Recommended Reference Profiles

The DATEX II standard supports the entire domain of road traffic and road travel data provision. As a result the DATEX II content standard offers the ablitity of a coherent dataprovision for a wide variety of services in relation to traffic and travel information and management, both on a network and individual basis. To support the different types of services using the DATEX II standard, the concept of Recommended Profiles is available. A profile is a subset of the entire standard, only containing the relevant data-elements required for a specific use case.

To ensure interoperability of information services profiles need to be implemented. Systems implementing the same DATEX II profile are interoperable by definition. To support the EU Delegated Regulations on ITS and the by EU-EIP maintained deployment guides , DATEX II developped and publishes reference profiles. The requirements for these profiles either come from the harmonisation and liaison processes run in the DATEX II organisation, the EU-EIP activity 4.5 or liaison with external stakeholder communities such as TISA and C-Roads.

The EU Delegated Regulations are supported by Recommende Reference Profiles (RRP's). These RRP's contain the minimum set of data-elements required to provide the information meant by the specific datacategory in the specific delegated regulation. With the DATEX II webtool it is possible to combine the RRP's to a set of RRP's covering the available information. Apart from that, it is possible to extent the RRP with information elements that are available in the specific source.

The EU-EIP reference handbook has described harmonised uses cases for the provision of data from the road operator's point of view. These use-cases are supported by so calles Recommended Service Profiles (RSP's). These RSP'sa are based on one or more RRP's and extended with data-elements described in the use case.

The Data For Road Safety has defined a RSP for the delivery of level 2 SRTI data, originating from vehicles, to the road operators.

In the future RSP's from other stakeholder domains will follow.

Recommended Reference Profile

The documentation on this page give a harmonised interpretation of the data categories in the Delegated Regulations A, B, C and E of the EU ITS-Directive 1040.

It is of utmost importance, regarding the EC goal to provide harmonised data exchange, that the content (data categories) of the Data exchange initiated by the different regulations are modelled identical by the different operators. The supporting documentation set out very clearly which data elements are correspding to the data categories and how they are to be recognised in the profile.

With the on-going maintenance of DATEX II, DATEX II takes care that profiles and their documentation are available when new versions of the relevant parts are published.

Delegated Regulation 886/2013

For the Delegated Regulation 886/2013 (action C) the SRTI Reference profiles, containing per data-category all events that are known as being SRTI flagged in EU. If someone has information, he is recommended so publish it according to this SRTI Reference Profile. Guarantee that within the SRTI reference profile the data categories of the Delegated Regulation 886/2013 can be easily identified by the users (e.g. by commenting) and that they are distinctly assigned to data elements so that the data categories are modelled in a similar (harmonised) way. This is a pre-requistite to allow harmonised data provision and exchange in the sense of the delegated regulation 886/2013.

Delegated Regulation 962/2015

For the Delegated regulation 962/2015 data profiles for the following datacategories will be developed:

The types of the static road data include in particular:
1. location of parking places and service areas;
2. location of charging points for electric vehicles and the conditions for their use;
3. location of compressed natural gas, liquified natural gas, liquified petroleum gas stations;
The types of the dynamic road status data include in particular:
1. road closures;
2. lane closures;
3. bridge closures;
4. overtaking bans on heavy goods vehicles;
5. roadworks;
6. accidents and incidents;
7. dynamic speed limits;
8. direction of travel on reversible lanes;
9. poor road conditions;
10. temporary traffic management measures;
11. variable road user charges and available payment methods;
12. availability of parking places;
13. availability of delivery areas;
14. cost of parking;
15. availability of charging points for electric vehicles;
16. weather conditions affecting road surface and visibility.
The types of the traffic data include in particular:
1. traffic volume;
2. speed;
3. location and length of traffic queues;
4. travel times;
5. waiting time at border crossings to non-EU Member States.

Delegated Regulation 1926/2017

For the Delegated regulation 1926/2017 data profiles for the following datacategories will be developed:

For Level of service 1 Passing times, trip plans and auxiliary information:
1. Disruptions (all modes)
2. Real-time status information — delays, cancellations, guaranteed connections monitoring (all modes)

For road traffic, these are covered by the profiles that are supporting the datacategories defined in Delegated Regulation 962.

Level of service 2
1. Passing times, trip plans and auxiliary information (all modes):
  1. Current road link travel times
  2. Cycling network closures/diversions (under consideration)
2. Information service: Availability of:
  - publicly accessible charging stations for electric vehicles and refuelling points for CNG/LNG, hydrogen, petrol and diesel powered vehicles
3. Availability check:
  1. Car parking spaces available (on and off-street), parking tariffs, road toll tariffs
Level of service 3
Trip plans: Future predicted road link travel times

Delegated Regulation 670/2022

This Regulation establishes the specifications necessary in order to ensure the accessibility, exchange, re-use and update of data by data holders and data users for the provision of EU-wide real-time traffic information services, and to ensure that these services are accurate and available across borders to end-users.

This Regulation applies to the entire road network that is publicly accessible to motorised traffic. By way of exception, it shall not apply to private roads, unless they are part of the comprehensive TEN-T network or they are designated as a motorway or as a primary road.

For the Delegated regulation 670/2022 data profiles for the following RTTI datacategories will be developed:

The types of data on infrastructure:
1. road network links and their physical attributes:
  1. geometry;
  2. road width;
  3. number of lanes;
  4. gradients;
  5. junctions.
2. road classification;
3. location of tolling stations;
4. location of service areas and rest areas;
5. location of recharging points for electric vehicles and the conditions for their use;
6. location of compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas stations;
7. location of refuelling points and stations for all other fuel types;
8. location of delivery areas.
The crucial types of data on regulations and restrictions:
1. static and dynamic traffic regulations, where applicable:
  1. access conditions for tunnels;
  2. access conditions for bridges;
  3. permanent access restrictions;
  4. speed limits;
  5. freight delivery regulations;
  6. overtaking bans on heavy goods vehicles;
  7. weight/length/width/height restrictions;
  8. one-way streets;
  9. boundaries of restrictions, prohibitions or obligations with zonal validity, current access status and conditions for circulation in regulated traffic zones;
  10. direction of travel on reversible lanes.
2. traffic circulation plans.
Other types of data on regulations and restrictions:
1. the location and identification of traffic signs reflecting traffic regulations and identifying dangers:
  1. access conditions for tunnels;
  2. access conditions for bridges;
  3. permanent access restrictions;
  4. other traffic signs reflecting traffic regulations.
2. static and dynamic traffic regulations, where applicable, other than traffic regulations referred to in point (2);
3. identification of tolled roads, applicable fixed user charges and available payment methods (including retail channels and fulfilment methods);
4. variable road user charges and available payment methods, including retail channels and fulfilment methods.
The crucial types of data on the state of the network:
1. road closures;
2. lane closures;
3. roadworks;
4. temporary traffic management measures.
Other types of data on the state of the network:
1. bridge closures;
2. accidents and incidents;
3. poor road conditions;
4. weather conditions affecting road surface and visibility.
The types of data on the real-time use of the network:
1. traffic volume;
2. traffic speed;
3. location and length of traffic queues;
4. travel times;
5. waiting time at border crossings;
6. availability of delivery areas;
7. availability of recharging points and stations for electric vehicles;
8. availability of refuelling points and stations for alternative fuel types;
9. price of ad hoc recharging/refuelling.