2019

Common Coordination News

Everyone working in the railway system knows how complex and intertwined it can be. It is the job of our Common coordinator, Thomas Nygreen, to untangle the threads in railML.org’s quest to develop a standardised mark-up language for the railway...

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36th railML conference in Belgium

The 36 th railML conference took place on the 6 th of November 2019  in Brussels, Belgium - its modern and international character a great representation of what the railML.org community is. As is customary, this autumn conference was...

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Introduction of the railML.org Code of Conduct

For more than 15 years railML.org has worked to develop railML – a uniform data exchange format for the railway community. Originally consisting of only a few members, the community has expanded to include partners from all over Europe and...

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Scheme Planning and Lifecycle Policy / V2.2 Support Termination

Termination of support for railML 2.2 railML.org will discontinue the support for railML version 2.2 as of June 30, 2021. We recommend to switch to railML versions 2.3, 2.4 or the future railML 2.5. Furthermore, also the new railML 3.x schemas are...

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How to access the railML development

railML is an open-source data exchange format, which is developed by the railML community – a consolidation of various companies, research and governmental organisations active in the railway sector. This community is open to everyone interested...

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35th railML conference in Austria

The 35 th  railML conference took place on the 3 rd  of April 2019 in Linz. As usual also this spring conference was dedicated to the German-speaking community and thus attracted roughly 30 participants mostly from the DACH -area. On...

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What are semantic constraints in railML?

In railML.org semantic constraints refer to important rules applied to the XML schemas, which are not definable in the XSD. They are solely expressed by words, semantically. Semantic constraints are as important as XSD constraints, as contempt can...

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Official Release railML 3.1

railML.org is proud to announce that railML3.1 is officially released after three years of development work. railML3.1 was developed completely from scratch and is the result of over 10 years of experience coordinators, stakeholder and railML.org...

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railML Licence: Minor Changes come with railML3

The railML schemas have always been protected by a Creative Commons (CC) licence granting free usage of the schema. With the new version of railML – railML3 – the licence will be updated to the most recent CC licence version: Creative Commons...

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