 for ITS. Canadians also participate
actively in U.S.–based SDOs engaged in ITS standards
development activities.
International organizations involved in standardization of ITS:
 AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)
ANSI (America)
APEC
ASECAP
ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)
CEN (Europe)
CEN/TC 278 (Europe)
EIA (America)
ERTICO (Europe)
ETSI (Europe)
FHWA (America)
IEC
IEEE(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
ISO
ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers)
ITU
JTC1
NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association-America)
OMG
PIARC
SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
TEN-T (Europe)
TIA (America)
US-DOT (America)
Although each standards activity is allocated
to a single standards development organization (SDO) in this
mapping, it should be noted that many of the standards efforts
are collaborative between multiple SDOs (e.g., NTCIP Joint
Steering Committee is comprised of representatives from AASHTO,
ITE and NEMA).
2. Standards Council of Canada
The
Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is a crown corporation established
by an Act of Parliament in 1970 to foster and promote voluntary
standardization in Canada. It is independent of government
in its policies and operations, although it is financed partially
by Parliamentary appropriation. The SCC consists of members
from the government and the private sector. The SCC is the
recognized member body for Canada on the International Organization
for Standardization (ISO). The SCC accredits standards development
organizations (SDO) in Canada that have agreed to abide by
the statutes and rules of procedure for standards development.
3. ISO Technical Committee 204
This
technical committee was established by the ISO in 1993 as
the focus for development of standards related to the emerging
field of traffic information and control (original title),
now renamed as intelligent transportation systems (ITS). TC
204 has a chairman who is selected by the TC members at a
plenary meeting and is then confirmed by the ISO central secretariat.
TC 204 has a secretariat courtesy of the U.S./ANSI. Until
June 2003, this function was provided by SAE and from June
2003 it will be provided by ITS America. TC 204 has 22 countries
enrolled as P-members (voting members) and 25 O-members (observers).
There are liaison activities with 10 other standards bodies.
There are currently 12 work groups in TC 204, each headed by a convener who is sponsored by a member country, as follows:
WG 1 Architecture (UK);
WG 3 Mobile Database Technology (Japan);
WG 4 Automatic Vehicle Identification (Norway);
WG 5 Fee and Toll Collection (Netherlands);
WG 7 General Fleet Management and Commercial Freight (Canada);
WG 8 Public Transport/Emergency (US);
WG 9 Integrated Transport Information, Management and Control (UK for Australia);
WG 10 Traveller Information Systems (UK);
WG 11 Route Guidance and Navigation Systems (Germany);
WG 14 Vehicle/Roadway Warning and Control Systems (Japan);
WG 15 Dedicated Short Range Communications for ITS Applications (Germany);
WG 16 Wide Area Communications/Protocols and Interfaces (US).
Standard development activities of ISO/TC 204 are summarized in this document:
Standardization of Intelligent Transportation Systems
4. Canadian Advisory Committee for ISO/TC204
The SCC has established a Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) for ISO/Technical Committee 204. The chair is appointed by the SCC on the recommendation of the ITS community. The other members of the CAC are experts accredited by SCC to TC 204 work groups (on the recommendation of the chair) and other experts who participate only as required to review and comment on technical documents and draft international standards.
For
further information about the Canadian Advisory Committee
for ISO/Technical Committee 204, contact the chair William
Johnson at Tel (613) 797-1489 or via e-mail at johnswf@attglobal.net
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Implementation
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