National Architecture Initiatives

OVERVIEW     

BENEFITS of having a national, regional or sectoral ITS architecture

ENDORSEMENTS experience in using the Framework Architecture

EXAMPLE  the Italian national architecture

INVENTORY of architecture initiatives in Europe

Overview

The first version of the European ITS Framework Architecture (KAREN) was completed in 2000. Since then, a growing number of countries in Europe have used it as a basis for their own ITS architectures. In France (the ACTIF project) and Italy (ARTIST) have already developed national architectures; and work is proceeding in the Czech Republic (TEAM) and Austria (TTS-A).

Further countries, among them Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia and Romania, as well as Sweden and the UK, are at present considering the creation of national architectures and have been in close liaison with the FRAME projects.

Several other countries which had started work on national architectures before KAREN was complete, including for example TelemArk in Finland, are now adopting a convergence policy in relation to the Framework Architecture.

The following diagram shows the major national ITS architecture developments in Europe. A detailed review of the status until 2004 of architecture work initiatives in 14 countries can be found in the INVENTORY.

Benefits of a national (or local) ITS architecture

The main advantage of developing your own ITS architecture - at the national, regional, city or sectoral level - is that it will reflect your specific needs (and can also be in your own language). Being tailored for the local environment, it will develeop in detail the aspects and policies considered important.

Using the European ITS Framework Architecture as a basis for your architecture will give you a head start. It can greatly reduce the development time and ensure that, though reflecting your specific choices, needs and circumstances, your architecture will still be compatible with your neighbours, and all the other European countries which have also derived their architecture from the Framework Architecture.

If you decide to develop a national ITS architecture, FRAME experts can give assistance in a number of ways:
- organising a training seminar to clarify the case for ITS architectures
- running a Workshop for technical experts with a local Case Study
- giving technical advice
- presentations in international meetings where you can meet other architecture developers.

Below are some examples of architectures developed with support from FRAME.

FRAME endorsements
The ITS architecture projects listed below are among those which have established close relations with the FRAME projects and are now actively endorsing the European Framework Architecture.

 OVERVIEW (PDF)

Italian national ITS architecture: "ARTIST"
The ARTIST project was officially launched on 11th March 2003 in Rome. ARTIST, which used the European ITS Framework Architecture as a basis, took just sixteen months to produce. It has given particular attention to intermodality and has developed an Organisational Architecture.  It will soon be entering a second phase of development in which it intends to publish a European tender for a methodology for Training Courses and adaptation of ARTIST to the new versions of FRAME.

Brief description of the Italian architecture: ARTIST

FRAME training workshop held at the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport in Rome, October 2002. An example of practical support for national architecture initiatives provided by the FRAME-S project.

INVENTORY

An INVENTORY of national ITS architectures initiatives was compiled as part of the FRAME-NET project. It provides a summary of work on national architectures in progress or planned in 14 European countries.

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