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[railML3]: Identification of preferred route path [message #2490] Sat, 11 July 2020 06:41 Go to next message
Jörg von Lingen is currently offline  Jörg von Lingen
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Dear all,

currently can the path of a route from start A to destination B uniquely described. This is especially necessary, if
there are more than one possible path between A and B. However, at the moment it is not possible the mark the preferred
route path in case of several routes from A to B, i.e. the path which is used as standard one from A to B.

1) Is such a marking needed?

2) If such a marking needs to be included shall it be:
a) mark the standard path (used for the majority of routes even if only one path possible) ?
b) mark the alternative pathes (used only in case of additional possible pathes) ?

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Jörg von Lingen - Interlocking Coordinator
Re: [railML3]: Identification of preferred route path [message #2493 is a reply to message #2490] Thu, 16 July 2020 09:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Henrik Roslund is currently offline  Henrik Roslund
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Dear Jörg,

Here in Switzerland do we have a parameter that tells which train route between A and B ist the default/preferred for the Interlocking.
If I remember correctly, in Sweden, they also have a similar parameter for the preferred train route.

Kind regards,

Henrik Roslund
Senior Consultant ETCS, MIRSE
TÜV SÜD Schweiz AG

Member of the Workgroup «ETCS Track NET»
Re: [railML3]: Identification of preferred route path [message #2498 is a reply to message #2493] Fri, 17 July 2020 05:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jörg von Lingen is currently offline  Jörg von Lingen
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Dear Henrik,

it seems the first part of my question is a clear YES. But the second part is more difficult. I would prefer to name the
attribute "alternativePath" for rather practical reasons. Thus the additional marking is only necessary, in case of
having alternatives.

If we would use "defaultPath" instead almost each route shall be extended with this marking.

Regards,
Jörg von Lingen - Interlocking Coordinator
Re: [railML3]: Identification of preferred route path [message #2500 is a reply to message #2498] Fri, 17 July 2020 09:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Henrik Roslund is currently offline  Henrik Roslund
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Dear Jörg,

Sorry for not answering the second question.
Here comes more background information.
In Switzerland:
If there exist more train routes between A and B, the preferred train route has a variable set, which tells that this is the preferred train route.
For all other train routes between A and B is this attribute/variable not set (the variable value is empty (empty == "", but not null))
If there only one possible train route between A and B is this variable not set, the value is empty (empty == "", but not null).

How they in the planning data distinguish the preferred train route in Sweden, unfortunately, I have forgotten it.

My answer to your second question is "2a-extended":
• If it exists more than one train route between A and B, mark the preferred train route with a variable with a value, e.g. "defaultPath"/"Preferred", all other train routes is the variable not set.
• If it only exists one train route between A and B is the variable not used/not set.

Kind regards,

Henrik
Re: [railML3]: Identification of preferred route path [message #2577 is a reply to message #2500] Thu, 05 November 2020 01:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thomas Nygreen is currently offline  Thomas Nygreen
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Dear Jörg,
Dear Henrik,

For a more general approach, maybe the preference should be given as a priority or rank. This would also allow ranking the alternative routes. It can be implemented similarly to Henrik's suggestion:
* If only one route is given, the rank is not specified
* If two or more routes are given, the preferred route is given the minimum allowed rank (e.g. 1), and the alternate routes are given a higher rank value. The different alternate routes can have the same rank, or be ordered using different ranks.

Best regards,
Thomas


Thomas Nygreen – Common Schema Coordinator
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Re: [railML3]: Identification of preferred route path [message #2578 is a reply to message #2577] Thu, 05 November 2020 06:14 Go to previous message
Jörg von Lingen is currently offline  Jörg von Lingen
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Thanks to Henrik and Thomas for the input.

Yes, the suggestion looks feasible. I will incorporate an attribute "priorityRank" as positiveInteger in
<CombinedRoute>, which is used for itinerary.


Regards,
Jörg von Lingen - Interlocking Coordinator
Thomas Nygreen wrote on 05.11.2020 01:30:
> Dear Jörg,
> Dear Henrik,
>
> For a more general approach, maybe the preference should be
> given as a priority or rank. This would also allow ranking
> the alternative routes. It can be implemented similarly to
> Henrik's suggestion:
> * If only one route is given, the rank is not specified
> * If two or more routes are given, the preferred route is
> given the minimum allowed rank (e.g. 1), and the alternate
> routes are given a higher rank value. The different
> alternate routes can have the same rank, or be ordered using
> different ranks.
>
> Best regards,
> Thomas
>
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