2020

Improving participants’ involvement during virtual conferences

During the latest railML ® conference, railML.org’s common coordinator, Thomas Nygreen, tried out a new way to allow the participants to take on a more active role during his presentation. He chose to use a series of polls to give the participants...

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38th railML Conference – hosted virtually from the railML.org HQ

The 38 th  railML® Conference took place on the 18 th  of November 2020 in a virtual conference room! We hoped it would be attended by at least as many participants as the previous virtual conference and we are happy to announce that our...

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37th railML Conference – the virtual conference!

The 37 th  railML Conference took place on the 16 th  of June 2020 in a virtual conference room! This was the first conference of its kind and was a great success. It was dedicated to the German-speaking community, attracting over 70...

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Handling minor changes within versions

Throughout development of any program, plan or project, there are always new ideas or proposals that arise during the process. This prompts changes to be made or, in the case of railML ®, new minor and, eventually, major versions to be released....

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Certification - Easy as pie

As an exchange format for railway data, railML® depends on the correct use by railway-IT applications and so the process of certification concludes in a mutual benefit for both railML.org and our partners. The main aspects of this are quality...

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NP 4398 – Development of an ISO Norm based on railML ®

ISO’s NP 4398 is a project spearheaded by the Norwegian railway government agency " Norwegian Railway Directorate " which aims to help facilitate data exchange in the railway sector. The norm shall be an open, XML-based, data file format...

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Financing and Membership Model railML.org

Over 15 years ago, railML.org was started as a freelance project with the vision of streamlining the data exchange in the railway sector. This project was no small and simple task but, having a dedicated team of developers and members, it moved...

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Roadmap for railML

After more than 15 years of development, the coordinators and developers find themselves at yet another milestone. RailML 2 is a stable and mature baseline used widely in the railway sector, while railML 3 continues to transform into our most...

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