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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 NWRO TOC/ATMS
• Research and Data Collection Centers VSP Division Office

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 NWRO TOC/ATMS

• archive status


• archived data products

Research and Data Collection Centers VSP Division Office

• archive status

NWR Local MPOResearch and Data Collection Centers

• archive analysis requests


• archived data product requests

VDOT NWRO TOC/ATMSResearch and Data Collection Centers

• archived data product requests


• traffic archive data

VSP Division OfficeResearch and Data Collection Centers

• emergency archive data

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

• Archived Data System Subsystem

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 Situation Data Archival

1. The center shall provide the capability to execute methods on the incoming field data such as aggregation and statistical measures before the data is stored in the archive.
2. The center shall collect data from roadside devices.

Archive Data Repository

1. The center shall collect data from data distribution systems and other data sources.
2. The center shall collect data from centers.
3. 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).
4. The center shall store collected data in an information repository.
5. The center shall perform quality checks on collected data.
6. The center shall include capabilities for archive to archive coordination.
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.

Archive Government Reporting

1. The center shall provide the capability to format data suitable for input into government reports.
2. The center shall respond to requests for government report data.
3. The center shall provide archive data to federal, state, and local government reporting systems.