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The FRAME FORUM
consists of a group of
organisations who have taken responsibility for promoting the use of the European ITS Framework
Architecture* and guiding its future development.
Membership is open to any public or private organisation
interested in ITS architectures. |
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The FORUM is carrying on the work
undertaken, until
autumn 2004, by the FRAME projects (and previously the KAREN project),
which were partially funded by the European Commission.
FORUM Board
The Board is made up
of the FORUM members who have provided financial support for the activities of
the FORUM. It is currently chaired by Mr Jan Willem Tierolf of the Dutch
Ministry of Transport. Coordination and administrative activities are carried out by ERTICO
(ITS Europe).
The Forum Board acts
as a Steering Committee for the activities of the FORUM. It assesses all requests for extensions, improvements and promotion of the
European ITS Framework Architecture. The Board establishes the priorities and gives formal approval
for the activities to be included in the current Work Programme (see below). The
work itself is generally undertaken by the FRAME Team.
Full members of the Board:
- United Kingdom (Dept of Transport)
-
Netherlands (Ministry of Transport, Public
Works and Water Management)
-
France (Dept of Transport)
-
Austria (Ministry of Transport)
Associate Member:
- Sweden (Ministry of
Transport).
Forum Membership is open to any
public or private organisation or individual interested in ITS Architecture
development. For information contact:
info@frame-online.net
The FRAME Team
The FORUM is supported
by a team responsible for providing technical advice and assistance,
and also carrying out the Work Programme. It team is
made up of four members (all of whom were involved in the FRAME projects):
- Richard Bossom of
Siemens Traffic Controls
- Peter Jesty of PJ
Consulting
- MIZAR Automazione
- ERTICO (responsible
for administrative activities)
Work Programme
The current programme includes the
following activities:
-
Elimination of bugs in
the Selection Tool and publication of a new version.
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Creation of a Discussion
Forum as part of the FRAME website.
-
Update of the European ITS Framework
Architecture to provide better coverage of services in the following
areas:
- multimodal freight and fleet management/operations,
- distance-based road user charging,
- additional public transport services
relating to TRANSMODEL V5
(reference data model for public transport operations).
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Dissemination of 'best practice' regarding
ITS architectures within the EU.
-
Evaluation of benefits to national
architecture initiatives from a pan-European architecture and analysis of
the issues raised by implementation.
Information
email:
info@frame-online.net
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