Ontology
The railML ontology consolidates, standardises and validates infrastructure-related concepts, providing both developers and railway domain experts with a user-friendly alternative to markup language.
- Concept consolidation: ontology integrates concepts from different platforms, schemas and wiki, consolidating it to provide a one-stop shop.
- Standardisation: through the consolidation of the concepts, the information becomes standardised to the railML format allowing users to input data from multiple information systems.
- Data validation: ontology is currently being used to validate infrastructure data and is expected to include timetable, rollingstock, interlocking, and common subschemas in the future, leveraging semantic constraints and improving the reliability of data processing in the railway domain.
Please note that before using railML ontology, you must agree to the provided license conditions, available on our licence terms page.
Currently, Dr. Larissa Zhuchyi is the coordinator of the railML.org ontology. Please contact her if you have any further questions.
Ontology working group
- Everyone is welcome to join the railML ontology working group.
- Please find the upcoming meeting dates in our ontology working group event page.
- Please review the participation terms and conditions for participating in railML's working groups.