This is an example lexicon
Ceci est un exemple de lexique
Access party
Means either - a licensed railway undertaking or, to the extent authorised by each Member State, another party seeking to procure a train path in the working timetable for the operation of railway service on its territory with commercial or public-service intent. Examples of such authorised parties may be public authorities, or any other party having an access contract or - an international group of such parties, which is also known as an applicant group or access party group
Arrival date/time, actual
Means the actual date (And time) of arrival of means of transport
Arrival date/time, estimated
Means the date (And time) of arrival of means of transport based on the current forecast
Arrival date/time, planned
Means the date (And time) of arrival of means of transport in the timetable
Arrival delay, actual
Means the time difference between the arrival date/time actual and the arrival date/time Planned
Arrival delay, expected
Means the time difference between the arrival date/time Estimated and the arrival date/time Planned
At the discretion of
Means that the railway undertaking can decide based on its experience and its needs
ACID
The four primary attributes common to any transaction: - Atomicity. In a transaction involving two or more discrete pieces of information, either all of the pieces are committed or none are - Consistency. A transaction either creates a new and valid state of data or, if any failure occurs, returns all data to the state before the transaction was started - Isolation. A transaction in process and not yet committed must remain isolated from any other transaction - Durability. Committed data are saved by the system so that, even in the event of a failure and system restart, the data are available in their correct state The ACID concept is described in ISO/IEC 10026-1:1992 Section 4. Each of these attributes can be measured against a benchmark. In general, however, a transaction manager or monitor is designated to implement the ACID concept. In a distributed system, one way to achieve ACID is to use a two-phase commit (2PC), which ensures either that all involved sites must commit to completing the transaction or that none do, and the transaction is rolled back
Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
Attributing system
Means an electronic system hosting the catalogue of transport services for which a transport service provider authorises distributors to issue travel documents
Attributor
Means a company managing an attributing system. May be a carrier
Authorised Public Body
Means a public authority having a statutory obligation or right to provide members of the public with travel information and also refers to the public authority which is responsible for the enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 pursuant to Article 30(1) of the Regulation
Availability
Means the information (transport service, type of offer, tariff, other service) that can actually be obtained by a passenger at a given point in time, for a specific train. Not to be confused with offer, indicating that a (transport service, type of offer, tariff, other service) is offered in the initial planning, but could be sold out and is therefore not obtainable by a passenger at a given time point, for a specific train
Basic parameter
Means any regulatory, technical or operational condition which is critical to interoperability and requires a decision in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21(2) before any development of draft TSIs by the joint representative body
Booking (selling)
Means the selling of a ticket with or without a reservation
Carrier, Joint
Means a carrier linked by a cooperation agreement to one or more other carriers for the operation of a transport service
Carrier, Sole
Means a carrier that operates a transport service independently of other carriers
Carrier
Means the contractual railway undertaking with whom the passenger has concluded a transport contract or a series of successive railway undertakings which are liable on the basis of such a contract
Channel
Means the method (such as ticket office machine, on-train media, public web services, telesales, mobile ticketing) by which a service (information, ticket sale, ticket refund, response to complaints, etc.) is provided to the passenger by a railway undertaking
Coach ID
Means the unique identification number of a coach
Commission
Means the European Commission
COTS-product
Means commercial off-the-shelf products
Customer
Means a person who intends to buy, is buying, or has bought a railway product for him/herself or for other person(s). May therefore be different from passenger (see passenger)
Decryption
Means the converting of encrypted data back into their original form
Delay
Means the time difference between the time the passenger was scheduled to arrive according to the published timetable and the time of his/her actual or expected arrival
Delta deviation
Means the operational ‘lateness or earliness’ in relation to the booked scheduled time
Departure date/time, actual
Means the actual date (And time) of departure of means of transport
Departure date/time, estimated
Means the date (And time) of departure of means of transport based on current forecast
Departure date/time, planned
Means the date (And time) of departure of means of transport in the timetable
Departure delay, actual
Means the time difference between the actual departure date/time and the Planned departure date/time
Departure delay, expected
Means the time difference from the departure date/time and the expected departure date/time
Directive 2008/57
Means Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community
Display
Means any dynamic visual device located either in Stations or on the inside/outside of trains for the purpose of informing passengers
Distributor
