 
    ITS standards are fundamental to the establishment of an open ITS environment. Standards are important components of the information flows in the Florida ITS Architectures. They facilitate deployment of interoperable systems at local, regional, and national levels without impeding innovation as technology advances and new approaches evolve.
The Florida ITS Architectures identify the ITS standards that are applicable to the ITS activities in the region. Their use encourages interoperability among systems, and stakeholders are strongly encouraged to use the applicable standards when feasible.
ARC-IT Version 9.0 reorganized the standards associated with each information flow. The reorganization introduces solutions which associate sets of standards for consideration to address an interface or information flow implementation. Along with the communications solution details is a Readiness Description that provides insight into the solution regarding issues that may exist with the readiness of the standards in the solution. This information is provided for informational purposes to the user for further investigation of the standards to make sure all aspects are known during development and deployment timeframes for an applicable ITS implementation. The readiness information is captured from ARC-IT as additional information that should be verified by the user given the constantly evolving standards development environment and changing status.
The following list provides all ITS standards that are applicable in the Florida's District 1 Regional ITS Architecture (RITSA), and the information flows to which each applies. Each standard is hyperlinked to the District 1 RITSA's information flows to which that standard may apply.
    Legend:
    APTA = American Public Transportation Association
    ASN = Abstract Syntax Notation
    ASTM = American Society for Testing and Materials
    ATIS = Advanced Traveler Information Systems
    C2F = Center to Field
    DSRC = Dedicated Short Range Communications
 
    F2F = Field to Field
    GTFS = General Transit Feed Specification
    IEEE = Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ITE = Institute of Transportation Engineers
 
    JSON = JavaScript Object Notation
    NTCIP = National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol
 
    RSE = Roadside Equipment
    SAE = Society of Automobile Engineers
 
    SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol
    SRC = Short Range Communications
    TCIP = Transit Communications Interface Profiles
 
    TMDD = Traffic Management Data Dictionary
 
    TS = Technical Specification
    UDP = User Datagram Protocol
 
    WAB = Wide Area Broadcast
    WAID = Wide Area Information Disseminator
    WAVE = Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments
    WAW = Wide Area Wireless
    WSMP = WAVE Short Message Protocol
    WWW = World Wide Web
    XML = eXtensible Markup Language