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Research and Data Collection Centers

Status:

Existing

Definition:

This element represents local universities and research institutes involved in transportation research that use and provide archived data management applications for transportation data.

Stakeholder:

Local Universities and Research Facilities

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include Research and Data Collection Centers:

• Research and Data Collection Centers NWR Local MPO
• Research and Data Collection Centers VDOT Staunton TOC
• Research and Data Collection Centers VSP Center

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

Research and Data Collection Centers NWR Local MPO

• archive analysis results


• archive request confirmation


• archived data products

Research and Data Collection Centers VDOT Staunton TOC

• archive requests


• archive status


• archived data products

Research and Data Collection Centers VSP Center

• archive requests


• archive status

NWR Local MPOResearch and Data Collection Centers

• archive analysis requests


• archived data product requests

VDOT Staunton TOCResearch and Data Collection Centers

• archived data product requests


• traffic archive data

VSP CenterResearch and Data Collection Centers

• emergency archive data

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

• Archived Data Management Subsystem

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

• AD1 - ITS Data Mart -- (Graphic)

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

ITS Data Repository

1. The center shall collect data to be archived from one or more data sources.
2. 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).
3. The center shall store the archived data in a focused repository that is suited to a particular set of ITS data users.
4. The center shall include capabilities for performing quality checks on the incoming archived data.
5. The center shall include capabilities for archive to archive coordination.
6. The center shall perform quality checks on received data.
7. The center shall provide the capability to execute methods on the incoming data such as cleansing, summarizations, aggregations, or transformations applied to the data before it is stored in the archive.

Traffic and Roadside Data Archival

1. The center shall manage the collection of archive data directly from collection equipment located at the roadside.
2. The center shall collect traffic sensor information from roadside devices.
3. The center shall collect environmental sensor information that from roadside devices.
4. The center shall send the request for data and control parameters to the field equipment where the information is collected and returned.
5. The center shall record the status about the imported traffic and roadside data.

Government Reporting Systems Support

1. The center shall provide data from an ITS archive to federal, state, or local government reporting systems.
2. The center shall provide the capability to select data from an ITS archive for use in government reports.
3. The center shall provide the capability to format data from an ITS archive suitable for input into government reports.