Means an undertaking providing legal and technical capacity to issuers to sell rail products or to provide on line-facilities to customers to buy rail products. Besides, the distributor can offer services to issuers by assembling O-Ds carried out by different carriers into complete journeys as required by the traveller. The distributor may be a carrier
Domestic journey
Means a passenger journey by rail whereby a passenger does not cross a border of a Member State
Domestic rail passenger service
Means a rail passenger service which does not cross a border of a Member State
Encryption
Means the encoding of data
Essential requirements
Means all the conditions set out in Annex III to Directive 2008/57/EC which must be met by the trans-European rail system, the subsystems, and the Interoperability Constituents including interfaces
ETA
Means the Estimated time of arrival (of the train at the station)
ETH
Means the Estimated time of Handover (of a train from one infrastructure manager to another)
ETI
Means the Estimated time of Interchange (of the train from one railway undertaking to another)
ERA
Means the Agency established pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 881/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 establishing a European Railway Agency
European Railway Agency
XML
implicit-from-entry-label: Extended Mark-up Language
Extended Mark-up Language
XQL
implicit-from-entry-label: Extended Structured Query Language
Extended Structured Query Language
Fare
Means a charge to be paid for transportation or service
FTP
Protocol to transfer files between computer systems in the TCP/IP network
File Transfer Protocol
Forecast point
Means a target point for which the forecast is generated. It may relate to arrival, departure, passage or handover
Forecast
Means the best estimate of an event (e.g. arrival, departure or passing time of a train)
Foreign rail passenger service
Means a rail passenger service which was purchased by the passenger in a country, but is performed in a country different from the country of purchase
Foreign sale
Means the sale of a train ticket by an issuer which is not (one of) the carrier(s) operating the train where the ticket will be used. The issuer is located in a country different from the country of the carrier(s)
Fulfilment
Means the process which delivers the Product to the customer after its purchase
General Conditions of Carriage
Means the conditions of the carrier in the form of general conditions or tariffs legally in force in each Member State and which have become, through the conclusion of the contract of carriage, an integral part of it
Global price train
Means a train that a passenger can board only having purchased a global price ticket
Handover point
Means the point where the responsibility changes from one infrastructure manager to another
HTTP
Client/server protocol used to connect to servers on the Web
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Means any body or undertaking that is responsible in particular for establishing and maintaining railway infrastructure. This may also include the management of infrastructure control and safety systems. The functions of the infrastructure manager on a corridor or part of a corridor may be allocated to different bodies or undertakings
Infrastructure Manager
IRT
Means a kind of train ticket restricted to a specific train on a specific date/time. A IRT ticket can only be sold by means of an online transaction between the sales terminal and the attributing system where the relevant train is hosted
Integrated Reservation Tickets
Interchange between Carriers
Means the transfer of control from one railway undertaking to another for practical operational, safety and liability reasons. Examples are: — successive railway undertakings, — trains with substitute carriers, — the transfer of information between different railway undertakings
Interchange point
Means the location where the control of the train is transferred from one railway undertaking to another railway undertaking Regarding a train running, the train is taken over from one railway undertaking by the other railway undertaking, which now owns the path for the next section of the journey
Intermediate point
Means the location which defines the start or end point of a journey section. This may be an interchange, handover or handling point, for example
International journey
Means a passenger journey by rail crossing the border of at least one Member State
International rail passenger service
Means a rail passenger service which crosses a border of at least one Member State
International sale
Means the sale of a train ticket for an international journey
implicit-from-entry-label: Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol
Interoperability constituent
Means any elementary component, group of components, subassembly or complete assembly of equipment incorporated or intended to be incorporated into a subsystem upon which the interoperability of the trans-European rail system directly or indirectly depends. The concept of a constituent covers both tangible objects and intangible objects, such as software
Issuer
Means an undertaking selling the ticket and receiving payment. May be a carrier and/or a distributor. The issuer is the undertaking indicated on the ticket with its code and possibly its logo
Journey planner
Means an IT system able to propose journey solutions A journey solution is a set of one or more commercial transport services answering at least the question ‘How can I go from location A to location B at a given departure/arrival date And time?’. The question could contain more complex additional criteria, such as ‘in the fastest way’, ‘in the cheapest way’, ‘with no changes’, etc. The passenger can build the journey solutions by him/herself, consulting different information sources, or the solution can be offered to him/her by a journey Planner
Journey
