The following Functional Areas are associated with the "Regional Transportation Management Information System (RTMIS)" element.   Each functional area includes a brief description and a bulleted list of detailed functions.   The common icon provides a link to other systems in the region that include the same functional area.

 

ITS Data Repository

Collect and maintain data and data catalogs from one or more data sources. May include quality checks, error notification, and archive coordination.

• The center shall collect data to be archived from one or more data sources.
• The center shall collect data catalogs from one or more data sources. A catalog describes the data contained in the collection of archived data and may include descriptions of the schema or structure of the data, a description of the contents of the data; e.g., time range of entries, number of entries; or a sample of the data (e. g. a thumbnail).
• The center shall store the archived data in a focused repository that is suited to a particular set of ITS data users.
• The center shall include capabilities for archive to archive coordination.

Virtual Data Warehouse Services

Provides access to data from geographically dispersed archives and coordinates information exchange with a local data warehouse. Also provides the specialized publishing, directory services, and transaction management functions associated with coordinati

• The center shall provide capabilities to access "in-place" data from geographically dispersed archives. These capabilities may include analysis, data fusion, or data mining.
• The center shall coordinate information exchange with a local data warehouse.
• The center shall provide the specialized publishing, directory services, and transaction management functions associated with coordinating remote archives.
• The center shall use data collected from different archives to build a set of global schema including the data archive definitions for the local archive plus any archives known to the local archive.