Overview of standardisation processes and standardisation organisations

Overview of standardisation processes and standardisation organisations MARINTEK By Arild Sæle

To be presented • Overview of INTRA and Themis • What is a standard • Steps in a standardisation proposal • Overview standardisation organisations • Challenges

INTRA INTRA – Intermodal Transport, is a project with objective to improve the information flows in intermodal freight transport. The project focuses on standardisation of data messages, which are exchanged between systems in a transport chain. Improvements of current standards will result in more integrated systems that can exchange data without the needs for manual conversions.

What has been done in INTRA • An demonstrator showing information exchange between different IP-nodes has been developed. Will be presented later today • A report showing the process of transforming EDIFACT messages to XML, with help of UML, has been developed • A report containing 6 XML messages used in IP • A report showing XML message envelopes • A report that illustrates and gives an overview of existing standards of relevance for information exchange • Intra: http://prosjekt.marintek.sintef.no/intra/

ThemisThematic Network on Intelligent freight Transport Systems THEMIS -Thematic Network is part of the 5th Framework Program of theEuropean Commission, DG Energy and Transport. The prime objective of THEMIS is to co-ordinate on-going activities for research and development in the field of information systems in multimodal transport in Europe, while providing at the same time a forum for dissemination and concertation among all parties involved. THEMIS will thus layout the basis for the integration of enabling IT technologies that will contribute to a sustainable European freight transport system.

Transport chain company 1 Waterborne Air Door - to - door Transport Shared Transport chain Rail management information systems company 2 Waterborne Road Traffic Management Air Door - to - door System Transport Shared Rail management information systems Road Traffic Management System Sharing information

What is a standard? • Describes properties • A proposal • Based on initiative • Competition • Optional to use • Example • A4 • GSM

Why standards? • Guideline • Specification • Rules

Standardisation in Norway • Openness • Voluntariness • Consensus • Organisation of work

How does a standard come to life, the phases in a standardization project

NSF (Norges Standardiseringsforbund)

Norwegian General Standardizing Body (Norsk Allmennstandardisering)NAS covers these sectors: consumer, environmental, health, medical equipment, agriculture, fisheries, biotechnology and trade and office documentation. Norwegian Council for Building Standardization (Norges Byggstandardiseringsråd)NBR covers building and construction industry. This also includes “faste” off shore installations. Areas of spesial interest are: construction products, projecting and implementation, fire safety, energy, public health and environment and contract standards. Norwegian Electrotechnical Commission (Norsk Elektroteknisk Komite)NEKis the Norwegian Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization. It’s a member of CENELEC and IEC. Norsk TeknologisenterNTS covers machine and engineering industry, including the off shore industry. The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority(Post- og teletilsynet)PT is an autonomous administrative agency under the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, with monitoring and regulatory responsibilities for the postal and telecommunications markets in Norway. The PT is self-financed, primarily through fees and charges. It’s a member of ETSI and ITU. National standardisation

ISO (International Organisation for Standardization)The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 140 countries, one from each country. NSF is a member. CEN (European Comitee for Standardization)NSF is a member. CEN standards are established as Norsk Standard. IEC (International Electrotechnical Comiteé)The International Electrotechnical Commission is the international standards and conformity assessment body for all fields of electrotechnology Norsk elektroteknisk komite (NEK) is the Norwegian member. CENELEC (Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique)The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization. NEK is the Norwegian member. ITU (International Telecommunication Union)ITU is the global telecommunication organization. Post og teletilsynet (PT) is the Norwegian member. ETSI (The European Telecommunication Standards Institiute)ETSI is a not for profit organization whose mission is to produce the telecommunications standards that will be used for decades to come throughout Europe and beyond. PT is the Norwegianmember. WSSN (World Standards Service Network)World Standards Services Network (WSSN), is a network of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations around the world. International standardisation

Statements • In principal the area of standardisation is well attended in Europe • There are few missing standards and most of the gaps are being attended to already • Unfortunately the work Europeans do in standardisation is not getting a good measure of support from the Commission or other bodies. There is a lack of co-ordination and orchestration • Standardisation is too slow.

Challenges • Let the industry contribute stronger • Development • Suggest and comment on standards • To harmonise the modes • Exchange information between the legs • Use common registers • To better unifies initiatives (Norwegian)

Where to find more information! Intra: http://prosjekt.marintek.sintef.no/intra/ Themis: http://hermes.civil.auth.gr/themis/

Overview of standardisation processes and standardisation organisations