Means the movement of a passenger (or several passengers travelling together) from a location A to a location B
Keeper
Means the person who, being the owner of a vehicle or having the right to use it, exploits such vehicle economically in a permanent manner as a means of transport and is registered as such in the Rolling Stock Register
Loco ID
Means the unique identification number of a traction unit
Make available
Means the publishing of information or data where access control may be applied
Manifest on list
Means a fulfilment method where the customer makes its purchase in advance (e.g. at home) and receives only a confirmation, usually with a reference code. The undertaking performing this kind of sale provides the TCO with a list of all passengers (and reference codes) admitted on the specific train. The passenger simply manifests his/her desire to be admitted on the train before/after departure at the TCO. TCO checks whether the passenger is allowed to embark/stay on the train
Market price
See Global price
Metadata
This term simply means data about data. It describes data, software services, and other components contained in the enterprise information systems. Examples of the types of Metadata include standard data definitions, location and routing information, and synchronisation management for distributing shared data
NRT
This is a way of selling train tickets meant for international or foreign sales, where the issuer can produce the ticket locally, without any online transaction with an attributing system. The NRT tickets are always open tickets, i.e. the contract of carriage is valid on any NRT train serving the route marked on the ticket, within a defined validity period. To issue a NRT ticket the issuer needs a list of OD’s (series) and one or more tables of prices corresponding to distance ranges. Reservations can (in some cases must) be purchased together with the ticket
Non-integrated Reservation Tickets
Notified bodies
Means the bodies which are responsible for assessing the conformity or suitability for use of the Interoperability Constituents or for appraising the EC procedure for verification of the subsystems
NRT train
Means a train that a passenger can board having bought a NRT ticket, in the case of international or foreign sales
Offer
See availability
Official website
Means the company’s public website where commercial information is released to the customer. The website shall be machine readable by respecting web content accessibility guidelines
One stop shop
An international partnership between rail infrastructure managers providing a single point of contact for rail customers for the purposes of: ordering specified train paths in international freight traffic, monitoring the movement of the entire train, generally also invoicing track access charges on behalf of infrastructure managers
Passenger
Means a person who intends to make, or is making, or has made a journey using the transport services and other services of one or more railway undertakings May be different from customer (see customer)
Path number
Means the number of the defined train path
Path
Means the infrastructure capacity needed to run a train between two places over a given time-period (route defined in time and space)
Payment
Means the transfer of wealth from one party (such as a customer) to another (such as a distributor). A payment is usually made in exchange for the provision of transport or service
Peer-to-Peer
Means a class of systems and applications that employ distributed resources to perform a critical function in a decentralised manner
PRM
Means any person whose mobility when using transport is reduced due to any physical disability (sensory or locomotory, permanent or temporary), intellectual disability or impairment, or any other cause of disability, or as a result of age, and whose situation needs appropriate attention and adaptation to its particular needs of the service made available to all passengers
Person with reduced mobility
Platform
Means the area at a station to alight from/board trains
Primary data
Means the basic data as reference data input for messages or as the basis for functionality and calculation of derived data
Product
Means a type of train with determined types of services (e.g. high speed, bicycle storage places, PRM accommodation, couchette and/or sleeping cars, dining cars, take-away facilities, etc.) which are linked to relevant prices and may be linked to specific conditions
Publish
Means the publishing of information or data where no access control shall be applied
Rail system
Means (as in ‘trans-European rail system’) the structure, as described in Annex I (Directive 2008/57/EC), composed of lines and fixed installations, of the trans-European transport network, built or upgraded for conventional rail transport and combined rail transport, plus the rolling stock designed to travel on that infrastructure
Means any public or private undertaking the principal business of which is to provide services for the transport of goods and/or passengers by rail, with a requirement that the undertaking must ensure traction; this also includes undertakings which provide traction only
Railway Undertaking
Regular vs. Short Term processes
Regular means a process when performed within a period which is equal to or more than 7 days Short term means a process when performed within a period which is less than 7 days
Reporting point
Means either passing points used by an infrastructure manager to provide train running information (only) or points where forecasts are generated
Repository
Means the storage of data similar to a database and data dictionary; however, it usually encompasses a comprehensive information management system environment. It must include not only descriptions of data structures (i.e. entities and elements), but also Metadata of interest to the enterprise, data screens, reports, programs, and systems
