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Research and Data Collection Centers

Status:

Planned

Definition:

These centers collect transportation data for research and operational analysis. Examples of these centers are the University of Virginia(UVA) and Virginia Tech's Transportation Institute(VTTI).

Stakeholder:

Local Universities and Research Facilities

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include Research and Data Collection Centers:

• Research and Data Collection Centers SWR Local MPO
• Research and Data Collection Centers VDOT ADMS

Architecture Flows
to/from the Research and Data Collection Centers:

Research and Data Collection Centers SWR Local MPO

• archive analysis results


• archive request confirmation


• archived data products

Research and Data Collection Centers VDOT ADMS

• archive coordination

SWR Local MPOResearch and Data Collection Centers

• archive analysis requests


• archived data product requests

VDOT ADMSResearch and Data Collection Centers

• archive coordination

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the Research and Data Collection Centers:

• Archived Data System Subsystem
• Archived Data User System Terminator

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with Research and Data Collection Centers:

• DM01 - ITS Data Warehouse -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with Research and Data Collection Centers:

Archive Data Repository

1. The center shall collect data from centers.

Archive Government Reporting

1. The center shall respond to requests for government report data.
2. The center shall provide archive data to federal, state, and local government reporting systems.
3. The center shall provide the applicable meta-data for any ITS archived data to satisfy government reporting system requests. Meta-data may include attributes that describe the source and quality of the data and the conditions surrounding the collection of the data.