2018

Delayed release of railML 3.1 / Updated license version

The development of railML 3.x as a completely new defined exchange format based on UIC´s RailTopoModel began in summer 2017. railML3.1 Beta1, was published on 31.10.2017. A Beta-version 1.2 was available in summer 2018, developed on the basis of...

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railML Extensions – What? Why? How?

Just in time for Christmas 2018 Jernbanedirektoratet – the Norwegian Railway Directorate – published railML2.4nor , a Norwegian extension of the established industrial standard railML. railML 2.4nor, which consists of railML2.4 and Norwegian...

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34th railML Conference and railML3.2 Kick-off

The 34 th railML conference took place on the 14 th of November 2018 in Prague. As usual also this autumn conference was dedicated to the English-speaking community and thus brought together roughly 50 participants from all over Europe. railML2.4,...

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Official release of railML 2.4: Changes & Enhancements

On the 7 th of October, 2018 the railML 2.4 schema was officially released. It contains various enhancements in all three contained subschemas, timetabling, infrastructure and rolling stock. A selection of changes is listed below, sorted by...

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InnoTrans 2018: The Leading Railway Fair and railML

2018 is once again the year of the world’s largest biannual trade fair focused on the rail transport Industry. InnoTrans will take place from 18 th to 21 st of September in Berlin and bring together the whole sector from around the world. In 2016...

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Data Modelling Patterns: Golden Rules for railML 3 Development

railML 3 has been developed from scratch and, step by step, will bring the era of railML 2 to an end (see railML's release plan for more detailed information). This process encompasses the possibility to reduce and eliminate difficulties of the...

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The Journey of the railML3 Development

The railML3 development has continuously been carried out since almost 3 years. Under the lead of railML.org infrastructure coordinator, Christian Rahmig, more and more needs of the railway community were integrated via use cases. Amongst others...

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Adjustments of railML Wiki for railML 3 documentation

railML ® 3 will bring a structural break, as it has been developed from scratch. On the one hand this means, that it will not be downward compatible. Yet it also bears the huge advantage of starting new and therefore coming to an end with...

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railML 2.4/3.1 Roadmap: 33rd railML Conference

33rd railML Conference at Thales Headquarter in Berlin Spring is always the time for the German speaking railML community to come together and exchange about completed, ongoing and future railML.org development work. In 2018 everybody came...

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Collaboration Improved: railML3 Dissemination and Feedback Workshops

The most important requirement railML schemas shall meet, is to satisfy the needs of practical application of todays and tomorows railways. Therefore, the developments always take place on the foundation of use cases and in collaboration with the...

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Current changes and future enhancements in the railML Wiki

For all developers of railML interfaces the railML Wiki is the first point of contact for background information and questions concerning the programming of interfaces. Therefore, a constant maintenance and clear categorization of the contents,...

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Handover of railML Interlocking Coordination towards a Continuous Development

Following his decision of May 17 th , 2017 Mr. Dr. ir. Bob Janssen from Siemens Netherlands resigned from his role as railML Interlocking coordinator on November 8th, 2017 and handed over the work to Dr. Jörg von Lingen from Institut für...

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