Reservation system
Means a computerised system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to travel. A reservation system is capable of keeping inventory correct in real time, and is accessible to agents/retailers around the world
Reservation
Means an authorisation on paper or in electronic form giving entitlement to a service (transportation or assistance) subject to a previously confirmed personalised transport arrangement
Retailer
Means a person or an undertaking that sells to the customer a ticket without or with a reservation for a rail service. A retailer can be a railway undertaking (agent) or an accredited travel agent
Route section
Means a part of a route
Route
Means the geographical line to be taken from a starting point to a point of destination
Selling
See Booking
Service provider
Means the responsible entity providing any services linked to the transport of passengers
Service
See Transport service
Shall
Means that the definition is an absolute requirement of the specification
Short notice path request
Means the individual request for a path according to Article 23 of Directive 2001/14/EC due to additional transport demands or operational needs
Short Term processes
See Regular vs. Short Term processes
Stakeholders
Means any person or organisation with a reasoned interest in train service delivery e.g.: — Railway undertaking, — Locomotive provider, — Coach provider, — Driver/train crew provider, — Infrastructure manager (IM), — Fleet manager, — Ferry boat operator, — Worker, — Ticket vendor, — Passenger
Station manager
Means an organisational entity in a Member State, which has been made responsible for the management of a railway station and which may be the infrastructure manager
Station
Means a railway location where a passenger train can start, stop or end
SQL
A language devised by IBM, then standardised by ANSI and ISO, which is used for creating, managing and retrieving data in relational databases
Structured Query Language
Substitute carrier
Means a railway undertaking, which has not concluded a transport contract with the passenger, but to whom the railway undertaking that is party to the contract has entrusted, in whole or in part, the performance of the transport by rail
Tariff
Means a specific set of fares available on a given train, on a given day for a given O-D leg of the journey. Tariffs may be grouped in different categories (such as public fares, Group fares, etc.)
Technical Document
Means any technical document published by the European Railway Agency pursuant to Article 5(8) of Directive 2008/57
TSI
Means a specification adopted in accordance with Directive 2008/57/EC by which each subsystem or part subsystem is covered in order to meet the Essential Requirements and ensure the interoperability of the rail system
Technical Specification for Interoperability
Third party
Means any public or private undertaking, which is not a railway undertaking or infrastructure manager and provides services ancillary to, or in connection with, the services/transport services
Through ticket
Means a ticket or tickets representing a transport contract for successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings
TCO
This is an organisation empowered to inspect passenger tickets. Mostly a carrier. If necessary, the TCO is to deliver security certificates for the International Rail Ticket for Home Printing (IRTHP) to the distributors
Ticket Controlling Organisation
TOD
Means a fulfilment method where the customer makes its purchase in advance (e.g. at home) and collects the ticket in the departure Station, at a ticket counter or vending machine
Ticket On departure
Ticket vendor
Means any retailer of rail transport services concluding transport contracts and selling tickets on behalf of a railway undertaking or for its own account
Ticket
Means a material or immaterial registration entitling a passenger to contractually use one or more commercial transport services offered by one or more railway undertakings
Timetable
Means the list of commercial transport services offered by a railway undertaking during a given time interval
Tour Operator
Means an organiser or retailer, other than a railway undertaking, within the meaning of Article 2, points (2) and (3) of Directive 90/314/EEC
TETA
Means the Estimated time of arrival of a train at a specific point, e.g. handover point, interchange point, train destination
Train Estimated time of Arrival
Train path
Means the train route defined in time and space
Train running interrupted
Means that the continuation of the train is unknown based on local circumstances at the time and in the opinion of the parties involved. If the Delay is known, the infrastructure manager sends a train running forecast message
Trans-European rail network
Means the rail network as described in Annex 1 to Directive 2008/57/EC
Transport contract
Means a contract of carriage for consideration or free of charge between a railway undertaking or a ticket vendor and the passenger for the provision of one or more transport services
Transport mode
Means a generic type of vehicle capable of transporting passengers (train, plane, bus, etc.)
Transport service provider
Means any private or public company authorised to transport people in domestic or international passenger traffic. A ‘transport service provider’ accepts travel documents issued by the accredited sales points of its distributors. It plays the role of the contractual carrier with which the passenger has entered into a contract of carriage. Execution of the transport service may be entrusted, in part or in full, to a substitute carrier
Transport service
Means a commercial transport service or transport service under public service contract linking two or more locations, offered by a railway undertaking according to a published timetable. A transport service is normally performed with a specific transport mode
2PC
see: ACID
Two-Phase Commit