Working Groups

Currently, the development of railML® is formed by four different active working groups: the Timetable Working Group, the Infrastructure Working Group, the Interlocking Developers Working Group and Ontology Working Group. These groups meet every four to six weeks to exchange ideas, discuss needs, and identify new opportunities for development.

The Infrastructure Working Group and the Interlocking Working Group have an international participant base from across the rail industry and conduct their meetings in English.

The Timetable Working Group primarily comprises members from German-speaking countries and communicates in German, though English-speaking participants are also encouraged to join.

(NOTE: The rolling stock schema has been developed to a point where no further enhancements are currently necessary. Therefore, there is no active working group for this subschema.)

Further information on the different subschemas can be found the railML Subschemas page.

Additionally, the Ontology Working Group has been holding meetings to contibute the railML development since 2022 and participants from the rail industry as well as research organisations worldwide exchanges ideas in English.

If you are interested participating in one of our working groups and joining the railML community, please do not hesitate to contact railML.org.

Participation Guidelines

The participation of technical experts in the working groups is highly desired and contributes greatly to the goal-oriented modelling of the exchange format. For this purpose, the following conditions for participation are binding:

  • Dispatching enterprise must be registered at railML.org (Status: Developer, User or Supporter in long-term cooperation [usually > 3 years]);
  • 1-2 representative domain experts and 1-2 proxy domain experts (but a maximum of 3 in total) per enterprise and subscheme working group;
  • Long term participation (at least 9 months or one specified project) for the named domain expert in the working group
  • Regular and active participation in developers meetings/telcos (more than 3 times absence without excuse may lead to expelling)
  • Joining the development activities following the coordination of the responsible railML.org coordinator
  • Acceptance of the railML.org T&C (domain experts knowledge could become part of railML's specification) and Code of Conduct